ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR LARGE ENTERPRISES OPERATING IN SOUTH AFRICA SEPTEMBER 2012
CONTACT NEBULA SOUTH AFRICA WESTERN CAPE Tel: +27 (0)21 555 3227 Fax: +27 (0)21 551 0676 Address: 1 Ceres Road Milnerton 7441 Postal: PO Box 7100 Roggebaai 8012 E-mail: info@nebula.co.za GAUTENG Tel: +27 (0)12 661 0400 Fax: +27 (0)12 661 0650 Address: Unit 1001, 1st floor 267 West Street Building 267 West Avenue Centurion 0157 Postal: Postnet Suite 43 Private Bag X108 Centurion 0046 E-mail: info@nebula.co.za LEGAL DISCLAIMER Article content is not intended to answer specific questions or suggest suitability of action in a particular case. Comments or questions about the article may be directed to the author at insight@nebula.co.za. ii NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
CONTENT SECTIONS Introduction... page 2 Enterprise Considerations...page 4 Services and Service Providers...page 17 Enabling Your Mobile Strategy...page 21 ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 1
INTRODUCTION SIGNIFICANCE OF MOBILE MANAGEMENT IN LARGE ENTERPRISES The scope and volume of mobile services within large enterprises is increasing as industry trends drive a wider range of business applications for mobile services. Mobile services are being more widely deployed and utilised in the following areas in businesses Devices Mobile phones, tablets and laptops Applications Voice, email, web browsing, company mobility applications (e.g. sales), messaging/notifications POS / ATM Other M2M (Machine to Machine) e.g. billboards, cold storage, vehicle tracking, kiosks, etc. Network connectivity and data communications At the same time, the complexity of managing these services presents a growing challenge as large enterprises strive to address the key mobile management goals in their respective companies Enabling the appropriate range of mobile services to support business requirements Managing and optimising the costs for all mobile services Facilitating mobile service integration into information technologies and business processes Maintaining compliance with company policy and security requirements 2 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
INTRODUCTION Trends in the mobile services landscape support the need for a more focused approach to enterprise mobile management: Driver Business demand for mobile services Service provider spread of offerings Changes in service bundling and pricing Integration into unified communications and mobility strategy Alignment with business value proposition or multi-channel strategy Consumerisation of IT / BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Information security requirements Business efficiency standards Trends Increasing number of mobile business applications and an increase in the per-user / device usage of mobile voice and data services. Broader range of service providers. Service providers that currently offer mobile services also offer fixed services and a broader range of ICT services (and vice versa). Competition increasing in the business market for mobile services. Service providers are offering a combination of fixed / mobile plans, volume discounts, group bundles, on-net discounts, device funding options, convergence bundling and more. Companies are implementing unified communications and mobility strategies, and need to integrate their mobile services into these strategies. Mobile services require integration into standardised and unified technology platforms and business applications. Mobile-as-a-channel is being more widely offered to customers to support initiatives such as mobile payments, mobile banking, customer services, selfservice, sales, etc. This strategy can be used to support both in-bound and out-bound channels as well as internal collaboration efforts. The consumerisation of IT leads to internal users buying their own devices (BYOD trend) and the challenge of supporting a range of hardware and software standards across the organisation. The complexity and costs of security management are also increased. Mobile users gain access to more customer and company information and the requirements for information security from legislation and corporate governance standards increase. Data and information management practices also need to extend to mobile services. Increasing pressure to control costs and to ensure that mobile services improve the efficiency of business processes. Mobile strategies and on-going mobile management and reporting become part of IT and business management practices. Developing and improving practices in enterprise mobile management will allow large organisations to satisfy their business requirements for mobile services and to ensure that mobile costs are optimised and policy standards are met. Managing these goals, while at the same time taking advantage of the trends within the mobile services area, will drive large enterprises towards getting the best return on their mobile service expenditure. MOBILE STRATEGY COMPONENTS ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 3
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS DEFINING AND UNDERSTANDING MOBILE SERVICES End-user and network- / machine-based services The mobile services that are most widely in use in large enterprise are mobile network based services that are used to support individual employees (or users) in the organisation for access to mobile voice and data services from a phone, tablet or laptop. Many of the management considerations for mobile services are also applicable to managing mobile network connectivity services and M2M (Machine to Machine) deployments. Some of the differences in characteristics between the two mobile service areas are provided below User-based mobile services Device non-standardised (BYOD) Network- / machine-based mobile services Device standardised Less control over usage and costs More control over usage and costs Less control over security More control over security Controlled by employee, IT, security and access policies Person-to-person (calls and messaging) Person to web / application End-user device / application management Controlled by service and performance specification M2M (Machine-to-machine) data and messaging Network device / application management Influenced by personal preferences Influenced by technology standards Flexible business process / unified communications integration Rigid business process and system integration 4 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Vendor products for mobile services Mobile services are typically offered and priced in the following areas: Contract (post-paid) and pre-paid or top-up plans for tiered, volume-based voice and data usage Various types and speeds of mobile data access including 3G, HSPA, etc. Messaging services including individual messaging (SMS or MMS), bulk outbound or inbound messaging and premium inbound services Other value-added communications services such as roaming, conferencing, voice mail, unified messaging, video calling, etc. Application services including USSD, WAP / hosted applications and location based services. Mobile applications for various environments including research surveys, field force automation, etc. APN (Access Point Name) mobile network access service to securely allow authenticated users to access a corporate mobile network and hosted services SIM and phone management, including SIM and user / device allocations, SIM swop-outs, phone replacement and management, inventory and insurance management Management and reporting services including for the following areas: MMS and SMS web portal and reporting APN access and usage User and M2M usage analysis User, device and service contract configuration and optimisation Policy, usage rights, billing and charge-out Cellphone device management ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 5
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS BUSINESS ENABLEMENT AND USE-CASES In order to exploit mobile services, large enterprises need to identify the high-value business opportunities for mobile services within an organisation. This is best achieved by linking the mobility initiatives to performance improvement objectives through a process that addresses the following outcomes: Mobile service business benefits The opportunities for utilising mobile services are going to differ from industry to industry. However organisations are typically looking to gain benefits in the following areas when deploying mobile services or enabling mobility in their respective industries: Improving customer service levels Growing sales Increasing competitiveness Improving internal productivity Reducing operating costs Improving supply chain efficiency Increasing employee satisfaction 6 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Industry specific use of mobile services These performance improvement opportunities will be driven by key business processes that are specific to various industries. For example, in retail environments, enterprises would be looking to see where and how mobile services management could improve performance and productivity across areas such as: Logistics and supply chain Forecasting Merchandising Store operations Customer sales, service and loyalty In banking environments, enterprises would similarly want to understand how mobile services can support internal business processes, collaboration and customer-facing processes across areas such as: Retail banking Lending Mortgage Issuing and acquiring Wealth management ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 7
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Prioritising mobile opportunities Once organisations have identified the key benefit areas for utilising mobile services, the next decisions are often about identifying the functional areas that are most likely to drive those benefits and specifying the use-cases that will drive the benefits. Large enterprises should understand the benefit areas across their business processes and maintain a profile of the specific opportunities and use-cases that will drive those benefits. These opportunities should include an indication of the high-level financial benefits to help prioritise those opportunities. Business Benefit Area Business Processess Improve customer services & loyalty Grow sales Increase Collaboration Improve internal productivity Improve industry competitiveness Executive Marketing, advertising, PR Sales Customer services Operations, field and fleet services Finance, debtors Benefit description Indicative value Applicable mobile service Applicable user(s) / device(s) Procurement / supply chain IT HR, learning 8 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATING MODELS Internal deployment models Large enterprises with a high demand for mobile services will need to consider the most suitable deployment options for user- and machine-based mobile services. For machine-based services, the deployment model will involve SIM-based subscription services that do not require the usual phone device subsidisation model that is bundled with many contracts. These messaging or communication services are then deployed according to the standard configuration or build for that service architecture (e.g. ATM or POS). In many cases for machine-connectivity services, large enterprises will make use of multiple vendors and dual SIMs to improve overall access network availability. Deployment options for user-based services For user-based services, many large enterprises have a range of options that they can deploy. While some organisations stick to a single model for all users, other large enterprises accommodate a range of deployment models to address different business requirements and company cultures. Deployment model variables can allow for a great variety of deployment configurations. Large enterprises have to evaluate and decide on those configurations that best suit their specific requirements. Decisions around the user deployment model will determine the extent of decision making, control and ownership across the user and company in the following areas: Business Processess Strategy Example Options Decision Making, Ownership and Control Service providers MTN, Nashua Mobile, Telkom, Vodacom Device and operating systems Apple, Nokia, Samsung, RIM, ios, Android, Symbian, Blackberry Contract type Single, dual or multiple Individual or bundled volume-based contracts for voice and / or data services Contract or pre-paid Company, user or line management Service selection builds Voice, messaging, web, email, applications Usage / expenditure limits Private or business usage limits Voice or data servicebased limits ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 9
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Options are in many cases configured based on either the function or role of the user or their job level. A typical mobile profile will define the configuration for a specific user-profile, using some of the following information Job role Role description Applicable deployment model Business Unit requirements Device types Access to internal network and systems, for example: - Voice outbound local, national or international or company-internal numbers only - Voice inbound only - SMS, MMS - Email, business applications (specify), web browsing Usage volumes (bundles) agreed volume of minutes and data usage by user role Expense limits and cost recovery Security standards It is also common that individual business units will request unique deployment models or options. These requests to allow business unit exceptions to corporate deployment models will need to be reviewed against the following considerations: Alignment with the corporate deployment model Alignment with the corporate policy The impact on planned budget for that expense item on corporate and divisional level Compliance to security requirements The impact on management support structures, including support for multiple usage profiles, devices and mobile operating systems The impact on user satisfaction and expectations In many of these areas, the company will have to decide whether they accommodate single, dual or multiple options for that area. For example, a company could only allow a single service provider and multiple device / operating system combinations, or vice versa. Based on the business case or mobile use-cases across the different business environments, the company will determine the range and nature of deployment options they will allow in their organisation. 10 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Mobile management complexity The number of deployment combinations that a company permits will need to be considered against the business value of multiple deployment combinations and the increasing complexity and costs in the following areas: User support Security controls Application and service integration Policy management Expense management and reconciliation Vendor management ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 11
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Management operating models As mobile services grow in usage and complexity, companies will have to mature their mobile management and reporting capabilities. Decisions will need to be made about the extent to which mobile management services are centralised or decentralised on either a regional or business unit level. The pros and cons of enabling mobile management services internally, through the mobile service providers or by making use of companies that specialise in telecommunications and mobile management services will differ within each large enterprise. Some of the general considerations across the choices for management operating models are provided below: In-source (IT, sourcing, finances) Outsource mobile service provider Outsource mobile management service No single view of the mobile service. Difficult to co-ordinate across internal functions Vendor-focused view of mobile services Lack of alignment with internal policy and financial management objectives Single integration of order management, user support, financial and vendor management activities Multiple interfaces with multiple vendors Difficult model with multivendor strategy Established interfaces into multiple vendors Access to industry best practices and latest vendor offerings Expertise in offering mobile services vs. offering enterprise mobile service management Industry-specific understanding and expertise in mobile management services Lack of access to purposebuilt processes and tools Vendor-aligned processes and tools Access to purpose-built processes and tools IT, business or sourcing aligned view of cost efficiency and compliance Vendor-aligned view of cost efficiency and compliance Independent view on cost efficiency and compliance 12 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Mobile management responsibilities As mobile services become more integrated into enterprise systems and business processes, the IT function is increasing its oversight of mobile services. Business divisions, however, still desire independence in determining business requirements and acceptable expenditure and usage policies while financial managers are continually seeking ways to manage and reduce expenses. To maintain the proper roles to support business requirements, technology integration, costs and security objectives, large enterprises will need to align their mobile management functions within their capabilities and specific organisational structure and culture. High-level functions will need to be defined as processes and allocated to the appropriate roles. Appropriate Roles High-level Functions Centralised (IT, HR, Finance, Sourcing, etc.) Business Unit / Line Management Employee / User Mobile Service Provider Mobile Management Service Policy Management Service Provider and Contract Management Financial Management Service / SLA Management User Management Compliance Management Reporting and Exception Management Platform and Device Management Security Management ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 13
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS MOBILE MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICE Best practice for mobile management begins with making sure that the enterprise has an accurate baseline of users, mobile services, devices, contracts and costs. Secondly, a sound understanding of internal management priorities and concerns for mobile services will assist in determining the relative importance of the best practice areas for mobile management. Operational mobile management best practices Some of the key operational management best practice areas are provided here for reference. These areas and related processes need to be assessed to determine their existence and the effectiveness of those processes in meeting the company s mobile management objectives and standards. Best Practice Area Processes Maturity Mobile baseline profile management Includes mobile baseline auditing and on-going maintenance and management of the mobile baseline for users, services, devices, costs, etc. Management interfaces Includes the structures and processes for interaction with IT, finances, line management, service providers and users Financial management and control Operations management Service delivery management Includes expense budget forecasting and expense control, invoice and cost validation and reconciliation, cost charge-out and cost recovery Includes fault management, service provisioning, IMACDs, user support, change and problem management Includes service provider contract and service level management Needs to be reviewed to determine existence of processes effectiveness of processes realisation of business objectives - business enablement - costs and efficiency - security Capacity and compliance management Includes standards determination and implementation, configuration, performance and capacity reviews Continuous service improvement Reporting and compliance Includes on-going analysis of the mobile environment and industry, proactive monitoring and reporting on improvement opportunities and implementing improvement and cost saving initiatives Includes executive level mobile service reports, expenditure and cost allocation analysis, usage and policy compliance reporting 14 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS The integration of these operational management practices into external service providers and internal financial and HR functions is also an important element for achieving best practices. Integration of reporting, tools and processes into these environments supports some of the following activities: HR policy governance, employee and user validation Finances charge out and expense validation, budget and expense tracking Service providers invoice recon, disputes, support escalation, orders ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 15
ENTERPRISE CONSIDERATIONS Strategic mobile management best practices On a more strategic level, a different view of best practices will provide an indication of the extent to which an organisation is managing its mobile strategy. Capability Area Capability Review Strategy Does your company have a documented strategy for its mobile services? Managing Mobile Services Managing Mobile Service Providers Objectives and performance targets Benchmarking Service provider capabilities Mobile sourcing and partner strategy Service provider SLA or performance targets Has your company set performance targets for its mobile services? Has your company done a benchmarking exercise of its costs for mobile calls and mobile data services in the past 12 months? Has your company conducted a review of the leading mobile services providers and their services in the past 12 months? Does your company have a sourcing or partner strategy for its mobile service providers? Has your company established performance targets for its mobile service providers? Managing Mobile Business Benefits Mobile Management Operating Models Managing Risk and Security of Mobile Services Cost and benefit tracking Mobile evaluation criteria Service contracting Mobile baseline maintenance Roles and responsibilities User profiles and service catalogues Risk and security assessment Risk and security compliance Service provider risk Does your company financially quantify and track the business benefit of its mobile services? Does your company have predetermined and documented evaluation criteria for mobile service providers and mobile service offerings? Does your company have contracting guidelines for mobile service offerings? Does your company maintain an accurate and up-to-date baseline of users, devices, services and service usage for all mobile services? Has your company reviewed roles and responsibilities for the delivery and management of mobile services in the past 12 months? Does your company have an up-to-date service catalogue with supporting service levels for all mobile services? Has your company conducted a risk assessment and set security standards for all its mobile services? Does your company conduct risk management reviews and audits of compliance to usage and security policies? Does your company monitor the risk and security measures of your mobile service providers? 16 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
SERVICES & SERVICE PROVIDERS MOBILE SERVICES SCOPE Developing a strong understanding of the scope and nature of mobile services puts an organisation in a stronger position to get the best fit for their business requirements and to get the best deal from their service provider. The range and description of mobile services offered by leading providers that serve the South African market include the following areas and service types: Service Area Subscription Packages Data and Messaging Services Additional Mobile Services Business Services APN SIM Phone Billing, Reporting and Management Services Voice post-paid plans (available at per min and per sec billing), Voice top-up / prepaid plans (per min billing and Business Shared Voice Plans), Voice closed user groups Blackberry business packages Individual handset packages Blended packages with fixed services Data packages (contract or top-up) Mobile broadband 3G 4G / LTE HSDPA HSUPA Edge SMS outbound Premium rate inbound SMS SMS Gateway / bulk SMS with web portal for management and reporting SMS 2 email, email to SMS MMS Bulk MMS with web portal for management and reporting Voice mail Enhanced voice mail Web-based mail management (voice, video, fax) Conference Call Video calling MVoIP Mobile toll free International dialling and roaming Location based services USSD services (e.g. survey management) Mobile business applications (e.g. field service management) Business data APN (forward billed) Business data APN (reverse billed) Business data APN (secondary APN) Multi-network peering links Dual SIM Mobile presence management (single number) SIM replacement and management Phone insurance Phone replacement and management Usage and call management (e.g. limit locks) Cell phone locking and blacklisting Usage and billing reporting Hierarchy billing Split billing Tariff optimiser Mobile self-service Self-management portal - configuration, administration, management and reporting ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 17
SERVICES & SERVICE PROVIDERS MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS Mobile service providers differ in their core capabilities and the range of services they offer. Some of them have international partnerships and others might have better coverage in selected African countries. Some providers will have good coverage in an Africa sub-region and no coverage in South Africa while others will have good South African coverage, but little to no coverage in other African countries. In the South African market, service providers will fall into one of the following categories: Traditional fixed line provider e.g. Telkom Traditional mobile network services provider e.g. MTN and Vodacom Multiple network service provider e.g. Nashua Mobile There are company-specific factors that may favour adopting any of these types of providers, or that may influence a single or multiple service provider approach; but in any case, the primary supplier should be evaluated against some of the following considerations: National (or African multi-national) coverage Ability to provide converged services Support for business and system integration requirements Extent of other services already provided e.g. network services Flexibility of product, bundle and pricing combinations Service levels and support structures 18 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
SERVICES & SERVICE PROVIDERS Some of the other services that may be provided by the telecommunications or mobile service provider, and that should be considered in mobile sourcing initiatives, include the range of IT infrastructure services in the following areas: Terrestrial connectivity: X.21 Dsl Fibre Connectivity and Network Wireless connectivity: GSM Satellite Point-to-point microwave Shared spectrum wireless Network: VPN - fixed APN - mobile Infrastructure and service hosting: Hosting Basic hosting or co-location Managed hosting Virtual hosting Cloud services private, community or public or hybrid Voice access, network and services: Voice and Communications Fixed voice access SIP trunking VoIP PBX Messaging Conferencing Call centre Unified communications ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 19
SERVICES & SERVICE PROVIDERS SOURCING MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS In sourcing a service provider or multiple service providers, it is important that the following factors are understood internally, and then used as a basis to formulate requirements for the service providers and their respective solution offerings: Voice and Data Contract Contract ownership Predicting accurate usage volumes Bundling of volumes (voice and / or data) Usage-based billing Mobile voice and data usage (and destination / on-net) analysis Benchmarking unit prices (minutes and gigs) Devices Level of device (and application) standardisation BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy Contract (and device) ownership Security Single vs. multiple device / SIM strategy APN and usage-based billing Security management Hosted applications User profiles and use cases Network, Communication and Application Services As stated earlier, large enterprises will need to align their mobile service sourcing efforts with the following strategies: Supplier sourcing strategy - single, dual (primary vs. secondary / back-up), all (to get maximum access coverage), requirement specific ICT Services alignment - alignment of service provider and service offerings with other services, including network, mobility and other telecoms areas Mobile management operating model - in-source vs. outsource, centralise vs. decentralised, functions, service provider or independent management 20 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENABLING YOUR MOBILE STRATEGY WHAT THIS MEANS FOR LARGE ENTERPRISES Large enterprises should develop their own catalogue of services that should be considered for mobile services and maintain an ongoing, high-level strategy and business case for the deployment and optimisation of mobile services. Enterprise Mobile Services Scope Business and Technology Drivers Service Provider Capability Review Internal Capability Review High-Level Mobile Strategy, Business Case and Operating Models ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 21
ENABLING YOUR MOBILE STRATEGY FEASIBILITY AND BUSINESS ENABLEMENT When reviewing or renewing your service providers and technology, Nebula proposes a structured methodology and approach which is independent of both internal and external vested interests and that aligns with your investment, sourcing and governance requirements. The Technology Business Enablement (TBE ) lifecycle is a structured methodology to enhance and protect your decision support process: Telecoms Business Enablement (TBE) Nebula offers a Telecoms Business Enablement methodology, which covers the structured selection, planning and implementation of telecoms services or products from a vendor or service provider. It can originate as part of a Telecoms Optimisation Programme (TOP) or Telecoms Strategic Decision Framework (TSDF) Project, as a result of the recommendations of either, or as a standalone engagement. Secondly, TBE entails the development and customisation of the best-fit operating model needed to manage and support the new services and business function within the client s telecoms environment (a choice between managed services, business process outsourcing, traditional outsourcing or a hybrid model). The Nebula TBE methodology follows a six-phased approach: Phase 1: Feasibility analysis and approvals During this phase, the case for change in the client s telecoms environment is examined, along with its impact and the organisation s buy-in and readiness. Nebula supports the executive in its approval of the proposal and helps prepare the proposal. Phase 2: Sourcing and selection Once approval is obtained, Nebula oversees a period of insourcing or outsourcing, as well as vendor / service provider evaluation and selection. Phase 3: Planning and preparation Once approval has been received to proceed with vendor appointment and contracting, planning and preparation for the client s transitioning to and operationalisation of the new operating model follows. Phase 4: Transitioning and implementation This phase will facilitate full transitioning from the current state operational environment and solution to the new one, including training, implementation and migration management, change management and compliance management. 22 NEBULA :: ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa
ENABLING YOUR MOBILE STRATEGY Phase 5: Operations Once implementation is concluded successfully, the telecoms environment s successful on-going operations are ensured through a variety of measures, including service and performance assurance, configuration and migration data management and best practice controlled handover. Phase 6: Renew or change supplier With continuous refreshing of the Telecoms Baseline Profile, the latest information in terms of in-scope services will, at contract maturity, lead to a decision whether to renew a contract or not. If not, the entire TBE methodology will need to be restarted. If renewal is in order, Nebula s Contracting Consulting function will be engaged. Feasibility Analysis & Approvals Sourcing and Selection Planning & Preparation Transitioning & Implementation Operations Renew or Change Supplier ENTERPRISE MOBILE MANAGEMENT Considerations for Large Enterprises Operating in South Africa :: NEBULA 23
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