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Below are upcoming Forrester reports and surveys. Please note that this list does not include Quick Takes, which are driven by market events and/or client Inquiries. Dates, titles, authors, and topics of our planned research are subject to change at any time.
Forrester’s research shows that consumers demand more from brands in the 21st Century. Marketers now have a steeper hill to climb to earn consumers’ brand preference, referral and a willingness to pay a premium price. This is the first in a series of reports that analyses Forrester’s new Consumer Technographics® brand compass data to reveal consumers expectations of brands by category. This report will show what makes a consumer packaged goods (CPG) personal care and food and beverage categories a strong TRUE brand, one that is Trusted, Remarkable, Unmistakable and Essential. And that Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) must begin their quest for mindshare and market share by earning consumers’ trust not driving buzz.
Selecting the right vendor for your IT services needs is becoming increasingly important, as the solutions in the IT services marketplace evolve and change, and the importance of strong business alignment increases. Selecting the right vendor for your business requirements, with the right solution, the right capabilities, and the right price is becoming increasingly complex, and yet Forrester sees many companies still struggling with the basics. While the sourcing strategy describes the goals and objectives of a good sourcing process and the activities supporting these, the vendor selection is the next critical step to execute on the strategy. The process -- involving RFPs, negotiations, and contracting -- becomes more complex with new disruptive technologies, a stronger need for business/IT alignment and changing delivery models. This document addresses what needs to be considered in the RFP process, which elements are important for contracting, and how to use this information to negotiate with vendors.
The greatest obstacle for ECM adoption is not about technology but more focused on user acceptance. Defining an effective business case is a key step to influencing user adoption. The business case must align to the user's needs while leveraging the strengths of the ECM solution.
| This report highlights the wide range of content oriented technologies that Forrester covers closely, such as ECM, DAM, MultiChannel Capture, Records Management and Managed Print Services. It provides context for recent Waves and market overviews. The report offers a high level map of the vendor ecosystem, and guidance on how to move through the space. |
An overview of the 2013-2014 European tech market.
This report is designed to help CISOs manage their security governance boards. Although governance committees can vary wildly, this document draws on recent research to explore the commonalities and trends while outlining the best practices relating to the set up and management of a governance board that enables consistent risk treatment and truly engages with all lines of business.
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The Business Case chapter of the Mobile Banking Strategy Playbook.
Marketing innovation is difficult due to the ever-changing customer landscape caused by digital disruption, perpetually connected customers and the shifting customer lifecycle. To keep up with these tectonic shifts, CMOs must understand their current marketing innovation culture. Understanding whether you are in a risk averse, pragmatic, experimenter or customerobsessed culture is the first step to accelerating your organization’s marketing innovation velocity. This report provides a model for determining your marketing innovation culture today and a roadmap for migrating it to a faster moving culture in the future. This report will also provide an action plan for continuously monitoring your innovation program and reinvigorating should it slow down.
Marketing innovation labs are all the rage. Companies including Staples, Walmart, Mondelez, Nike, Coca Cola, Aetna, Nestle, 7-Eleven and many more have developed innovation labs to accelerate their businesses. The goals range from driving marketing and digital innovation culture to creating new business models that integrate digital and create new revenue streams. This report analyzes the benefits and challenges of marketing innovation labs. It will also discuss the innovation lab models that have been created to date, their goals and objectives. This report will help you determine if an innovation lab is right for your organization. It will also provide a roadmap and best practices for creating your own innovation lab.
This is the change management report of the Business Intelligence (BI) playbook for Application Development & Delivery (AD&D) professionals.
This report will discuss the long-term evolution after incorporating emerging technology into your EA program.
This report will walk readers through the steps of developing a performance management plan for your emerging technology program.