IoT Project Future-Proofing Challenges | Smart & Resilient Cities
Welcome to the last post in my series of seven chapters intended to help individuals and organizations on their journey to deploying a successful Internet of Things (IoT) transformation. In my last blog, I covered the operational challenges and this post covers Future Proofing Challenges. If it’s helpful to go back to the beginning and read in sequence, you can start with an introduction to this series here, along with a list of the other topic areas you will need to assess on your journey.
It is about the capacity of the solution for adaptive evolution. As the nature of today’s business is constant change, it is important to understand how will your IoT solution adapt to changes.
Once you are up and running, entropy will begin to increase and the correspondence between the real world and your solution will likely erode rapidly unless you have factored in how to keep it up to date. This is a huge effect on the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the solution.
It was Heraclitus, the Greek Philosopher, who said, “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” This is true, especially in today’s business. Digital transformation is touching deeply business models, operational processes and customer experience and needs.