Technologies To Be Aware Of
Tools to prepare for, manage, and evaluate technology implementation projects.
- Project Management Tools
Tools like Asana, Trello, or Microsoft Project provide much-needed structure to technology implementation initiatives. Managers can assign responsibilities, set deadlines, prioritize tasks, and monitor progress, allowing them to identify bottlenecks and allocate resources effectively. - Training and Development Platforms
Platforms like LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and Udemy provide an inexpensive and flexible way to upskill your team. Course offerings are extensive, including data management, data analytics, databases, scaling to the cloud, AI, customer relationship management systems, no-code development, and much more. Many platforms allow businesses to track employee progress, provide certification, and customize learning paths. This structured training helps employees gain hands-on experience and confidence with new technologies, ensuring that teams can operate advanced digital tools. - Monitoring and Evaluation Tools
Tools like Google Analytics, Power BI, Tableau, or custom dashboards allow for real- time monitoring and evaluation of deployed technologies. Managers can track key performance indicators (KPIs) and visualize data, quickly assessing a technology's performance and return on investment. This allows businesses to make data-driven decisions to optimize technology investment and firm performance - Support Tools
To quickly adopt and leverage new technologies, businesses must establish a supportive environment. For example, cloud platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud allow for scalable data storage but also offer data analytics, AI, and IoT services and enable easy integration with other technologies (e.g., API gateways). Furthermore, outsourcing cybersecurity and complex technical tasks to managed IT services can free up internal teams to focus on using technologies (instead of maintaining them)