Almost everyone is interested in mobile working. But the projects that succeed are the ones that have an executive champion who has a defined budget and knows how to measure success. Projects without a sponsor and a budget often fail because management doesn’t understand the value proposition. The project will stall because the project team is unable to demonstrate the return on investment mobile officing provides. An ideal sponsor has some of the following characteristics:

• Has an interest in, and is affected by, the success of the program
• Manages the business group which will be most affected by the program
• Understands the value proposition
• Has enough influence to make decisions stick and cause the right actions to occur
• Will champion the program internally, and communicate its benefits to other executives

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