There are two factors customers commonly align solutions to; mission effectiveness and business effectiveness. Below is a shortlist of factors to consider; some may be a priority in your program.
Mission Effectiveness
- Robust – resilient and reliable solutions, in concert with distributed and backup sites
- Safe & Secure – secured from external hazards and vulnerabilities, physical and virtual
- Scalable – has provisions for growth, absorbing technology evolution over time
- Configurable – reconfiguration as technology and operational needs change
- Accessible – mission and support work is accessible and easily done
- Habitable – pleasing, effective spaces for high performance and job satisfaction
- Communicative – flexible and focused collaboration and communication with users
- Cognitive – actionable intelligence, routed, represented for use by the human-machine system
Business Effectiveness
- Achievable – can be developed, delivered, and sustained by the organization within resources
- Competent – sustaining mission and organizational IQ – expensive to build, retain, and develop
- Satisfying – authentic political, social, economic, technical alignment in the delivery process
- Acclaimed – projects positively our culture and purpose with colleagues, allies, and clients
- Cost Effective – capital, operating, and decommissioning cost for the mission are within limits
- Time Effective – mission objectives can be achieved within the time available