IT governance enablers in relation to IoT implementation: a systematic literature review

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to obtain a list of recommendations addressed by the information technology (IT) governance enablers in relation to IoT implementation. The reason behind this it is the lack of information about these instances which could the organizations to be more effective when implementing IoT. Design/methodology/approach The objectives will be obtained using the methodology - systematic literature review. Findings During the research, a list of recommendations was created on each IT governance enabler in relation to IoT implementation, showing the flaws that exist at the literature level for each enabler. Originality/value The state of art of this research is a creation of a list of recommendations according to IT governance enablers to be applied on an IoT implementation.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

IT governance enablers for an efficient IoT implementation

IoT is considered to be one of the focal points for the 4.0 industry revolution because of the way it is changing the business models of each organization. IT governance is now an increasingly important tool for organizations to align their IT infrastructure with the organization's business objectives. IT governance has been used to help implement new technologies using the best practices such as COBIT, which defines a number of enablers that facilitate the implementation, identification and management of IT. This research aims to explore and define the most suitable enablers for an IoT implementation. These objectives will be achieved through the Design Science Research methodology, which incorporates two literature reviews, a Delphi method and, finally, a semi-structured interview. With a first systematic review of the literature, it was possible to identify the main enablers to implement IoT. Next, the list was improved using the Delphi method, gathering expert opinion. In the Delphi method, the level of agreement was verified to create exclusion criteria and a level of efficiency in each recommendation. Finally, a specialist was interviewed to demonstrate the applicability and validation of the proposed artifact in the various IoT projects implemented by his organization. At the end, a final list of enablers for IoT implementation is provided. The results indicate that data privacy, data protection, and data analysis are currently the best recommendations to be considered in an IoT implementation because they increase the efficiency of the solution and increase the credibility of the data obtained. Future work and limitations are detailed in the end.A IoT é considerada como um dos pontos fulcrais para a revolução da indústria 4.0, devido à maneira como está a alterar os modelos de negócio das organizações. A governação das TI é atualmente uma ferramenta cada vez mais importante para as organizações alinharem a sua infraestrutura tecnológica com os objetivos de negócio da organização. A governação de TI tem sido utilizada para ajudar na implementação de novas tecnologias recorrendo à utilização de boas práticas como por exemplo o COBIT, que define vários enablers que facilitam a implementação, identificação e gestão das TI. Esta investigação visa explorar e definir os enablers mais adequados para uma implementação de IoT. Estes objetivos vão ser alcançados através da metodologia Design Science Research, que incorpora duas revisões de literatura, um método Delphi e por fim uma entrevista semiestruturada. Com uma primeira revisão sistemática da literatura, foi possível identificar os principais enablers para implementar IoT. De seguida, a lista foi melhorada utilizando o método Delphi, recolhendo a opinião de especialistas. No método Delphi, verificou-se o nível de concordância para criar critérios de exclusão e um nível de eficiência em cada recomendação. Finalmente, um especialista foi entrevistado para demonstrar a aplicabilidade e validar o artefacto proposto nos diversos projetos de IoT implementados pela sua organização. No final a lista de enablers para implementar IoT é fornecida. Os resultados indicam que atualmente, a privacidade de dados, a proteção de dados e a análise de dados são as melhores recomendações a serem consideradas numa implementação de IoT, porque aumentam a eficiência da solução e aumentam a credibilidade dos dados obtidos. Trabalho futuro e limitações são detalhadas no final

A human centric approach to the Internet of things

This research focuses on human interaction with the IoT, not only from the perspective of the user, but also considering the requirements that smart objects should meet to support human activities. It analyses how the IoT was originally conceived from a technology and data driven approach, and why there is a need to provide an IoT framework that considers humans’ tasks and goals. As such, the nature of the actions and interactions found in a human-based IoT are discussed in the context of social-like collaborations, where actors are in pursue of a common goal. This thesis reframes Human-IoT interaction as a social, collaborative system, described in terms of its capacity to support the activities of the involved social actors in pursuit of a common goal. A structure is proposed to describe the nature of these interactions, and a methodology to model user behaviour based on the tasks and goals supporting a theme is proposed. The methodology is used to analyse the requirements of a domestic IoT system, leading to the implementation of a demonstrator system, and a study to validate the method. This research posits that user experience should inform IoT system design to prevent misunderstanding of its purpose