Analysis and comparison of different application strategy scenarios for the future-oriented alignment of IT for the next 8-10 years.
Deutsche Leasing
IT strategy development
Deutsche Leasing
Client
Deutsche Leasing AG
Branch: Finance
Employees: > 2000
Headquarters: Bad Homburg
Milestones
1
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Introduction of an agile approach
and steering of the project team, solution providers and integrators
2
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Development of business and IT capabilities
with the development of the company
3
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Definition of result types per scenario
Target architecture, cost estimation, risks, evaluation
4
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Consolidation of all partial results of the project
in a decision paper
5
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Board strategy meeting
Script, interactive workshop, support for board presentation/discussion
Initial Situation
The digital transformation presented German Leasing with strategic issues that required solutions for the next 8-10 years. The IT of the asset finance partner was characterized by different, outdated standard systems and in-house developments with evolved integration. The application strategy had to be considered holistically and reformulated.
The following challenges set the framework conditions:
– Narrowing down the task (reducing complexity)
– Developing and describing the architecture for the application strategy scenarios at board level
– Developing a method for estimating the costs of the entire scenario
– Establishing the comparability of cost estimation, roadmap and evaluation
Mission
Solution
Seven different application strategy scenarios were drawn up based on business capabilities. Three scenarios stood out in terms of costs, risks and roadmap, which were to be examined and evaluated in more detail.
Approach
- Introduction of an agile approach to steering the project team
- Control of project-related solution providers and integrators
- Elaboration of business and IT capabilities with corporate development
- Development of the following types of results per scenario: target architecture, cost estimate, risks, evaluation
- Consolidation of all partial results of the project in a decision paper for the board of directors
- Preparation and implementation of the board strategy retreat: script writing, preparation of the interactive workshop, support with presentation and discussion with the board
Results
The methodical, structured approach to analysis and elaboration succeeded in taking the enormous complexity out of the task. With the help of the decision template and the interactively conducted strategy retreat, the executive board was able to make an immediate decision for the preferred scenario and thus set the cornerstones of the application strategy.
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