Transformation Reality Check
What does the evidence tell us about transformation?
Transformation programmes succeed or fall short for many reasons — strategy and business alignment, architecture, governance, skills, execution and change management. This section brings together findings from credible research, keeps each source’s own wording and qualification, and separates what the research says from what the Academy reads into it.
Evidence reviewed: Sep 2026 · 14 findings from 12 publications · Every statistic was read in its source before publication.
Did you know?
4 of 666%
of CSP IT executives rated IT modernisation and technical-debt reduction a high priority; 70% said the same of cost optimisation
TM Forum · May 2026 (data 2026) · Global telco
The evidence library
Each card shows one finding from one source. Open a card to see what the research says, what the Academy makes of it, and where it came from.
Showing 14 of 14 findings
What successful transformations do differently
The same research also describes what the successful organisations had in place. The failure side of the evidence is under What Can Go Wrong?.