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there's ongoing work with techtransformation to match up "what to learn" so we can guide "plan to learn"

Catch last week's Soundbite on the new IDP approach - and on 19th march the predictive skills analytics activities being presented by Theyaa Matti to help guide choice of topics

A key piece is to ensure the components that make up solutions are identified so learning can be agile and iterative as people work through all the needed skills to evolve from rudimentary to SME

Agree Paul, but with review season upon us, time to take stock and plan for FY16

check out the IDP template and new tools available in our Tech space. Aligned with the #bigreddiagram: https://c3.csc.com/d...

since IDP is really about personal transformation, FROM->TO also applies (my aha moment of the morning)

I think the mental issue one has to fight is "will I ever need it?" - it's a chicken and egg which needs to be broken

on that note - the breakout sessions at TechCom are focused on exactly that - the components in our "big red diagram" that make up the solutions we provide to solve client challenges

good news is a lot of the material on the components of the "Big Red Diagram" is also shared via our Soundbite sessions (search for #csctechtalk on Youtube)

I have a very agile IDP. Changes as I find new stuff to learn. :)

@dangeluc Me too. I'm experimenting with micro-courses as a more agile learning approach: https://coursmos.com...

@dangeluc fully agree, but what does your horizon look like.. then you plot the path agilely

@JerryAOverton How do we make this attitude more common in the company? I wish I had an easy answer to that. #learnlearnlearn

@dangeluc We are running a micro-course program in TechCom 2015 -- that's a start.

And clients as well as partners have embraced this - it's definitely a big plus

Agree 100%. The key is to develop our offerings so that they can support continuous change/delivery. That way we can move as market speed

absolutely #ContinuousImprovement

Bringing the partners in now i think is key to help execute and build an external presence.

As well as customers willing to support an open innovation dialog - and we find more and more of those

we should have a single live web dashboard showing commits, builds, projects, a full DevOps live infographic, give people a real sense of what scale is now empowered

@stroker we're about to kick off a new Agile/Continuous Delivery action team - will make sure you're invited to that Lewis - this is the kind of thinking we need to apply more broadly across our value delivery pipeline

@stroker agree, our VCS should be the most valuable because it has contributions [direct/virtual] from all our customers

@stroker that dashboard is a real challenge, but think about its motivational power

@sorincos be a good live example of us using our own tech to power it

fully support this - also include local / regional partners for selected markets / oppty's

agree, but to win industry partners we must be able to tell CSC's value story... our ecosystem play, and #ReedsLaw

Its not about adding names to the partner roster but focusing on a core select set that will get us a leg up on the vertical IoT play

Excellent point Mark. Our partner strategy needs to be as agile as the rest of our tech strategy.

I'd like to see more the partner solutions in my allday, actually

Agree, Our success story is grown daily from our partnerships; the more we partner the more successful we become

@cpvdv Craig! spot on, our partners are beginning to see the value of 1+1=3

so we'll get this brief posted out on our tech transformation c3 site shortly so you can see the FROM and TO's

I think that these are great starting points for User Stories...

This would be great content to work up into a simple animation to be shared via the mHub apps, this needs a big push but one that everyone can consume and replay

more importantly we will begin to operationalize these key technology bets with named executive leaders who will review the business plan for each key bet with the IRB on a quarterly basis

we'll see each bet produce market requirements (in the form of user stories) that will drive the product requirements each offering is building to

We need to educate our sales side too - a coninuous release mode means our solutions are continually evolving. Expecting a fully formed, fully featured first release slows time to market. Learn how to deal with a minimal viable product

@phowarth001 +1 re-orientation in bid strategy for sure

@DanHushon That's a real must - we need to completely change here

where minimal viable products have the flexibility to integrate into existing real world envirnoments without reverting back to a single instance point solution

Yes, but we need to ensure the areas giving the from message are brought into the to message. needs to be one flowing message.

it does and I think it is a good way to change the mindset

Yes. It's a clear, concrete way of explaining impacts that prevents vague, amorphous descriptions of change.

I think the challenge with customers is that "FROM" is not one place. Just like CSC customers have regional variations, lines of business, etc. Tough to get everyone to "TO" in those cases

@DanHushon Definatly! The more we can articulate the real demonstrable change that is occurring, the better we can engage and enthuse the community...

@dangeluc Agree Daniel, Its all about us showing the true talent of CSC, How we can transform, With real life experiences.. it brings trust and partnership from our clients.

I think you need to put a . above the TO, to show its recurring ;) not an end point but a constant move to TO

@dangeluc yes, everyone has a FROM and everyone needs a TO... else you're destined to continue living in the past (back when I played HS football)

power of the crowd https://www.youtube....

One ask would be for each person to take the link and share it with 10/20/50 colleagues from you contact list. Well worth 30mins of their day.

agree - everybody can participate at these global events and the regions need to relay and reinforce the message for those not participating in the global events

I think we also need to publish metrics. Showing the results fo community activity can increase engagement

I’d like to see the ‘tech trans’ get a bigger shout on some of the C3 landing pages, make it difficult for people not to see it!