Create a Consumer Technology Integration Plan in Five Steps
Enterprise technology has no place in the enterprise. Stop expelling consumer technology and start exploiting it.
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- Employees want to use consumer technology whether they are at home or at work. Refusing to allow consumer technology can result in lower end-user productivity and decreased employee satisfaction.
- Neglecting to keep up with consumer technology could lead to security risks that you didn’t even know existed.
- Innovation is being increasingly driven by consumer technology. Ignoring consumerization will mean missed opportunities to use consumer technology to spur innovation.
A formalized consumer technology integration plan results in:
- Increased innovation through exploiting consumer technology.
- A plan to continually keep on top of innovations in consumer technology and how to exploit them, ensuring you are never surprised by the technology walking through your enterprise door.
- Increased employee satisfaction and productivity by giving employees the freedom to decide how they work best.
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Module 1: Understand Consumerization to Start Adapting to It
The Purpose
- Understand the trends behind consumerization, how it fits into the larger vision of innovation, and examples of companies that have succeeded and failed.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A greater understanding of consumerization and how to adapt to it.
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| 1.1 | An overview of what consumerization is – and what it isn’t. |
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Module 2: Assess Your Current and Ideal Consumerization State
The Purpose
- Inventory your current consumer technology, who is using it, and how it is being used.
- Outline your current consumer technology integration plan.
- Set goals for your consumer technology integration strategy.
- Outline your BYOD and innovation strategies to determine how your consumerization plan will align.
- Break down your IT innovation spending and compare it to highly innovative organizations.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A greater understanding of the technology being used in your organization, how it is being used, how it should be managed, and how it can be optimized.
- A realization of your current strategy’s maturity level.
- A greater understanding of how your consumer technology integration plan will fit into your BYOD strategy, as well as your innovation budget and strategy.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Current consumer technology inventory. |
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| 2.2 | Current consumer technology integration plan outline. |
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| 2.3 | Goal setting. |
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| 2.4 | BYOD and innovation strategy outlines. |
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Module 3: Evaluate and Exploit Cutting-Edge Consumer Technology
The Purpose
- Outline the top current and future trends in consumer hardware, applications, networks, and management.
- Identify potential use cases for consumer technology in your organization.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Understanding of top trends in consumer hardware, applications, networks, and management.
- An evaluation of consumer technologies with potential to add business value.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Consumer technology brainstorm exercise. |
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| 3.2 | Consumer technology SWOT analysis |
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| 3.3 | Consumer tech monitor. |
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| 3.4 | Cost/benefit analysis. |
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Module 4: Plan and Execute a Consumerization Plan
The Purpose
- Institutionalize your consumerization strategy by treating consumerization like a portfolio.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Formalized process around implementing consumer technologies.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Consumerization innovation calendar. |
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| 4.2 | Business case example. |
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Module 5: Manage and Measure Success
The Purpose
- Ensure you are continually managing and measuring the success of your consumer technologies.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Measure the success of consumer technology to ensure ongoing improvement of your consumer technology integration strategy.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Customize a consumerization communication plan. |
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| 5.2 | Create performance metrics. |
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