Background and objectives
Implementation of a new budgeting tool covering all departments (100+ users) of a rail group
A desire for a common, non-specific tool, but in a context of heterogeneous practices between activities and the integration of users who had not previously been involved in budget production.
Design, specify and deploy a new tool in the context of an evolving management model, while guaranteeing compliance with the cost model.
Our mission
Business project management assistance
Gathering business requirements from scoping to detailed design: leading workshops, convergence and definition of an assembled requirement, …
Product owner: identifying user stories, structuring the backlog, prioritizing developments, expressing needs, liaising with the integrator during sprints.
Structuring, leading and carrying out part of the business recipe
Assistance with change management and deployment .
- Project communication (“project branding”, newsletter, quizzes, etc.)
- Create and lead a user community
- Preparing and running training courses and setting up tool documentation
- Assistance with the 1st use of the SAP BPC tool: setting up user documentation, user support hotline, etc.
Results
Deployment of the tool on time for the budget, without any major anomalies and with satisfactory performance conditions
The quality of the expression of needs recognized by the other players in the project (DSI, MOE, integrator)
Satisfactory appropriation of the tool, given the context, thanks to a training program combining tool handling and business reminders.
Positive user feedback: very few tool enhancements requested during feedback sessions
Improved understanding of budget data (transparency and uniformity of management rules, traceability of data, etc.).
