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through the use of blockchain technology. However, not all of them get to

deliver a successful blockchain solution due to use of the blockchain tech-

nology for wrong use cases.

The following are some of the important facts that provide insights on

why blockchain is not a hype as well:

• Many organisations do not perform a proactive assessment before

investment on blockchain use cases. They tend to fail, wasting money

and time. As discussed in this book, organisations need to go through

an assessment using blockchain fit-score assessment before starting a

programme to solve a problem using blockchain.

• It is recommended to define a problem statement and requirements

to solve the problem before directly making a decision to launch a

programme to use blockchain technology. This way, there are no sur-

prises of failure during or near the programme completion.

• It is recommended to try blockchain for small use cases that are part

of a complex business problem. This way, an organisation can quickly

prove the benefits of blockchain for specific business problems or fail

fast to rule out the use of blockchain.

• An organisation should use an agile methodology to break down the

complex use case into micro elements. This way blockchain can be

applied for micro elements and re-prioritisation can be done before

losing money and time.

• A deep dive on the business problems and assessment of technology

stack to facilitate the resolution of the business problems can be bene-

ficial in the longer term. The benefit would be a successful blockchain-

based solution delivery.

• An end-to-end solution to solve a business problem requires multiple

technologies. Blockchain is one of the parts of technology stack. An

initial assessment to define the business problem, current architecture,

business processes and gaps is critical before even starting the plan-

ning for the new solution. Most of the solutions fail due to the lack of

gathering of initial requirements.

• Blockchain technology is still maturing to get adoption in real use

cases and especially on production ready solutions. There is a lack of

knowledge and skills in the industry with enough and relevant expe-

rience to assess and deliver a blockchain-based solution to solve the

real-life use cases. Organisations need to uplift the employee’s capabil-

ity or hire external skilled resources to carry out blockchain use cases

assessment before investing their budget on a solution that might not

be fit for purpose.

• To conclude, blockchain technology is here to stay, and its adoption

journey has just started to disrupt all industries. In order to get suc-

cessful results from this unique and exciting technology, organisa-

tions need to follow the guidelines and recommendations discussed