Simplifying the line structure provides long term management styles to work with a matrix that fits the manager’s goals. It also provides a company with a stream line approach to implementation of criteria and ideas. Therefore, companies need to provide a vast decision making approach that provides managers with the opportunity to reconsider changes before they are implemented. Keeping linear models and roles throughout the company provides the company with a streamlined approach to management development. By taking these two steps you can ensure that your quality of IT professional is robust. You can also quantify this by applying the matrix as you see fit. You are, after all, the manager!