Design and run a workshop for corporate mobility



Issue

An organizer of High-tech seminar wants to set up a seminar on mobility in business for CTO. The seminar aimed to provide the necessary elements for a reflection on the establishment of reliable and effective communication channels with the information system when workers are outside of the main corporate site :

  • What is reality today ? in terms of possible uses ? of offers ? of succsessful experiences ?
  • What relevance for my company to implement such solutions ? What interactions with the existing information system ? What impacts?
  • What establishment? For what purpose? For which users? With what desvices? With what applications? What security constraints? who to ask?
  • What are the factors to consider in to have a real and successful "mobilization of its information system and its employees?

Process and methodology

Seminar structure :

  1. Benchmark and definition : what are the possibilities for mobile computing? What is the reality of the market today? What are the uses and contributions?

    This introduction aims to present all the components of a mobility solution and to highlight the different situations of mobility
  2. Market offers : What are the blocks of solutions? What kind of device? What applications are available? What are the operators'offers ? What are the actors?

    This second part outlines the offers of different players in terms of services, functionality, cost, performance, …
  3. Requirements definition: a range of various uses and multiple technical solutions.
    Technical architectures. The role and behavior of IP in a mobile environment. Expected migration to IPv6. Security solutions: threats and countermeasures.

    Then, it must define its needs and define the solution to implement. This must take into account the final service to deliver and also technical issues , safety or costs issues, …

  4. Feedback and key success factors. What are successful implementation ? What pitfalls?

Benefits

  • Benchmark. Strategy and positioning of actors have been highlighted. Key success factor market trend were analyzed.
  • Highlight of the business interest in this kind of product. Purchase process were defined.
  • Definition of a plan of action that allow to benefit from the identified opportunities and to reflect market realities.