Digital adoption platform

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A digital adoption platform (DAP), also known as digital adoption solution, [1] is an automated software tool layered on top of an enterprise application or digital product [2] . A DAP is used to achieve higher adoption rate. It achieves that by guided onboarding (e.g. with guided walkthroughs on how to use the application) and providing insights into users' interaction with the application interface. [3]

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Components

A digital adoption platform is an interface between users and a digital application. A DAP provides automated in-app user guidance with the help of interactive walkthroughs, step-by-step overlays, self-help menus, and contextual information as the user navigates through the application. DAP captures user engagement and workflow information on the backend, which can then be accessed by the organization using analytics. [4] [5]

Advanced DAPs are often built with low-code or no-code development tools, allowing businesses to make guidance and engagement workflows without altering the underlying software code. [6]

Use cases

Employee onboarding

DAP helps new employees learn how to use the application on the job while they complete tasks using real-time, in-app guidance. [7] DAP can also be considered when an application is newly introduced, upgraded, or consolidated. Customized and contextual automated support provided by a DAP reduces manual support and offline training dependency. [8] [9] [10]

The organization can obtain insights into the effectiveness and efficiency of its application ecosystem, enabling it to understand and fix the shortcomings in its workflows. [11] Businesses can identify application components resulting in sub-optimal employee experience and low productivity and then make the necessary reconfiguration or decide on further employee training. [12] Usage of DAP has reportedly increased user retention and engagement rate, product adoption, and return on investment on internal applications. [1] [13] [14] [15]

User onboarding

DAP helps new users of a digital product to achieve their Aha moment and help them get their job done (see Jobs to be done framework), using active guiding methods (such as Guided Product Walkthrough, User Onboarding Checklist) or passive guided methods (such as Hotspot Beacons).

The Return on investment is on increased Customer retention. On mobile applications, customer retention rate goes down to around 3% after 30 days post-installation [16] [17] . Nearly 25% users will abandon a mobile application after using it just once. [18] This is an issue because there is a direct link between profitability of a company and the user churn rate. [19]

Challenges

Segmentation

Different employees of an organization may have different levels of experience in using enterprise software. The DAP, therefore, needs to deliver targeted and segmented guidance to ensure that the user experience does not get impacted by excessive or inadequate guidance information. [20] [21]


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