Building an eEnterprise

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Building aneEnterprise

• Gbenga Sesanme_at_gbengasesan.com
  www.gbengasesan.com
• Graduating Class of 2004CGMIE Consulting
  Entrepreneurial InstituteObafemi Awolowo
  University, Ile-Ife
• Friday, March 11 2004

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Wonder begins with e

• The word, wonder begins with the letter e.
  Pretty Amazing New Services reveals a new variety
  of technology applications that exist today.
  Ordered a pizza lately?
• Almost every word has a new prefix, e
  eCommerce, eGovernment, eEverything eEnterprise
• The noise about e is worth it, if you consider
  what e is all about Efficiency, Electronic,
  Enabled
• A complex integration of information and
  communication technologies which are often not
  visible to the front-end user define the
  influence of e on every application area. E.g.
  eMail, cell phones are used by every Tomi, Dike
  and Haruna but they involve a complex array of
  technologies and processes

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the nEw Economy

• Building an eEnterprise is especially necessary
  for businesses that seek to be relevant in the
  New Economy. Factors follow
• Economy New organizations are flexible, dynamic
  and dramatically lower in land, labor and capital
  requirements. Its the quality and productivity,
  rather than the volume, of workers that define
  the new economy
• Politics The politically powerful controlled the
  means toproduction. We are moving into a new
  information and knowledge is more accessible and
  the creation of knowledge and constant learning
  is made easier, empowerment is made more tenable
• Culture New workplace designs and telecommuting
  afford more time for leisure and family. Culture
  is based less on capital attainment and more on
  knowledge acquisition
• Technology Early technology implementation
  devalued workers as it was used to replace people
  and reduce costs. Emerging technology
  characteristics include interactivity of work
  immediacy of information for work and decisions
  accessibility of information - just-in-time
  (pull) and broadcast (push)

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Bringing e in

• Identify your unique processes. Take your
  enterprise as a project and sketch a Work
  Breakdown Structure to identify tasks, and then,
  processes
• Conduct a process evaluation. How does technology
  enable each process? What are the things that
  technology cannot do and the things technology
  cannot do better than usual convention? What can
  technology do for each process?
• What array of information and communication
  technologies does the process evaluation throw
  up?
• What are your overall technology needs?
• What is the cost implication of the technology
  needs?
• What is your roll out plan? A phased approach
  becomes necessary when funds are limited

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Challenges of the e

• Convergence - how to conduct business when the
  lines and boundaries blur as technologies, media,
  and even industries converge. The internetworked,
  interactive business environment places critical
  new demands on businesses.
• Innovation - how to stay competitive when a
  surprising number of new products are entering
  the market that create new forms of competition.
• Immediacy - how to respond to the consumers
  immediate needs. Customer expectations now demand
  immediate response and superior customer service.
• Globalization - how to address the global market.
  The eCommerce model defies geographic boundaries
  and barriers. This is an opportunity but also a
  tremendous challenge

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Building an eEnterprise

• The dot bomb experience was partly due to
  unplanned businesses built on dynamic technology.
  Technology enables present structures
• eBusiness Definition ? Planning ? Monitor
  Control ? Execute ? Sell/Grow/Close Out
• The task of building an eEnterprise is a project
  which involves careful management- Project
  Integration Management- Project Scope
  Management- Project Time Management- Project
  Cost Management- Project Quality Management-
  Project Human Resources Management- Project
  Procurement Management- Project Risk
  Management- Project Communication Management

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Building aneEnterprise
THANK YOU

• Gbenga Sesanme_at_gbengasesan.com
  www.gbengasesan.com
• Graduating Class of 2004CGMIE Consulting
  Entrepreneurial InstituteObafemi Awolowo
  University, Ile-Ife
• Friday, March 11 2004