Mobility Consulting: Why It Matters

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With smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices becoming the gadgets of choice for workforces across the world, mobility is a reality that most enterprises have accepted, and yet more are waking up to.

Enterprises are constantly looking for smarter, and more efficient ways of working. Effective use of mobile platforms and mobile applications is the means to this end. However, Most Organizations, though cognizant of the importance of Mobility in their domain, are clueless about how to develop a good mobile strategy, much less execute it. Simple decisions like what platform to invest in, which applications to focus on, or what features the applications should have, turn into conundrums. Hundreds of productive man-hours are wasted in designing project plans which either never see the light of the day, or end up in failures which cost enterprises money and effort.

That is where mobility consulting companies come in. Mobility consulting firms help enterprises design, implement, and future proof their mobile strategy.

Scope of Mobility consulting

Before you choose your mobility consultant, it is important ...
... to understand what you should be getting. Mobility consulting includes the following:

1. Assessment: An evaluation of the enterprise business and IT functions, the apps that support them, and the business case (ROI) for mobility. The finer aspects like end user (vendors/customers/employees) behavior/ tech savviness, the organizational appetite for change etc. are also evaluated. The output of the assessment phase is not only what needs to be done, but also, what not to do. Sometimes, enterprises engage in a mobility project, which is not relevant for their business, or the ROI does not justify the cost. The domain experience that mobility consultants bring ensures that such mistakes do not happen.

2. Strategy & roadmap generation: The output of the assessment is used to create the mobility strategy for the enterprise. But the strategy in itself is incomplete without a near-term, mid-term, and a long-term plan of execution. It is important for the enterprise to budget and plan for the projects, and to expect the outcomes.

3. Re-evaluation: It is important to have periodic checkpoints to evaluate if the execution is matching up to the expectations and the outcomes are up to the mark. If not, the strategy or the execution needs to be realigned.

Benefits of mobility consulting

A well executed mobility consulting exercise can really set an enterprise on course for reaping the full benefits mobility has to offer like increased productivity, better end user engagement and satisfaction, improved topline and bottom line, and better customer reach. Engaging an experienced mobility firm has the following benefits:

1. Industry good practices: An organization can think for itself, but experienced mobility consultants provide the domain expertise and the knowledge of how the competition is succeeding using mobility.

2. Avoiding mistakes: As mentioned above, partnering with a successful mobility consulting firm means you don’t have to make mistakes you would if you were to go it alone.

3. KPIs and CSFs: Measurements like key performance indicators and critical success factors get defined upfront, which allows for better reporting and control.

4. Better execution: Overzealous or over conservative in-house teams can sometimes create project plans that are either unrealistic, or too long to justify ROI. A good mobility consultant works on creating project plans and resource matrices, which are realistic and efficient. This leads to streamlined execution with measurable outputs.

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