At Icon, we have developed a distinct approach that allows us expose
and deal explicitly with all the complexities in an organisation
while keeping sight of the 'big picture'. We have used this approach
in a number of situations to solve a variety of problems for clients.
Its specific benefits are in the management of complexity to enhance
enterprise performance.
We call our approach Enterprise Performance in Context, or
for short.
The
approach utilises three linked models:
- an Enterprise Model that analyses the enterprise in
relation to its external business context
- an Assessment Model that addresses the options for,
and consequences of, change
- a Delivery Model that deals with the change programmes
and initiatives that are needed to keep the enterprise optimally
aligned with its business environment
Despite the fact that local terminology varies from one organisation
to another, we find that there are many types of information that
are relevant to most enterprises. The generic elements of
are therefore pre-configured to handle these items with minimal
customisation. The diagram below illustrates how the elements
(shown as triangles) may be grouped so that one set produces a
model of the enterprise within the overall context, the next set
provides the assessments and acts as a bridge across to the third
set that produces a model of the delivery programme.

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