BIMODAL IT: BEYOND THE HYPE WITH THE CONSTRUCTAL LAW?

Several models of Information Technology (IT) and digital products delivery organization have waxed and waned during the last five years Two Speed IT, Bimodal IT, Multi-speed IT, Right-Speed IT, etc. In this article, we review and briefly compare some of the main models proposed, mainly by large IT research or consultmg firms. In a second part, and since IT and Information Systems (IS) can be viewed as complex flow systems, we will show how the constructal theory can help to discriminate between these, often competing, IT organizational models. More particularly, we will show how the constructal theory of the origin of S-curve fits with Wardley's PST triple-modes model, which is rooted in the analysis of a generic IT product lifecycle logistic curve. We thus illustrate here a first approach to integrate the principles of the constructal theory into the domain of corporate and IT organization and processes.