This was a short presentation introducing the latest work on the IoT Methodology explaining usecases, past projects and lessons learnt from reverse engineering various projects we have carried out recently

2. ❖ What is IOTM?
❖ Solutions + “project routes” we’re working on
❖ Past projects
❖ Give some new perspectives
❖ Get some feedback
Hello

3. IoT is not “business as usual”
Scope is bigger, much bigger
More personalities need to collaborate
Even more unknown unknowns for the
traditional business
THE IOT DILEMMA

4. Reaction from organisations
Unclear definition = no
strategy
No direction
“Business as usual” habits
THE IOT DILEMMA
Current IoT solutions
Micro/macro phenomena
Understanding sector needs
For ‘Industry/tech leaders’ it’s
business as usual
Why is this occurring?
IoT competence domains
are unknown
A one size fits all approach
is impossible
So where do we start?

5. IOTM is a three phase iterative method to
brainstorm, build and tune sensor,
smart device and data driven challenges.
It maps out new projects, helps with
existing initiatives or generating ideas
from scratch.
WELCOME TO IOTM

6. The lifecycle journey takes nine steps:
● Co-creation, ideation and validation
● Architecture, implementation and deployment
● Identify, classify and act
IOTM LIFECYCLE
Diversity at each step ensures the correct
feedback from end users, analysts,
designers, developer and marketers, getting
everyone on the same page.

7. The challenge for any generic, ‘horizontal’,
swiss-army-knife like solution is to match
the right tools, with the right people at the
right time.
We use a company ‘competence’
assessment to identify the strengths,
weaknesses, experiences and resources a
company might already have at hand.
IOT COMPETENCE MODEL

8. Successful IoT initiatives align with
similar traits, driven by strengths,
weaknesses and the partnerships an
organisation builds, it can make all the
difference in delivering change
successfully.
TECHNICAL DOMAIN EXAMPLE

9. IOTM TOOLBOX
Creative
Design Templates Comms templates Feedback plans
Technical
Architecture modelling examples SW Design patterns Test plans
Business
Example Contract templates PM doc templates Marcom templates
Misc
Project Plans Assessment tools Scoring cards Report templates Workshop guides

10. IOTM METHOD TO PROGRESS
Effective
digital company
and product ranges
IoT Methodology IoT Competence
Model
IOTM Toolbox

11. Blueprint initiatives to solve common
challenges getting started or progressing
further with IoT
• Project analysis workshop
• Real-time data dashboards
• Remote Sensor Pilot projects
• Creating new products - business contracts
• Hands-on IoT hardware
• UX for developing IoT user interfaces
PROJECT ROUTES

12. TELECOM IOT WORKSHOP
Tools used:
● Context maps
● System maps
● Pitch deck
● Public voting system
brainstorm build tune
Through public hackathons, internal
workshops and various projects - a number
of ‘co-creation’ tools were used to explore
new ideas and inspire new strategy.
Problem(s): There’s no next step, or
convincing buy-in from operations.

13. BARCODE STOCK CONTROL
INTEGRATION
Tools used:
● Business case assessment
● Shop floor - System maps
● Network diagrams
● Test plans for accountability
handover
● Documentation
brainstorm build tune
A metal pressing firm required a more
effective way to manage stock. Using a
handheld barcode scanner we improved
accountability for both goods in/out.
Problem(s): Pushing this into quality control
was too ambitious

14. PLEQ - Industrial Vibration Sensors
PLEQ provides vibration analysis solution for
manufacturers and maintenance firms.
Using a ‘plug and play’ sensor for early
alerting and real-time monitoring.
Problem(s): Mountains of data, endless
alarms and constantly data modelling efforts
Tools used:
● System maps
● Test case
● App feedback reports
● Root-cause analysis
brainstorm build tune

15. DEFINING PROJECT ROUTES
Design focus
Co-creation workshop & internal
concept design
Business focus
New IoT market strategy for
existing solution
Technical focus
Validation, architecture and
development project
Delivered as workshop
Delivered as analysis reports
Delivered as consultancy service and report
Context map Interest cards UI mockups Concept card Presentation
Assessment System maps Topological
Diagrams
Licensing
review
Schedule of
work
Proposal Market scan Evaluation Assessment Presentation

16. IOTM is essentially a scaffold for existing
businesses, to explore and discover IoT
opportunities enhancing, extending and
supporting products and services.
IOTM is built by C4IOT who provides Consultancy for the
Internet of Things in software development, hardware
deployment and overall management of a variety of IoT
projects.
APPROACH USING IOTM
The steps and
solutions offered by
IOTM are seeds to
grow initiatives that
companies and even
ecosystems lead.

17. Ideation Management and Voting
system for Hackathon event
PAST PROJECTS
Independent evaluator
Coach/Judge at IoT Roadshow
showcasing Intel technologie
Supported Telco IoT workshops and
managed developers community
Developed IoT Ideation web app
for nationwide IoT competition

18. C4IOT is looking for project sponsors and
commercial/research partners to explore the
methodology with a larger sample of projects aligned
under one initiative.
Our next hypothesis concerns the value and alignment
of goals across a single enterprise or towards multiple
companies in an ecosystem using IOTM.
SUPPORTING IOTM

19. Tom Collins - tom@c4iot.eu
@iotmethodology
iotmethodology.com