What is contained in a Digital Adoption Strategy?
Below is a more detailed description of the elements that are included in the digital adoption strategy.
Executive summary
A high-level summary of the key elements of the plan for your business, and how adopting new technologies will help you achieve your business imperatives and goals.
Business and technology current state analyses
Key business information (e.g., sector, corporate structure, operations, value proposition, etc.). Overview of the current business strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. External business issues (market, competition, business model) and future key business goals. Key IS/IT information (infrastructure, applications, security and privacy compliance practices, technology staff and partners, integration between exiting IS and IT solutions, etc.) and how these current technologies are efficient at helping the business deliver value to your clients and the business.
Digital adoption analysis and recommendations
Identify a minimum of three potential digital/technology solutions for the business to consider including how each of those solutions will benefit the business. Alignment of the prioritized digital solutions to the benefits they will bring to the business.
Implementation roadmap
Identify the key elements to implement the recommended options including timeline, dependencies, costs to acquire the technology, etc.
Other Considerations
Since every business has different needs, the digital adoption plan is tailored to your specific needs and business challenges. Possible additional elements could include, but are not limited to:
Skill requirements
Identify the skills and competencies that your business will need to possess to implement the top three digital solutions.
Key digital solution characteristics
Identify the high-level requirements to implement the top three solutions. High-level financial requirements, degrees of implementation complexity and change management these technologies will require of the business.