More than 50 percent of users will be dissatisfied with the slow rate of IT change in their enterprises by 2013, up from 30 percent in 2008, according to Gartner Inc. Gartner predicts that users' dissatisfaction with the speed of enterprise IT change will worsen in the next five years as users' willingness to use Web-based alternatives over and above what their IT organization directly provides (already a significant factor) continues to rise and user skill levels and comfort with using technology rises for employees of all ages.
User satisfaction is likely to further deteriorate as the "digital generation" constitutes a larger portion of the workforce and enterprises wait longer to invest in "softer" technologies, such as social software, because results are less tangible than more traditional process- or data-centered tools.
In March of 2008, Gartner conducted a detailed survey of IT professionals in 360 U.S.-based enterprises to understand more clearly what workplace technologies (including social software and new communication and collaboration tools) they were investing in and why.
Gartner found that the rate of adoption of "optional" technologies inside the enterprise follows the same pattern seen with the rate of adoption of technologies outside the enterprise. These findings suggest that there are ways to speed adoption but only if IT planners recognize the fact that different users have different wants and needs for technology.
Gartner recommends that enterprises conduct annual satisfaction surveys, not to illustrate to management how good a job they are doing, but to identify employees who are dissatisfied with IT's rate of change — whether it is those who feel IT is moving too slowly in their enterprise or those who believe it is changing too fast.
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