TABLE OF CONTENTS This chapter is a master checklist for implementing a remote working system and introduces all the concepts that are covered in detail later in the book. The objective is to communicate the scope of remote working and all the factors that need to be considered, and dealt with, if it is to be successful. There are many examples of failed remote and home working programmes, whose demise was due to overlooking the true scope of the project. It is not just a matter of giving someone a notebook computer and telling them, 'As of Monday, you work from home.'
Figure 1 shows the high level activities that need to be considered when implementing remote working. This will be true if remote working is being considered for the first time or if roles/people are being added to an existing remote working system.
These activities form quite a list, and the monitoring and change element is there to make sure that it is understood that implementing remote working is an ongoing process, with associated overheads in terms of both costs and human resources. Although these are covered in greater depth in the rest of the book, a short brief of the scope...
