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Introducing IDC's Planning Guides

Let IDC's Future Enterprise Planning Guides direct you through key digital transformation stages. The self-contained guides outline the process for transforming your organization and understanding the requirements and goals driving the new CEO / CIO digital agenda.

The guides are included in IDC’s IT Executive Programs or can be purchased separately.

What's in the Planning Guide?

Where do I start?

Simply choose a Future Enterprise topic from below to see related Guides, or learn more about Future IT and your organization’s maturity.

Take the IDC Future IT Maturity Assessment, to see how you compare with peers.

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Select Planning Guides that most benefit you from topics from Ops to Innovation.

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Organizations can’t transform to a Future Enterprise without the foundation of Future IT.

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Future Enterprise Research

Future Enterprise

CIOs set the IT organization on the right course and enable their Future Enterprise to build resiliency and thrive in the next normal.

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Future of Connectedness

Create Pervasive Experiences

Future of Digital Innovation

Deliver Innovative Services and Experiences at Scale

Future of Operations

Pivot Operations from throughput and Efficiency to Market-Responsive

Future of Customers and Consumers

Create Empathy with Customers at Scale

Future of Industry Ecosystems

Define the New Value in the Digital Economy

Future of Trust

Engender Trust with Customers

Future of Digital Infrastructure

Ensure Reliable Digital Services and Experiences

Future of Intelligence

Develop into an Intelligent Organization

Future of Work

Create a Dynamic Work Model

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DX Taxonomy & Use Cases

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