Transformation Management

Transform your Company into the Future

Many companies face major challenges. Mergers or carve-outs, larger outsourcing projects or the replacement of complete core applications are just a few examples. Complex projects and programs of this kind require a wide range of experience and expertise in order to succeed. This experience and expertise is rarely available in sufficient quantities in organisations today. That comes as no surprise because projects of this size often arise only once in a company or in the lifetime of a manager, or at intervals of many years. This has been the focus of our work for many years.

As long-time program managers, experienced project leaders and consultants, we help you to master even the most complex of transformation projects successfully. To do so, we assume overall responsibility for the planning and design of the transformation project, the technological implementation, and the active design of the required change management within your company. 

Projects require a complex interplay of requirements, know-how, planning and management. Without regular reviews, these can quickly get out of hand. This results in rising project costs with no results, a lack of acceptance in specialist departments, excessive demands on employees or even the abandonment of the project.
We offer you a structured and proven procedure for avoiding such situations. We use these for planning complex projects as well as for rehabilitating non-performing projects. The key here is to understand and manage individual project risks. To start off, a detailed inventory of the risks in the project and in the project environment is required. To this end, we carry out qualified interviews with your key stakeholders and suppliers as well as in the project environment based on a proven questionnaire. We jointly classify identified risks based on the probability of their occurrence and their impact. On the basis of this classification, we derive the necessary measures and responsibilities in order to jointly lead the project to success.
In many of our activities, we continuously further develop our methods and procedures for the planning and management of large, complex transformation projects. Our approach differs significantly from many other procedural models for project design in one point: we use risk analysis and risk management systematically as a basis for project planning and project management. In our experience, the causes of problems in a project lie either with the stakeholders, the project itself or with the suppliers. Examples include conflict between stakeholders, excessively high demands, unclear definition of goals, insufficient planned resources, limited availability of planned resources and poorly defined responsibilities. Thanks to our approach, avoiding these risks becomes an integral part of project management from the start – and is therefore the key to the success of the project.
In ailing projects, risks have already emerged. In these cases, we therefore focus the risk analysis primarily on identifying and analysing the causes of the problems in the project. As a result of the risk analysis, we provide you with a catalogue of measures for rehabilitating the non-performing project. Building on this, we jointly design the project structure and project management so that the causes of the problem are eliminated and risks are minimised over the course of the project. Typical measures can for example include the prioritisation of the project portfolio, the expansion of the project plan into an effective control tool with realistic results and deadlines, the introduction of a clear project structure or even the strengthening of the role of the project leader. In extreme cases, this can also lead to a restart of the project. With our experience and risk based approach, we help you to lead ailing projects to a successful conclusion.
Organisational location determination

In the past, IT projects focused primarily on technical migration, but today almost every IT project is characterised by technical and organisational changes in equal measure. With the current development towards a more flexible and agile working environment, working models and the understanding of the role of each employee are changing. Traditional training and roll-out measures only provide a limited solution to the associated requirements.

We support your transformation project from the very beginning at a technical and organisational level. In the organisational assessment, we analyse the upcoming changes in your organisation and plan the necessary activities. This ensures that your technological and organisational transformation is integrated and actively supported by your employees.

Organisational transformation
The rapid developments in modern technologies are changing our working world to the same extent. A high degree of automation, agile forms of work, flat hierarchies, self-organised teams and a different understanding of leadership based on coaching are just a few examples of this. Traditional training models for projects are no longer sufficient to successfully shape this change. The acceptance of your employees can only be achieved through the active and integrated design of structures, processes, management models, technology and culture.

We support your transformation project with specially trained consultants who have a combination of in-depth experience in the fields of information technology and organisational development. We help you to develop your future corporate structure and the associated working and management models. As a sparring partner for your management, we actively shape your change process – as a consultant, moderator or sparring partner. This integrated approach to technology and organisation ensures the long-term acceptance of your employees for your transformation process.
Agile assessment
With our agile assessment, we jointly record and analyse the agile maturity level of your IT organisation. To do this, we use existing data sources such as previous employee surveys, review selected projects and conduct interviews with employees inside and outside your IT organisation. We look at structures, processes, management models, technology and the culture of your IT organisation in equal measure. Together, we create a map of potential opportunities for action for your further transformation to an agile IT organisation.

Agile transformation
The agile transformation of your IT organisation is a continuous process that often takes several years. A large, fully planned project is not the right approach for this process. We recommend that you work on the areas for action from the assessment step by step in an agile approach. As you work on each topic, you will see your IT organisation from a new perspective. This allows you to reprioritise your areas of action flexibly and adapt them optimally to the changing needs and requirements of your IT organisation as a result of the transformation.

We support this transformation process with different services depending on the area of action. We do not see ourselves as project managers or consultants, but as active sparring partners in your transformation process. We moderate and support your transformation teams. We help you to develop and introduce suitable management and collaboration models. We are sparring partners for your management and help you to actively shape the change process. And we organise awareness campaigns on questions such as: Why do we need an agile organisation? This allows you to use our experience optimally and flexibly for agile organisational development in your IT organisation.
As a sparring partner
we accompany and support you in complex transformations, restructurings and in all matters relating to stakeholder management and personnel selection, for example.

As your extended arm
we drive your plans and projects forward, for example by moderating internal decision-making processes and resolving critical situations. We support you in the selection and management of service providers.

As a source of inspiration
we break new ground with you with impulses and ideas from other sectors or companies. We help you to test the value of new technologies for your company and to operationalise innovations sustainably.

As a responsible coach
we support your teams and team members directly. At your request, we can conduct reviews of projects and organisations and develop tried-and-tested suggestions for minimising risks.
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