Digital Sovereignty and Digital Transformation Practice Recommendation for the Software Life Cycle Process

Abstract

A series of measures and challenges regarding Digital Sovereignty and Digital Transformation along the Software Life Cycle Process for public and private organizations from Germany were identified in an online survey. Our goal was to investigate industry practice and generate prescriptive guidance. In the context of Digital Sovereignty, a lack of freedom of choice in the selection of IT products is a particular challenge among others. In the context of Digital Transformation, the high complexity of converting existing systems and processes is perceived as a particularly major obstacle. The identified recommendation blocks to master Digital Sovereignty and Digital Transformation in the Software Life Cycle process include (1) IT skills training, (2) strategic alignment, (3) increase independence and (4) increase resilience.