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Digital Transformation

From maturity diagnosis to digital products the business adopts.

Summary

What is Digital Transformation?

Digital transformation is not about buying technology: it is about changing the way the company serves its customers, operates and decides, with digital products the business actually adopts.

We start with a digital maturity diagnosis, prioritize the highest-value cases and build a product roadmap. Then we deliver with mixed business and technology squads, in short cycles and with adoption metrics.

The goal is for every initiative to move from idea to pilot, to production and to scale, and for the organization to learn to do it on its own.

What do we solve?

The problems clients bring us

01

Where do we start the digital transformation?

Lots of ideas and vendors, without a maturity reading or an order of priorities.

02

Do pilots never reach production?

Isolated tests that don’t convince the business and never get past the slide deck.

03

Are we investing in technology nobody uses?

Systems implemented with low adoption across teams.

04

Do business and technology speak different languages?

Projects defined in one area and built in another, with no owner of the outcome.

05

Are our data and systems holding back digital?

Technical debt, fragile integrations and unreliable data.

06

How do we measure the value of digital?

Investments without associated adoption, efficiency or revenue metrics.

How do we work?

Our approach, applied to Digital Transformation

The same four phases of «Our approach», with what we do and what we deliver in each one.

Exhibit 1

The path of a digital transformation

01Digital maturityA reading by dimensionagainst the company’sambition.02Prioritized usecasesImpact and feasibility,separating quick wins fromenablers.03Product roadmapBusiness case, MVP,architecture and data foreach initiative.04Delivery squadsShort cycles with changemanagement and adoptionmetrics.05ScaleWhat works rolls out to thewhole organization and themethodology stays in-house.
  1. 01Digital maturityA reading by dimension against the company’s ambition.
  2. 02Prioritized use casesImpact and feasibility, separating quick wins from enablers.
  3. 03Product roadmapBusiness case, MVP, architecture and data for each initiative.
  4. 04Delivery squadsShort cycles with change management and adoption metrics.
  5. 05ScaleWhat works rolls out to the whole organization and the methodology stays in-house.
Source: Benká Group methodology
  1. We use a problem-solving structure to frame hypotheses.

    We assess digital maturity by dimension through interviews, surveys and a review of systems, and compare it with the company’s ambition.

    DeliverableDigital maturity
  2. We break the problem down into a MECE structure.

    Use cases are organized by dimension and prioritized by impact and feasibility, separating quick wins from enabling initiatives.

    DeliverableUse case value map
  3. We build the business cases and the structure of each initiative.

    Each prioritized initiative has its business case, its MVP and its place on the roadmap, with the architecture and data it needs.

    DeliverableProduct roadmap
  4. We provide support with a dedicated, full-time on-site team within the organization.

    Mixed squads deliver in short cycles, with change management, adoption metrics and transfer of the methodology to the client’s team.

    DeliverableDelivery squads
Diagnosis

What does the diagnosis review?

Exhibit 2

The digital maturity ladder

Level 01InitialIsolated initiativesand manual processes.Level 02ExplorationPilots with littleconnection to thebusiness.Level 03IntegrationDigital productsconnected withprocesses and data.Level 04ScaleDelivery squads andadoption metricsacross the company.Level 05DigitalorganizationData-driven decisionsand continuousimprovement as a wayof working.
  1. 01InitialIsolated initiatives and manual processes.
  2. 02ExplorationPilots with little connection to the business.
  3. 03IntegrationDigital products connected with processes and data.
  4. 04ScaleDelivery squads and adoption metrics across the company.
  5. 05Digital organizationData-driven decisions and continuous improvement as a way of working.
Source: Benká Group methodology
  • Digital strategyAmbition, priorities and connection with the business strategy.
  • Customers and channelsDigital experience, self-service and sales channels.
  • Processes and operationsDigitization and automation of key processes.
  • Data and analyticsQuality, access and use of data for decision-making.
  • Technology and architectureSystems, integrations, cloud and security.
  • Talent and ways of workingDigital capabilities, teams and methodologies.
Governance

How is digital transformation governed?

Each initiative moves from idea to scale with governance that decides quarterly and squads that deliver in short cycles.

Exhibit 3

From idea to scale

01Idea02Pilot03Production04Scale05Measured valueAdoption metrics
  1. 01Idea
  2. 02Pilot
  3. 03Production
  4. 04Scale
  5. 05Measured value
  6. Adoption metrics
Source: Benká Group methodology
Exhibit 4

Digital governance

Digital committeeQuarterlyDigital transformation officeBiweeklyProduct ownersSquads
Source: Benká Group methodology
What do we deliver?

What stays in your organization

Digital maturity
A reading of the starting point by dimension, against the company’s ambition.
Product roadmap
Digital initiatives ranked by value, with MVPs, owners and dependencies.
Delivery squads
Mixed business and technology teams delivering in short cycles.
Adoption and value metrics
Usage, efficiency and revenue indicators by initiative.
Digital governance
Committee, quarterly prioritization and product-based funding.
Impact examples

Strategic challenge, analytical rigor, measurable impact

Qualitative cases: figures are published once the client validates them.

TransformaMiPyMEs: digital transformation for business owners in Valle del Cauca

Partnership with Universidad del Valle
Strategic challenge

Regional SMEs with low digital adoption and little access to transformation methodologies.

Analytical rigor applied

A digital transformation workshop with a proprietary methodology, outreach in municipalities of Valle del Cauca and follow-up support from the Benká ecosystem.

Measurable impact

Business owners from municipalities in Valle del Cauca with a methodology to start their digital transformation.

Industries

Where do we apply it?

Led by Benká Digital LAB, with the rest of the holding when the challenge calls for it.

Insights

Our thinking on Digital Transformation

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Do you need Digital Transformation?

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