IWMS Implementations: The Time-To-Value Imperative

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Executive Summary

Across the integrated workplace management system (IWMS) market, vendors have been investing in their software solutions to enable faster and more flexible implementations. This report provides executives responsible for managing an IWMS deployment with an analysis of vendor product strategies and advice on how to expedite time to value of an IWMS implementation. The research finds vendors are modernizing their platforms and launching new out-of-the-box best-practice workflows as they address the market's perception that their software solutions are slow to implement. Real estate, facilities and IT executives looking for a new IWMS should use this report alongside the Verdantix 2019 Green Quadrant IWMS to inform their purchase decisions.
IWMS Vendors Aim To Speed Up Software Deployment Times
The Elephant In The Room: IWMS Solutions Have Provided Slow Time To Value And Low Agility 
Vendors Are Addressing Time To Value By Deepening Out-Of-The-Box Functionality 
Four Strategies To Speed Up IWMS Implementations

About the Authors

Susan Clarke

Susan Clarke

Research Director

Susan leads the Verdantix Smart Buildings practice. Her current research agenda focuses on software solutions for real estate management including integrated workplace managem...

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...

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