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August 2006

June 2006

Overview

Year after year, this 19 billion dollar organization increased its IT spending to support its global business objectives.  In order for the global IT organization to remain agile, departments were segmented into distinct programs.  As a result, over time the organization became constrained in its ability to deliver integrated solutions.  This prompted an initiative to consolidate and integrate program activities in order to realize business objectives.

Identifying the most strategic integration opportunities that would accelerate the global business strategy, Fino Consulting was asked to lead the integration activities across the organization's programs and deliver an integrated solution framework.

Approach

After reviewing the business expectations of each program, Fino Consulting met with key representatives and outlined an approach and plan for integration.  High-level requirements were documented and then reviewed with program representatives.  Collaborate workshops were then conducted in order to draw out consensus and articulate an integration framework.  A solution framework was then detailed and distributed to project leaders.

Solution

The integration approach was focused on accelerating individual program growth by segmenting responsibilities.  Teams were asked to "divide and conquer."  This allowed program teams to meet more of their stakeholder's requirements.  In addition, the team was able to delegate more activities to remote resources.  This solution simultaneously advanced the organization's off-shoring ambitions.

The team agreed to use industry standards such as web services and common infrastructural services such as enterprise messaging.  The framework then was structured with a service oriented and message-driven architecture.  The framework positioned the business to achieve its most strategic initiatives.

Tools and Techniques

Fino Consulting leveraged numerous tools and techniques in order to deliver an integrated solution framework including:

  • the Rational Unified Process ("RUP"),
  • Event-Driven Architecture ("EDA"),
  • Service Oriented Design ("SOA"),
  • Message Oriented Design ("MOM"), and
  • Web-Services ("WS")

More Information

For more information about how Fino Consulting can help you articulate your IT vision and design your solutions to accelerate your business strategy, contact us at +1 (212) 532-0020 or send us an email at