If you want to achieve change you sometimes have to ask for forgiveness instead of permission. In many organizations it is challenging to get any changes approved without hard ROI (Return on Investment) data.
Now what do you do if you don't have that data and you can't get that data in a reasonable amount of time?
First of all you really have to believe in the change that you are proposing and you should have some basic data that shows why this is a good idea! Show some user/customer benefits. Who will benefit from your idea and why? Then you have to determine are you ready to put in some serious personal time and effort to show that you are correct? Are you passionate enough to find other Teams or individuals to support you? Let's assume you do, then it helps to keep the effort small and run some kind of pilot project to check if your idea is really as good as you think it is. Once you can show that your idea works on a smaller scale you have a much better chance to move forward with your idea on a larger scale. Good luck and just do it!
