Did you know that back in 2016, at the request of members, the broader IoE & Digital Ecosystems team put together an IoE Roadmap of Challenges putting forward what a large group of industry stakeholders identified as the most pressing and difficult challenges to overcome when entering the IoT/IoE space? The RoC became one of the most downloaded documents on the TM Forum website (
Navigating the IoE roadmap of challenges: Insights and opinions for digital businesses - TM Forum)
Now, in 2018, time is right for a fresh perspective so we're updating this Roadmap of Challenges, focusing on the business aspects and looking at how the Forum can further help players overcome them. We're asking:
Are the original challenges identified still hurdles?
Have they increased in importance?
Have any been widely resolved?
Have new challenges arisen?
And two particular questions for this community:
1) Has TM Forum helped you overcome any of these challenges and what more can we do in these areas?2) What challenges is your organisation facing when entering or scaling in an ecosystem business context?
I look forward to seeing responses which will influence our ongoing collaboration work to bring practical, valuable tools helping all parties thrive in this complex environment full of opportunities.
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Thandi Demanet
TM Forum
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