The Challenge
Our client lacked a company-wide strategy for platform and application management, resulting in limited cross-platform/domain alignment and a focus on “Makes vs Buy” decisions instead of reusing existing capabilities. The current landscape planning followed organizational lines, rather than being focused on capabilities, leading to silos and inefficiencies.
Our platform strategy approach delivered a clear target picture for management, redesigned the platform architecture, and established core principles, resulting in increased speed and synergies, and a future-ready roadmap for long-term success.
The Approach
Our project involved developing a comprehensive strategy for platform and application management. Our approach included an application and platform landscape analysis, domain model development, platform architecture redesign, and a set of way forward recommendations.
We conducted an as-is analysis and deep-dive assessments via stakeholder interviews and holistic data analysis. We developed a suitable domain model proposal and mapped the as-is landscape. We developed platform categories to highlight gaps and potentials in the existing landscape.
We established core strategic principles, translated our findings into actionable recommendations, and provided a proposed transformation roadmap to ensure long-term success. This helped our client prioritize key areas for improvement and implement changes for success.
Development of a holistic platform strategy to support the reduction of IT landscape complexity and encourage cross-domain functionality of platforms and applications.
The Result
Our approach delivered significant results for our client, improving decision-making speed, reducing complexity, creating synergies, and providing a future-ready target picture.
- Increased decision-making, development, and deployment speed
- Reduced complexity in the as-is landscape through a clear strategic target picture
- Created synergies between platforms and applications on the landscape
- Provided a future-ready target picture, including a transformation roadmap to reinvent the business around data and digital
Overall, our approach helped our client become more agile, responsive, and competitive in their industry. They were able to make better decisions, develop and deploy solutions more quickly, and react to new demands in a more timely and effective manner.
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