Good timing separates the business haves from the have-nots, but that’s rarely a matter of luck. Fortuitous outcomes require careful planning, decisive action, and ample resources. That’s why laying the groundwork to generate results such as time-to-market breakthroughs has never been easy. In the past decade, many organizations have learned how difficult it is to succeed in digital transformation, where organizations must realign people, processes, and technologies to innovate. Complicating matters, developing and deploying timely products or innovative service offerings often requires leaders to shed complex legacy systems that once enabled organizational growth but eventually impeded competitiveness.