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Oversee Technology Forecasting: conduct Code Review for ongoing projects to ensure that Code Quality is at the highest level possible and appropriate Design Patterns are being used.

More Uses of the Technology Forecasting Toolkit:

  • Confirm your planning ensures overall costs are constantly monitored and technology spending is itemized by service line.

  • Use emerging technology and capabilities to replace traditional Marketing And Sales tactics with breakthrough, customer centric Engagement Plans.

  • Contribute to mobile products architecture roadmap, and technology standards for Front End Development.

  • Advise on and recommend emerging technology transition strategies to drive from the current technology (As Is) environment to the development of the future (to Be) architectures.

  • Pilot Technology Forecasting: act as a liaison between maintenance and information technology in helping gather user requirements and ensure the successful implementation of an IT project.

  • Actualize for managing responsibility of deploying and maintaining the information technology security hardware and software systems to protect organization data from being compromised.

  • Coordinate with the CorporatE Business Development and Corporate Finance and Investment Banking groups, along with relevant leaders to assess the strategic fit of external commercial and technology opportunities.

  • Help manage contracts and relationships with the Technology Vendor Management team to maximize value creation and costs for software licensing, maintenance, and service offerings.

  • Identify Technology Forecasting: IT Lead the effort to shape technology services that align to the Strategic Direction of thE Business and facilitating the delivery of value to the brand or business function from IT investments.

  • Control Technology Forecasting: partner with your internal Technology Teams to support and deliver new capabilities and system improvements that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your sales teams.

  • Govern Technology Forecasting: oversight management for awareness program, Privilege Management system, brand protection technology and enterprise Managed Security Service Provider.

  • Organize Technology Forecasting: aware of Emerging Technologies and translate implications of the new technology into an effective and appropriate technology vision.

  • Lead the identification, development and communication of new technology standards and Best Practices as appropriate.

  • Standardize Technology Forecasting: from strategy to implementation Consulting Services delivers technology solutions that modernize, automate, and transform your customers business.

  • Steer Technology Forecasting: work closely with the client technology and engineering team to develop and deploy smart building solutions to drive Cost Savings and Operational Efficiency.

  • Steer Technology Forecasting: proactively identify and evaluate opportunities for improving sustainability increasing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Costs and consumption, with technology driven solutions, especially.

  • Confirm your venture offers Customer Engagement outsourcing solutions that deliver the people, processes, and technology to improve efficiency, ensure compliance, and increase Customer Satisfaction and lifetime value for your clients.

  • Ensure you meet, lead the Research and Development of techniques and equipment needed to advance the technology related to advanced prototyping.

  • Be certain that your organization engages business and technology managers to identify key control indicators and maintain effective and efficient continuous control monitoring processes.

  • Proactive technology research, industry Trend Analysis, and developing next generation Network Architecture using modern networking technology and providing production deployable solutions are key functions of the team.

  • Make sure that your corporation assess client Business Processes, Information Systems and Internal Controls, and perform advanced Data Analytics using technology based audit techniques.

  • Seek out, validate, and bring to the technology organization innovative Best Practices and ideas from the outside, with a particular emphasis on Application Development and integration of COTS solutions.

  • Apply cloud technology options, platforms and design techniques across cloud life cycle phases.

  • Ensure you carry out; understand and evaluate the technology trends and the changing business/competitor landscape and prepare your organization to be disruptive.

  • Ensure you educate; combined with the right talent, technology holds the key to many complex business challenges.

  • Devise Technology Forecasting: function as a key leader on the IT Architecture review board providing oversight and guidance on technology solutions design across the enterprise.

  • Manage Knowledge Sharing and training work with Product Managers, Professional Services managers, managing consultants and training managers to develop training curriculum for new advanced technology solutions.

  • Be accountable for working with your technology Development Teams, and by extension, with most elements of your organization, the Release Engineering team ensures nothing stands in the way of consistently delivering the most valuable tools all of the time.

  • Collaborate with key business and technology partners to generate ideas and execute key initiatives, owning timeline and holding stakeholders accountable to dates and results.

  • Confirm your corporation assesses the relative impact of emerging technology to align with IT Strategy and roadmap, collectively owned by the architectural team.

  • Support the forecasting process and advise the Sales Team on Enterprise Sales transactions.

  • Drive Technology Forecasting: review impacted Business Processes and work with business stakeholders to identify and makE Business Process Improvements that result in Cost Savings, higher quality, increased efficiencies, lower risk, and shorter Cycle Times.

 

Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Technology Forecasting Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step Work Plans and maturity diagnostics for any Technology Forecasting related project.

Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.

The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Technology Forecasting specific requirements:


STEP 1: Get your bearings

Start with...

  • The latest quick edition of the Technology Forecasting Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.

Organized in a Data Driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…

  • Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation

Then find your goals...


STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track

Featuring 999 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of Process Design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Technology Forecasting improvements can be made.

Examples; 10 of the 999 standard requirements:

  1. How does your organization evaluate strategic Technology Forecasting success?

  2. What are the strategic priorities for this year?

  3. What are your current levels and trends in key measures or indicators of workforce and leader development?

  4. Are there regulatory / compliance issues?

  5. Have you identified your Technology Forecasting Key Performance Indicators?

  6. What Technology Forecasting events should you attend?

  7. How can the value of Technology Forecasting be defined?

  8. Whom among your colleagues do you trust, and for what?

  9. What may be the consequences for the performance of an organization if all stakeholders are not consulted regarding Technology Forecasting?

  10. Will new equipment/products be required to facilitate Technology Forecasting delivery, for example is new software needed?


Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:

  • The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Technology Forecasting book in PDF containing 994 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...

Your Technology Forecasting self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:

  • The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Technology Forecasting Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Technology Forecasting areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:

    • Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix
    • Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Technology Forecasting Self-Assessment
    • Is secure: Ensures offline Data Protection of your Self-Assessment results
    • Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:

 

STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy

The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Technology Forecasting projects with the 62 implementation resources:

  • 62 step-by-step Technology Forecasting Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Technology Forecasting project requirements and success criteria:

Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:

  1. Cost Management Plan: Eac -estimate at completion, what is the total job expected to cost?

  2. Activity Cost Estimates: In which phase of the Acquisition Process cycle does source qualifications reside?

  3. Project Scope Statement: Will all Technology Forecasting project issues be unconditionally tracked through the Issue Resolution process?

  4. Closing Process Group: Did the Technology Forecasting Project Team have enough people to execute the Technology Forecasting project plan?

  5. Source Selection Criteria: What are the guidelines regarding award without considerations?

  6. Scope Management Plan: Are Corrective Actions taken when actual results are substantially different from detailed Technology Forecasting project plan (variances)?

  7. Initiating Process Group: During which stage of Risk planning are risks prioritized based on probability and impact?

  8. Cost Management Plan: Is your organization certified as a supplier, wholesaler, regular dealer, or manufacturer of corresponding products/supplies?

  9. Procurement Audit: Was a formal review of tenders received undertaken?

  10. Activity Cost Estimates: What procedures are put in place regarding bidding and cost comparisons, if any?

 
Step-by-step and complete Technology Forecasting Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.

1.0 Initiating Process Group:

  • 1.1 Technology Forecasting project Charter
  • 1.2 Stakeholder Register
  • 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix


2.0 Planning Process Group:

  • 2.1 Technology Forecasting Project Management Plan
  • 2.2 Scope Management Plan
  • 2.3 Requirements Management Plan
  • 2.4 Requirements Documentation
  • 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix
  • 2.6 Technology Forecasting project Scope Statement
  • 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log
  • 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure
  • 2.9 WBS Dictionary
  • 2.10 Schedule Management Plan
  • 2.11 Activity List
  • 2.12 Activity Attributes
  • 2.13 Milestone List
  • 2.14 Network Diagram
  • 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements
  • 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure
  • 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates
  • 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet
  • 2.19 Technology Forecasting project Schedule
  • 2.20 Cost Management Plan
  • 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates
  • 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet
  • 2.23 Cost Baseline
  • 2.24 Quality Management Plan
  • 2.25 Quality Metrics
  • 2.26 Process Improvement Plan
  • 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix
  • 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities
  • 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan
  • 2.30 Communications Management Plan
  • 2.31 Risk Management Plan
  • 2.32 Risk Register
  • 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment
  • 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix
  • 2.35 Risk Data Sheet
  • 2.36 Procurement Management Plan
  • 2.37 Source Selection Criteria
  • 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan
  • 2.39 Change Management Plan


3.0 Executing Process Group:

  • 3.1 Team Member Status Report
  • 3.2 Change Request
  • 3.3 Change Log
  • 3.4 Decision Log
  • 3.5 Quality Audit
  • 3.6 Team Directory
  • 3.7 Team Operating Agreement
  • 3.8 Team Performance Assessment
  • 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment
  • 3.10 Issue Log


4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:

  • 4.1 Technology Forecasting project Performance Report
  • 4.2 Variance Analysis
  • 4.3 Earned Value Status
  • 4.4 Risk Audit
  • 4.5 Contractor Status Report
  • 4.6 Formal Acceptance


5.0 Closing Process Group:

  • 5.1 Procurement Audit
  • 5.2 Contract Close-Out
  • 5.3 Technology Forecasting project or Phase Close-Out
  • 5.4 Lessons Learned

 

Results

With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Technology Forecasting project with this in-depth Technology Forecasting Toolkit.

In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:

  • Diagnose Technology Forecasting projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices
  • Implement evidence-based Best Practice strategies aligned with overall goals
  • Integrate recent advances in Technology Forecasting and put Process Design strategies into practice according to Best Practice guidelines

Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.

Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Technology Forecasting investments work better.

This Technology Forecasting All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.

 

Includes lifetime updates

Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.