Digital transformation, IT strategy & processes

Developing target digital services and their implementation schedules
Digitalisation and applying digital technologies to boost business performance
Analysing the current digitalisation level, with a subsequent development of additional digital initiatives
Elaborating the target IT architecture and configuring digital services
Developing requirements for the IT infrastructure of digital services
Aligning IT with business requirements and modern industry trends
Optimising IT costs, enhancing IT processes’ efficiency
Developing a strategy in accordance with the requirements/methodological standards of local governments (for companies with state participation)

Drafting a digital transformation and IT development strategy

Assessing the current state and prospects of digital transformation in the company, identifying key digital transformation challenges and opportunities, identifying risks and threats to information security during the implementation of the digital transformation
Developing goals, key indicators, and a target vision of the effectiveness of the company’s digital transformation, and determining strategic areas to develop the digital transformation
Identifying initiatives to implement digital solutions, and creating a roadmap for digital transformation initiatives and measures, taking into account the import substitution approach
Elaborating a model of digital skills and staffing support for the company’s digital transformation, assessing staffing requirements
Elaborating a digital transformation management model, determining the structure of digital transformation management, creating the process for updating the digital transformation strategy, describing the information security system
Forecasting the economic effects of the digital transformation strategy implementation and estimating respective investment requirements

Assessing the current digitalisation level and identifying additional digital initiatives

Assessing the company’s current digitalisation strategy, analysing digital initiatives presented therein
Determining gaps in the strategy, making proposals on additional/corrective initiatives to implement the strategy objectives
Preparing a list of digital initiatives, determining the solutions/products of developers/vendors for these initiatives, creating a roadmap for implementing such initiatives
Ranking selected initiatives by criteria relevant for the company
Forecasting, assessing the impact of digital initiatives on the company’s processes
Making recommendations on introducing/implementing initiatives

Preparing the IT development strategy

Evaluating the current level of automation of the company’s business processes, creating a risk register, making recommendations on increasing the level of automation and a set of measures to reduce risks associated with the current level of automation
Analysing the current level of infrastructure in terms of compliance with the company’s business goals, objectives and modern trends; creating a register of current problems and risks; making recommendations on infrastructure optimisation
Assessing security and business continuity processes, making recommendations on increasing the level of process maturity
Analysing the current IT operating model: assessing the level of IT process maturity, making recommendations on increasing the level of process maturity and establishing a target IT operating model based on best practices
Developing the target IT architecture of the company
Elaborating strategic IT goals in line with business goals and objectives, creating an IT development roadmap

Drafting the IT infrastructure development strategy

Assessing the current state of the IT infrastructure • Developing the target state of the IT infrastructure, taking into account import substitution requirements and sanction pressure
Elaborating requirements for the implementation of digital initiatives in the target IT infrastructure, including the necessary configuration of equipment, the settings of data storage systems, network and other equipment, virtualisation software, and other necessary infrastructure elements

Creating and updating a service catalog

Elaborating target IT architecture options

Developing options for the target functional and system IT architecture, taking into account functional and technical requirements, the company’s IT strategy, import substitution requirements, and sanctions pressure
Creating a roadmap to transition to the target architecture and a project programme with budget assessments in the short, medium, and long term
Elaborating detailed functional and technical requirements and terms of reference for the implementation of IT systems
Developing parameters for scoring and selecting IT systems and automation platforms by areas and key domains: ERP, CPM, EDMS, CRM, MES, WMS, TMS, etc.

Methodological support for ITSM practices implementation

Experience in developing IT digital transformation strategies for companies
Availability of specialists with significant experience in developing digital transformation strategies, strategic planning, and planning the target architecture of companies (including those with state participation) in various industries, including finance, logistics, telecommunications & mining
Presence of experts with practical experience in working with various technologies: developers, architects, IT infrastructure professionals
Combining technical skills with knowledge of industry business process
Combining advisory experience and business value with technology and platform experience in implementing integrated projects

Contacts

Nikita Makarov

Associate Director