A big construction company has grown into a group of 17 companies spread across the country. The rationale behind forming the group was to become more competitive in bidding for federal and regional g

Creating a business model canvas is an analysis and planning tool used to outline a business model, not an improvement opportunity that addresses technological fragmentation.

The root cause identified is disjointed technological capabilities across the 17 companies, which impede the data gathering needed for materials and resource decisions. Deploying a new integrated system directly addresses this root cause by unifying the technology landscape, enabling the consolidated data access required to achieve the group's competitive and profitability objectives.

Enhancing access to information is a symptom-level intervention - it does not address the underlying disjointed systems that prevent data from being generated and consolidated in the first place.

Developing a repository addresses data storage but leaves the disjointed source systems intact, so the root cause of technological fragmentation remains unresolved.