The reasons for my exit are purely based on the unit, which I had worked. Bosch has consolidated IT into a horizontal organization. There are different variants for the IT divisions based on the functions. I think RBEI is the unit that has a successful vision, and it’s purely a cost center.
CI and various units within CI are cost centers. Because of this nature, it’s a confusing unit in terms of vision. If you ask leaders, you get different answers. Some say we are trying to innovate, and some claim we try to support business (fundamentally, RBEI does a great job here). Because of this perplexity, most leaders love to fish, and if you want to be successful in this organization, you need to know “How to be successful in your career by using this noise.”
Six years back, the noise this unit endured was “internal cloud,” after spending millions of euros and numerous promotions to the leadership, and I think now the organization realized it’s not a feasible solution.
Another noise is a content management system. This unit spent years finding out that Life Ray is our solution and forced all business units to migrate to this solution. After a couple of years, leaders got an inner call and decided to sunset the initiative and start new noises – “Digital Experience Foundation.” This new noise is a result of learning failure from the eCommerce and content management initiative.
Another noise that continues is “Customer experience.” This team spent years finding an APIM solution, two years finding swagger or APIray is a better choice, and then another year to find swagger vs. Stoplight and found our the organization doesn’t have a budget to invest in these tools.
Another noise is “Social media marketing team.” I wonder what they are doing.
The group has more non-technical members than the development team. If the unit wants to be a technological part, first understand you need a fantastic specialized team. If the unit vision is to help the business unit, then rethink the billing model. RBEI can offer better consulting, better resources, better platforms and support, and a better billing model.
If you are not supporting or building any applications because businesses always avoid this unit, why invest the euros in microservices, SRE….noice initiatives.
