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Deployment

B2

Manage IT employee deployment into specific roles.

Improvement Planning

Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)

Representative POMs are described for Deployment at each level of maturity.

1Initial
  • Practice
    Rely on the best endeavours of available personnel.
2Basic
  • Practice
    Deploy IT employees and match resources to vacancies, by looking at personal and professional attributes of employees.
    Outcome
    Resources and vacancies are matched based on the organization's needs.
    Metric
    % of resources matched to vacancies.
3Intermediate
  • Practice
    Establish a committee, comprising representatives from IT and some other business units, to prioritize staffing needs based on predefined criteria (e.g. the balance between business and technical skill requirements, and between individual development needs and interests).
    Outcome
    Resources and vacancies are matched based on the organization's needs and the interests and development needs of the employees.
    Metrics
    • % of resources matched to vacancies.
    • % of deployment decisions taken by a committee.
4Advanced
  • Practice
    Align the deployment process with the business strategy organization-wide.
    Outcome
    The deployment process is aligned with all other business unit needs.
    Metric
    Frequency of alignment reviews.
5Optimized
  • Practice
    Regularly revise and optimize the deployment process, based on input from the business ecosystem.
    Outcome
    The deployment process is kept up-to-date and relevant.
    Metric
    Frequency of reviews.