Contents  xi

Training courses from private institutes  117

Online and offline resources by universities  119

Government support  125

Capability gap in business  126

Partnership with universities to influence the syllabus  126

Employee training programme  127

Employee experience  127

Resource capacity to support  127

Process gaps  128

Business knowledge gap  128

Use of blockchain for wrong business problems  129

Key issues surrounding blockchain project failures  129

Summary  131

5 Blockchain framework: A model to assess the Blockchain

for Business use case

133

Business problems  133

Questionnaire to assess maturity of the business process  140

Assess the gaps and recommendations  144

Reference: A – Regulations  145

Reference: B – Collaboration  146

Reference: C – Technology  147

Reference: D – Operating model  149

Reference: E – Education  150

Framework to assess blockchain use case  152

Blockchain technology usage – decision tree  152

List of questions  152

Type of blockchain – selection decision tree  158

List of questions  158

Type of consensus – consensus type decision tree  159

List of questions  160

Use of smart contract – smart contract decision tree  161

List of questions  161

Conclusion with blockchain fit score  162

6 Blockchain strategies

163

Overview  163

Levels of strategies  163

Corporate strategy  163

Business strategy  164

Functional strategy  164