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Operating model development and improvement

Key tasks for your business

  • Unlocking competitive advantages through IT 
  • Operational excellence 
  • Transition to flexible development methodologies and product approach 
  • Improvement of the quality and speed of IT services provision 
  • Optimization and transparency of IT costs

Our services

Functional and organizational design of the IT function

  • Analysis of the current state of the functional and organizational structure of the IT function 
  • Design of the target functional and role structure based on the goals and objectives of the business, considering current trends and best practices, including those to support digital transformation and transition to the product approach 
  • Development of detailed competence maps 
  • Development of a KPI system for IT departments and employees 
  • SSC design and creation

IT units regionalization

  • Assessment of applicability of regionalization options (shared services center, several centers by service regions or functionality) 
  • Development of target processes of regional IT departments, KPIs of employees 
  • Determination of business requirements to the composition and quality of services provided by regional IT departments 
  • Development of the target organizational structure of an IT department considering regionalization 
  • Selection of locations for regional IT departments

Benchmarking, assessment of target indicators and IT headcount optimization

  • Benchmarking of the headcount and role composition of the IT function based on international studies and Kept’s database of indicators 
  • Assessment of target indicators of the IT function headcount 
  • Development of recommendations on optimizing the headcount and role composition of the IT function

Optimization of IT costs management

  • Analysis of accounting and classification of IT costs 
  • Development of a uniform approach to costing and pricing of IT services based on Technology Business Management 
  • Benchmarking of IT costs 
  • Development of IT resource planning and accounting processes

Improving the efficiency of IT practices

  • Assessment of the current level of IT practices maturity based on COBIT, CMMI, user experience 
  • Value chain optimization 
  • Development of recommendations on implementing advanced technologies of IT practice management

Implementation and development of the product approach and flexible development methods

  • Development of a concept of the product approach based on the client’s needs 
  • Adaptation of the IT operating model to apply the product approach 
  • Selection of products from the client’s list of solutions 
  • Creation and support of product teams

Development of the sourcing strategy

  • Analysis of the current sourcing model for IT services and IT roles
  • Development of criteria and methods for making decisions on the form of IT services sourcing 
  • Development of a target sourcing model
  • Development of plans for competencies required in the short or medium term

Selected projects

Development of an IT sourcing strategy for a major oil and gas company

  • Analysis and recommendations on the development of all key components of the IT operating model: organizational and functional structure, IT processes, automation of IT operations, reporting system, etc. 
  • Consideration of various sourcing models and formulation of recommendations on the optimal model for each group of IT services 
  • Development of sets of IT services (bundles) that should be procured and evaluated jointly 
  • Implementation of the proposed initiatives should significantly reduce IT costs and improve the quality of the IT services provided

Transformation of the IT division of a large insurance company

  • Development of the interim and target organizational and staff structures of the IT division 
  • Development of a KPI system for the IT division and recommendations on IT staff motivation 
  • Approval and launch of a comprehensive transformation roadmap for the IT division
  • Significant reduction of the trend of mass dismissal of IT employees

Transformation of the IT function and creation of a new IT service company for a major oil company

  • Development and implementation of the target organizational and functional IT structure, and substantiation of the necessary headcount of IT staff 
  • Creation of a new service company providing services to Group companies, optimization of internal IT processes, as well as schemes of interaction with external IT service providers and procedures for concluding IT contracts 
  • The IT transformation resulted in the economic effect of more than RUB 2 billion per year

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