Four criteria to evaluate a strategy
A shift from selling packaged software to offering it on the cloud was a significant step and one that would need to venture into the world of the unknown. A strategy like this would require significant planning and strenuous implementation, adapting and taking corrective when necessary. Even after all that takes place, there is still the task of evaluating the strategy. With any strategy rollout, especially one as large as this, there are benchmarks, lessons learned, and best practices that can all be identified and documented. This is then used to make sure that this strategy was effective and in line with organizational and managerial goals to continually improve. Looking at Richard Rumelt's four criteria to evaluate a strategy, we can see the effectiveness of Adobe's strategy to become fully cloud-reliant. The first, consistency, was shown in the organizational goal to shift to the cloud model. This goal was well communicated, accepted, and aligned all employees intentions ...