Are you about to embark on a large scale Enterprise Mobility
deployment? Have you already run into your first headache in this immature
market? Is mobility and big data a core topic for your business strategy these
days to attempt to unlock further productivity? In this series of articles I am
going to explore the common pitfalls I have seen companies run into while embarking
on these innovative solution deployments, no matter if you deploy well-known
brand names like SAP SMP or Accenture CAS or a custom made app.
The Enterprise Mobility Solutions fever is rolling out
across the world's large industries like a wildfire. Executives experience and
personally use sexy new mobile devices which are currently flooding the market
and therefore have a personal reference to at least the hardware and user
experience described when the consulting companies or enterprise architects
move in with a sales pitch. While the objectives of these projects and programs
are often well intended and will truly bring productivity if carried out correctly,
there are a couple of very common foundational mistakes which companies commit
over and over again as they try to engage in the age of user friendly mobile
solutions and devices. This series of articles is all about the most common mistakes
typically done in such projects and what attitude program managers and sponsors
should have to best steer clear of them.
Don't assume your business know what they need in this brave new world - this is an interactive requirements cycle
This pitfall may sound like an old truth about Enterprise
Solutions in general, however there is a reason it's even more accurate for
Enterprise Mobility. The mobility industry is now decades old and so are the
Enterprise Solutions lead by the core ERPs. However just recently the mobile
devices have become sexy enough to attract a mainstream audience (yes, the
Apple Newton in the 90s was well intended but did not quite hit the spot) and
the Enterprise Solutions have moved in to harvest the benefits. In addition you
have the Big Data movement which is also adding to the vortex. The combination
is an industry which is experimental and quite immature – not that any solution
provider will admit to this fact.
