If you can’t explain it simply,
you don’t understand it well enough.
- Albert Einstein
– Art & Science of Co-Creating Excellence
Positioning
Permeating Agent for enabling the integration of all the competences of Project Management.
Art (Methodology) & Science (Toolset) Unified…
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Shared Vision to Business and IT stakeholders,
Real time S.P.O.T (Single Point of Truth)
“Business Aligned IT Platform” in a Timely & Predictable manner.
Project
Tech Team
Ease of Use,
Flexibility and
Mistake Proof
End Users
Business
Objectives &
Requirements
Secure, Scalable
Architecture &
code
Business Process
Owners
Strategic,
Competitive
Advantage
CXO
Mistake Proof “Traceability”
in collaborative environment
Role based reports in Office format
[that are automated] & customizable
Well defined methodology
that is pragmatic
In the absence of SPOT
IT Roles, Expectations
CIO
Application
Infrastructure
PMO
Strategy
Architecture
Relationship
management
Vendor
management
Security
Demand
management
Planning
Goals of IT Leadership Team
Constraints
Rationalize Application Portfolio
Reduced IT Budgets
Align IT with Business
Business Complexity
Communicate IT’s value to Business
Lost in the Cloud
Rapidly deliver Business Value
Rapidly changing IT Landscape
Strategy for IT transformation (Cloud, BYOD)
Inheritance of Legacy Applications
Mistake proof Information Security
Increased demands for IT value
Project, Programme and Portfolio
SMART IT Lens… introduction
What is it?
SMART IT Lens is a unification of tools & methodology for Business-IT
eco system; in which Business & IT personnel can collaborate and
deliver business value rapidly & cost effectively (less rework & less
remedial work)
Genesis
While we live in the world of instant gratification with the likes of
Facebook, Twitter and Smart-phones around us...
we still live in “silos” as part of Business-IT eco system.
Value Proposition
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Agile Business Value Delivery (through IT Projects)
Proactive Risk and Opportunity Management
Collaborative Business-IT environment with transparent
accountability and traceability
SMART IT Lens… introduction
Methodology
Customizable Methodology for
• Project Planning, Execution
• Application Maintenance
• Business Ideas Review
• Business Case development
Project Artifact Tracking
Customizable artifact set, that is:
• Customizable
• Integrated with Workflow
• Decomposition Tree
Collaborative
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Polls, Comments and Votes
Integrated with Risk Management
Potential to integrate with MPP and drive Projects
Workflow
Risk Management
System Level
Interfaces
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Infrastructure
Specifications
Quality Assurance Plan, Test Management Plan & Test Cases
Stake holders
Risk Management
Single Sign-on & Role based security
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Maintain Lifecycle of Motor Vehicle
Communications Management
Use Case
Specifications
Business
Objectives
Capture Insured Information
Reports
High Availability
Scalability, Security
Confidentiality
Compliance
Proactive Fraud
watch management
that is collaborative
& customizable
Tech
Specs
Integration of
Underwriting
and Claims data
of all members
Functional
Requirements
Resultant Business-IT Eco System
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Steering Committee
CIO
PMO
Enterprise Architect
Business Process
Owners
Project Manager
Risk Manager
Architects
Developers
Testers
End Users
Delivering “Business
Capabilities” through IT
Projects involves
various stakeholders across
geographies with varied
skill-sets, varied outlook &
various artefacts.
Paradigm shift from “traditional approach”
SMART IT Lens
Approach
Traditional Approach
As the projects progresses, delivery
team’s outlook will be pure play
technology implementation.
Implementation
Team’s outlook
Reactive & IT risk is always treated
as pure technology risk /
operational.
Risk & Opportunity
Management
Mostly in Silos & manually
prepared generic reports.
Agile, may be limited to POC and
technology delivery.
Opportunity for blame-game
across silos.
!@$#&*%^
Team work
Agile
Accountability
Most-Likely Result
Continual engagement of all
stakeholders & mistake-proof
traceability leads to focus on
“Business Aligned Technology”.
Proactive & risk is managed with
focus on potential business impact.
Improved Team work, auto
generated role based status
reports.
Agility delivery of Business Value.
Completely Transparent.
Less heroics at 11th hour & timely
delivery of business capabilities.
FAQ
So Many Tools & Methodologies… why another one?
Yes, there are many tools and methodologies… however unified & collaborative approach is the missing link and
it is vital to bridge that link… hence SMART IT Lens.
My Org needs are different, can SMART IT Lens fit in?
SMART IT Lens is completely customizable.
Documentation overhead?
With SMART IT Lens, there isn’t any extra work, rather you are avoiding rework and remedial work, that is
inherent in traditional approach. Do not have feeding existing docs into SMART IT Lens… we can help you.
How can I get SMART IT Lens?
SMART IT Lens is integral part of SwiftAnt IT Service delivery. You can also own it & we are happy to provide you
with test drive.
Is it available on the Cloud?
SMART IT Lens is available on the Cloud, however we strongly recommend you use it on the cloud for test drive
only [security on Cloud has still some grey areas… at least in our heads]
Contact Us
India Offices:
1G, 1st Floor, Building B3
CEREBRUM IT PARK
KALYANI NAGAR, PUNE – 411014
Plot #2/357, Rango Panditha Agraharam
Gokul Nagar, Hosur 635 109, Tamil Nadu, India
USA office:
1260 Stardust way
Milpitas, California 95035, USA
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