STRATEGY

Project objective

Turn-around of the decline in sales through the establishment of an international team of 16 which focuses on the development of new digital products. Operative design of innovationand product development processes according to LEAN and agile work practices in order to keep the time-to-market as short as possible and to optimise the expenses.

Method

• Quantification of project expenses, benefits and risks for the current business
• Detailed analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the organisations by means of approximately 100 interviews
• Definition of the ideal structural solution, the associated processes, selection & training of the best candidates (external and internal)
• Operative design of the processes guided by real business transactions, support in the establishment of the team (definition of roles, skills profiles, recruitment, selection, training)
• Readjustment of the new working methods through two checks after implementation and hand-over of what was learned to the organisation

Important results

Transparency about the future proceedings in innovation and product development was created in all of the 15 countries involved. Both the establishment and the launch of the work of a team of 16 people took place within 15 weeks, fully accepted and supported by all countries.