We develop the success criteria for the audit alongside the project sponsor, to ensure it is able to provide a value add. We develop the audit questions and interview stakeholders ourselves.
In an Audit project for a Middle East stock exchange, we evaluated/controlled a multi-location/multi-vendor IT programme and developed comprehensive recommendations.
A multinational IT project was dramatically overrunning budget and timeline. We were asked to audit the project and identify strategic options for top management to ensure delivery.
We develop the success criteria for the audit along side the project sponsor, to ensure it is able to provide a value add. We develop the audit questions and interview stakeholders ourselves. As outsiders we provide full confidentiality to employees and thus enable them to be candid and thus facilitate our research. Often, individuals involved in a poorly managed project will find that speaking with an outside facilitator during a project audit allows them to openly express their emotions and feelings about the mishaps of the project. We also provide all final reporting on the project audit.
Technology review processes within organizations need to be reviewed in order to be harmonized and standardized and to fulfill legal and regulatory requirements.
Deriving strategies for IT environments that align to stated business models and requirements. Ensuring these strategies are implemented by changing the IT environment from “as is” to “future should be” state.
In an IT Strategy project, we developed a comprehensive IT strategy to adjust to a large global merger.
In light of a large merger between two global banks, a new IT strategy was needed to align and support the new business merger to deliver the synergies announced by the CEO.
Deriving strategies for IT environments that align to stated business models and requirements. Ensuring these strategies are implemented by changing the IT environment from “as is” to “future should be” state. Work with business partners and colleagues to enable value added services for near and long term effectiveness.
Analysis of potential in new products and new client groups coupled with strengths and weaknesses of the organisation.
Deriving strategies and programs for retaining customers and enhancing their cross-selling potential.
Assisting in realizing business ideas on a green field basis. Analysis of positioning, competitiveness, market analysis, business plans, marketing strategies, operational procedures, set up, recruiting and operating.
Assisting client teams to cope with new requirements both on skill and on procedural level. In addition, placing skilled personnel to coach and train client teams.
In a Transformation & Digitalization project, we managed the realignment of Global IT to post-merger circumstances.
Upon a large merger, there was a need to realign the entire Global IT organization to project an optimum and agile structure.
Assisting client teams to cope with new requirements both on skill and on procedural level. In addition, placing skilled personnel to coach and train client teams.
Complete “end to end” analysis of fit and synergies, realization of savings, restructuring, post merger integration, temporary management of functions, rationalization and training.
Different solutions arise at different stages of both technology and organizational development stages. These two areas need to be regularly reviewed in respect to their harmonization, standardisation and convergence.
In a Performance Improvement project, we analyzed and identified cost reduction opportunities
The CIO had committed to a reduction of $500M in the IT budget. This had to be achieved in three years.
Product analysis and customer profitability and deriving business strategies for reorganization and enhancement. Defining pricing strategies for services and assessing their impact on customer satisfaction and profitability, especially where global clients are involved. Defining service offering in regard to added value to customers and additional services.
With changing technology needs and different influencing factors across an organization, both geographically and business groups; IT expenditures should be reviewed regularly and evaluated in terms of effectiveness and cost. Ensuring global synergies for leveraging productive markets by understanding local nuances and projecting global capabilities.
The challenge of cost reduction is to find the right compromise between real business needs and necessary service levels, versus the cost of delivering the services. Our experience allows us to translate business needs and assign appropriate solutions for real value and results, not only perceived ones. Redundancies and unrealistic comfort levels are reduced without affecting end-client service levels; Many times the calibration of adding services combined with life cycling outdated services becomes a primary cost focus.
All aspects of project management for IT and other projects, especially where high complexity, global footprint and exposure are key components.
In Program Portfolio Management, we provided management competences to facilitate the resource distribution between all global projects.
Following the global merger, senior management was experiencing difficulties in their resource allocation. A comprehensive view of all global projects was urgently needed.
All aspects of program management for IT and other projects, especially where high complexity, global footprint and exposure are key components. The likelihood of success of mission-critical IT initiatives depends to a significant degree on the ability and performance of program management. Program management requires experience and skill to foresee and react to a host of possible challenges.
Organizations which understand the value of program management, which have standardized practices throughout the organization and program management maturity, are more likely to complete their programs successfully. We help our clients close gaps in program managers’ capabilities, improve program management tools/processes and guide resource planning, design and execution.
On the business and technology side to define offerings, competitive analysis, Requests for Proposal, supplier selection and negotiation.
In a strategic sourcing project, we managed the outsourcing of parts of IT and QA through which significant savings materialized.
Our client was in need of cost savings and wanted to explore different rearrangements of its procurement strategy. An outsourcing expert was needed.
On the business and technology side to define offerings, competitive analysis, requests for proposal, supplier selection and negotiation, representing clients through the entire IT procurement cycle through contract execution and project implementation.
All tasks from supplier selection to running a data center.
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