Digital Platform: A Digital Transformation Accelerator

Abstract

Purpose: This paper intends to provide a comprehensive list of the digital technology
capabilities for the analysis and selection of the right underlying digital platform and
outlines an approach to evaluate and digitally transform an organization to provide
sufficient impetus and acceleration for its digital future.
Research Design/ Methodology: The study is descriptive in nature.
Findings: The study proposes a layered model of key technical capabilities that will
form a critical core to deliver a digital enterprise and will also address the changing
business demands. This paper proposes a layered approach consisting of three categories
of capabilities. Firstly fundamental capabilities essential to provide a solid foundation
for digital transformation. Fundamental capabilities are part of best practices, but they
are paramount to any attempt to engage in digital transformation. Secondly, Advance
capabilities will be the enabler to maintain competitiveness in the on going change and will
be essential for aiming at keeping abreast with the peers in a progressively digital businesses
world. Thirdly, disruptive capabilities aim at using innovative methods to remain at the
forefront and retain the competitive advantage. Enterprises might not want to consider all
these capabilities and, consequently, only a subset of them will be implemented by different
organisations based on their business goals and objectives
Originality/ Value: This paper discusses a digital platform as an enabler for large digital
complex transformation and proposes a platform capability model for structuring the
required organizational business capabilities.
Paper Type: Theme Based Paper