IRIS share their survey findings remote working survey findings conducted amongst 167 finance professionals.

2. • In the past 24 months
• Feb 2009
• Snow disruption
costs UK £3bn
• April 2010 & July 2011
• Thousands of flights
cancelled due to
volcanic ash cloud
• Effective remote working could have help
dramatically reduce this cost to UK business

3. IRIS Conducted a remote
working survey with167
UK finance professionals
Here we share some
of these findings….

4. 23%
44%
Important
Essential
33%
Not Important

5. • Only 20% of the workforces worked remotely
3% 7%
20%
None
35%
11% 1-5%
6-10%
11-20%
25%
> 20%
Unsure

6. • 39% of businesses have seen an increase
4%
39%
57% Decreased
Increased
Stayed the same

7. • 77% of those surveyed wanted detailed account data
• 32% wanted quick access to KPI‟s
• Only 11% wanted to see detailed debtors

8. • What‟s now different to make
remote working a reality?
• Devices
• Smartphones
• Microsoft Phone 7,
Blackberry, iPhone, Android,
• Tablets
• Business Tablets, Android,
iPad, Kindle Fire
• We believe that a new bread
of devices can make remote
working a true reality

9. • New form factors
• Size of screens
• The need to design
application for these
new devices
• Less information
• Button design
• Cloud power is the
new enabler
• Is design now more
import than technology?

10. • We‟ve all heard the phrase
• App‟s are great for tasks
• App‟s aren‟t so good at fully integrated solutions
• You need the right tool for the right job

11. • Formed a partnership to explore further
• Examined the need for remote working by role
• Sales person • Service Engineer
• Order taking
• Task based applications
• Product information
• Customer Information • My Schedule
• Performance • My Job
management • My Spares
• Access to existing
line of business • Access commonly limited
application to a subset of data
• Collaboration • Collaboration
• The role to date has often dictated the device

12. • We identified that the new business tablets
could make a significant difference
• Touch technology
• Lighter, smaller –
more portable
• Full Windows
• Run new „apps‟
• Use existing „Line of
Business‟ solutions
• Full Docking Station
• USB ports

13. • A team worked with Microsoft over 3 months
to develop a prototype Tablet App
• We wanted to create an application designed
specifically for this form factor
• Use touch
• Enable customer collaboration
• Integration with other tablet apps
• The potential for location tracking/mapping

14. • We interviewed customers and created
a “User Persona”
• IRIS worked with Microsoft‟s top UI experts
• We created screen mock ups with „Blend‟

15. • We achieved our target and created
a tablet application

17. • Our existing accounting and ERP
applications are not going to
disappear overnight, however…
• We predict there will be more and more
productivity enhancing applications
for different roles for new devices
• Designing applications for devices
such as phones and tablets is different
• It‟s about design as much as about technology

18. • Will workers want to carry 3 devices?
• Is it possible to have just 1 device?
• We think this is unlikely, but 2 seems
a real possibility!

19. • Remote working is set to increase
• Access to existing „Line of Business‟
solutions will continue to be needed
• New devices means that this
is easier than ever before
• Software authors will need
to develop applications to
support a more remote/
mobile workforce

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