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automate our systems to drive cost efficiencies,
the more " at-bats " we can get - the more clinical
trials we can run, the more medicines we can
get out to the market - the better are the odds
of finding new treatments that can help people
survive terrible diseases like the one that took her.
Although my experience at AbbVie is specific
to health care, I've learned several lessons
throughout my career that are relevant to IT
leaders in any industry.
Constant change,
unchanging principles
One reason I find my job fascinating is because it
constantly changes. The technology improves, the
scale of the business grows, and problems that I
used to face in certain situations are eliminated.
For instance, post-merger integration used to
be filled with technical headaches. But now the
capacity we have to expand networks in the
cloud, for example, makes that easier.
" Mapping the
capabilities lets you
see across different
business divisions and
understand where you
do and don't need
more help. When you
start comparing the
actual capabilities,
people start asking,
'What are we arguing
over, anyway?' "
Today, the challenge is more business complexity
than technical complexity - in our current
situation, for example, which of two systems to
be used by 47,000 employees does it make more
sense to adopt?
On the other hand, even though the technology
changes and the business challenges change,
some of the analytical approaches stay the same.
For example, at the beginning of our integration
with Allergan, we took a step back and mapped
the business and technical capability of every
business unit. We looked at our application
architecture and our acquisition's architecture,
considered the applications' common capabilities,
and then noted where they overlap.
This might sound like architectural jargon, but it
can actually yield major benefits. Mapping the
capabilities lets you see across different business
divisions and understand where you do and don't
need more help. When you start comparing the
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