Making your enterprise mobile will open doors for your organization.
As we discussed in the first two chapters, mobility creates happier, more productive employees who can work when and where they want.
Mobile also means the power to disrupt the market, engage with customers like never before, and generate new revenue paths. Given those opportunities, it’s little wonder that Aberdeen Group discovered that best-in-class enterprises are three times more likely to link business workflow to employees’ mobile devices.
But a mobile enterprise also carries risks. Without question, security concerns are at the top of that list. In fact, a BT study found that 68 percent of firms experienced a mobile security breach of some kind in 2013. Additionally, organizations face a litany of obstacles in constructing their mobility solutions, such as an IT skills shortage and scalability concerns.
Finally, mobile enterprises have to worry about drafting legal policies that responsibly govern mobile usage. Well-drafted policies can help mitigate the risk of hundreds, or thousands, of mobile devices having access to sensitive enterprise data.
Constructing a Mobility Solution
Building a mobile enterprise requires a significant investment that you don’t want to jeopardize with myopic or inadequate planning. A host of challenges can arise as you construct your mobile solutions.
Without a strategy to avoid those roadblocks, you could end up with an overpriced final product that looks nothing like what you wanted or needed. Taking your enterprise mobile without a thorough planning phase is analogous to haphazardly building a house without first drawing blueprints.
For this reason, with every client, TkXel begins the enterprise mobility process with a discovery workshop. For two to four weeks, we bring all stakeholders on board to make sure we understand your vision for mobile. The workshop will help you see what your solution will look like before you invest a lot of money. We’ll describe the technical viability of your mobile solution as well as its requirements. We’ll also estimate your ROI and develop a comprehensive plan.
The workshop will help you see what your solution will look like before you invest a lot of money.
Without a discovery workshop, it’s all too easy for a mobile solution to get off track in the execution phase. Either the solution fails completely or has to be reworked, creating inefficiencies and unnecessary expenses. Some of the drawbacks for not conducting a discovery workshop are below.
Scalability constraints
As we said earlier, mobile in enterprise is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t want to make a massive investment in an inflexible mobile infrastructure only to have it become
Skills shortages
Enterprise mobile technology is an unwieldy, complex concept that radically differs from traditional IT. In a traditional desktop environment, IT has complete control over applications and devices. Not so in the mobile world; instead, users have power over platforms and apps.
Without a strategy to avoid those roadblocks, you could end up with an overpriced final product that looks nothing like what you wanted or needed. Taking your enterprise mobile without a thorough planning phase is analogous to haphazardly building a house without first drawing blueprints.
Managing user/employee expectations
Your user interface (UI) should come as close to that of consumer-grade apps as possible. This influences the user experience (UX), which in turn improves adoption, fosters productivity, and reinforces the experience of your brand.
Lack of planning
We’ve said it before — poor planning means poor results. You can’t dive into choppy water without a life preserver. TkXel’s discovery workshop will leave you with a well-defined project plan that includes a budget, timeline, diagrams, and prototypes.
High app development costs
It’s not uncommon for enterprises to spend six figures on a mobile solution prototype. Few businesses can afford that, which is why we offer a solution where you can build a prototype for less than $30,000.
Security Issues
Virtually every study that has explored the impediments to enterprise mobility and BYOD