Get the Guidance You Need
to Become a "Future Enterprise"
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 Guides?
Each guidebook provides actionable research to guide you on a focused aspect of digital transformation.
We put you in touch with the most relevant IDC research intelligence – no matter where in the journey you are.
Mentorship and peer insight means you’ll know what to look for and what to avoid.
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Intelligence, data and advice in a single package
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IDC’s deep industry knowledge
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Downloadable tools and links to additional relevant IDC research
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Mentorship and guidance from your peers

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.
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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.
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
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Future of Operations
Pivot Operations from throughput and Efficiency to Market-Responsive
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Future of Customer Experience
Create Empathy with Customers at Scale
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Future of Industry Ecosystems
Define the New Value in the Digital Economy
- Creating an Enterprise-wide Transformation
- Effective Budgets and KPIs for Enterprise Transformation
- Architecting and Developing the Digital Platform
- Managing and Leveraging Cloud for the Digital Enterprise
- Employing Data Management and Analytics Technologies
- Data Monetization Capabilities, Governance, and Planning
- Effective Competitive Sourcing: Beyond the RFP
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Future of Trust
Engender Trust with Customers
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Future of Digital Infrastructure
Ensure Reliable Digital Services and Experiences
- Modernizing Infrastructure for the Digital Enterprise
- Digital Enterprise Cloud Planning
- Reinvent the IT Organization for the Digital Enterprise
- Architecting and Developing the Digital Platform
- Planning and Designing the Digital Platform
- Effective Budgets and KPIs for Enterprise Transformation
- Effective Competitive Sourcing: Beyond the RFP
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Future of Intelligence
Develop into an Intelligent Organization
- Developing an Information Transformation Program
- Employing Data Management and Analytics Technologies
- Employing Appropriate AI Technologies
- Developing Data-as-a-Service Offerings
- Data Monetization Capabilities, Governance, and Planning
- Nurturing Innovation Culture in the Future Enterprise
- Effective Competitive Sourcing: Beyond the RFP
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Future of Work
Create a Dynamic Work Model
- Effective Communication Strategies for Transformation
- Nurturing Innovation Culture in the Future Enterprise
- Establishing a Digital Transformation Leader and Goals
- Modernizing Infrastructure for the Digital Enterprise
- Digital Enterprise Cloud Planning
- Employing Appropriate AI Technologies
- Attracting and Cultivating Talent for the Future Enterprise
Future of Connectedness
Future of Operations
Future of Customer Experience
Future of Industry Ecosystems
Future of Trust
Future of Digital Infrastructure
Future of Intelligence
Future of Work
Insights beyond the Planning Guides
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