Governing an optimization capability: what we've learned
AIMMS moves much of the application lifecycle closer to the business. Modelers and planners can build, adapt and deploy decision-support apps themselves, work that traditionally sat with IT or Digital. That is a big part of the value, and it also raises a fair question we hear more and more: how do you govern a capability like this?What follows is not the story of a single customer, nor a standard implementation plan that comes with a guarantee of success. It's a combined view drawn from what we've seen across our customer base: the practices our most successful customers share, the reasons other implementations stalled or were discontinued, and what we learn early in pre-sales about which organizations are set up to succeed.We share it as input rather than a prescription. Every organization is structured differently, and you're the best judge of what matters now, what can wait, and what doesn't apply to you.Who owns what: business and DigitalIn mature organizations, the business owns