Positioning Internet of Things Application, and Associated Human Behavioural Changes in a Developing Context

Internet of Things (IoT) is an evolutionary develop ment with the potential to greatly influence and impact society, economy an d environment. Through IoT, all devices become Internet connected. These connected devices are controlled by large- scale Internet services (which make their decisions based on the data retrieved from the devices). The application of IoT is possible in many different domains, but impact through IoT is quite often dependent on the human changing his behaviour. In a developing context, IoT holds great potential. However, because of the context, prudent choices in selection of IoT application are required as both human attitude and the resource constraints heavily impact on the potential success of IoT. Through the presentation of various IoT application use-cas es in a developing context and their relative position in a framework that utilise s behavioural change barriers, a mechanism is presented to more effectively identify appropriate IoT application. The presented framework aids application developers, fu nders and government agencies to make more effective first choices in establishin g IoT.