Exploit Disruptive Technology to Drive IT Efficiency and Business Opportunity
New technology can hit like a meteor, putting your role as CIO at risk. Develop a simple exploitation process that prepares for impact.
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- CIOs struggle with the expectation to be experts on new technologies, while also keeping IT running with current technologies.
- The CIO’s role is endangered when IT’s role in driving business innovation is diminished.
Having a simple disruptive technology exploitation plan will:
- Ensure that the CIO has a leading role in reacting to disruptive technologies that will benefit the entire organization.
- Result in a set of documents and recommendations to communicate analyses of disruptive technologies to executives.
- Be repeated regularly to continue keeping up with increasingly rapid changes in the technology landscape.
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Module 1: Understand and set up the disruptive technology exploitation process
The Purpose
- Develop a thorough understanding of the need to analyze and exploit disruptive technology.
- Set up the disruptive technology exploitation process recommended by Info-Tech.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A simple plan for exploiting disruptive technology.
- A way to communicate the plan to key stakeholders.
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| 1.1 | Review your current disruptive technology exploitation process, if any. |
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| 1.2 | Summarize the tools required for a thorough analysis. |
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| 1.3 | Establish a disruptive technology exploitation team, a meeting schedule, and resources required for the process. |
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| 1.4 | Summarize the exploitation process and plan to repeat it over time. |
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Module 2: Select and analyze the relevant technologies
The Purpose
- Develop a long list and short list of technologies that will disrupt your organization in the next five years.
- Perform an in-depth analysis of advances in foundational technologies and the short list of specific disruptive technologies.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A proof of concept demonstrating that your disruptive technology exploitation process is viable.
- An initial analysis of some key disruptive technologies and foundational advancements.
- An understanding of how to use Info-Tech’s tools for assessing emerging technologies.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Train your team to use the Disruptive Technology SWOT Analysis and Tech Monitor Tool to summarize each technology and assess its value and readiness. |
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| 2.2 | Use the Disruptive Technology SWOT Analysis and Tech Monitor Tool to analyze key foundational advancements and disruptive technologies. |
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Module 3: Establish a disruptive technology exploitation plan
The Purpose
- Finalize an implementation plan for the technologies analyzed in previous modules.
- Assess metrics that communicate progress.
Key Benefits Achieved
- A thorough disruptive technology exploitation plan, with details on how the plan will progress and be assessed.
- Specific steps to take toward exploiting technologies that are ready to be tested, piloted, or implemented.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Develop an action plan based on the analyses of technologies from your short list. |
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| 3.2 | Finalize the disruptive technology exploitation plan. |
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| 3.3 | Complete metrics to assess the success of the exploitation plan. |
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