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Together we can do more - also when it comes to IT infrastructure

Good organisation, well-defined collaboration, clear processes and roles are all keywords when it comes to the development and operation of IT infrastructure. And in this case, it was clear to our customer how business-critical the lack of these elements can be.

The number of IT solutions is increasing dramatically in all industries and sectors. In many companies and public bodies, there is a focus on IT solutions that are fundamentally about communication and interaction with customers. It can be IT solutions that ensure that service employees can enter data about the machines being serviced and that this data is available to the customer. Another example is solutions for advanced data transfer, where patients' measurement results, taken at home, are registered in the central healthcare systems. There is also a large market for video conferencing solutions that, for example, enable technicians facing a problem with a customer installation to get help from experts.

The IT infrastructure must also ensure that the individual IT solutions can exchange data with other solutions, and they must be operated in a secure and robust environment. This places high demands on the IT infrastructure behind it.

One of kaastrup|andersen's customers, a larger company, experienced bottlenecks in connection with the development and operation of new, customer-oriented IT solutions. It took too long to implement new projects and changes to existing solutions, so it made good sense to look at how the team working with the IT infrastructure could best be organized and supported to achieve both optimal results and a good working environment for employees.

Read about how, in collaboration with the company, we have strengthened the team that handles the IT infrastructure across the company.

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Thomas Tengstedt

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With kaastrup|andersen as facilitator, we have strengthened the foundation for our team - they now work with structured sprints, where tasks and projects are prioritized and structured.

Customer Project Owner

Challenge

The customer's business is based on a growing number of IT solutions, which ensure both ongoing contact and information for the customers, but which also support acute situations with breakdowns of machines and errors that must be corrected . At the same time, it is business-critical that the IT infrastructure ensures that the many operating IT solutions can exchange data in a secure environment, so that the picture of the individual customer is complete.

The demands for new solutions are increasing and come from both customers and the business. This means that the number of new projects is growing, which increases complexity and the need for an overview.

The team that implements and maintains changes to the IT infrastructure in the company was thus under pressure. The number of employees in the team had grown from 3 to 11 in a short time, and this meant that the established processes, roles and workflows were no longer sufficient in a busy everyday life with many tasks. The atmosphere in the team suffered from the great work pressure, and this had a negative impact on both motivation and absence due to sickness.

In short, the increased number of tasks called for a reassessment and definition of both roles and responsibilities – and not least new, well-defined prioritization and planning processes that involve the employees in the team as well as the projects that deliver tasks to the team.

Solution

The company therefore initiated a change project with an overarching goal: A good infrastructure solution that fulfills the needs from the business as well a good sense of well-being in the team.

The overall goal was further detailed in three specific tasks:

  • Establishment and implementation of collaboration models, processes and agreements between the team, projects and suppliers
  • Establishment and implementation of work processes that ensure prioritization of tasks and adaptation of workload for employees
  • Ensuring a good working environment for the employees in the team

The team's work in the change project was based on a list of success criteria that the team defined at the start of the process. The success criteria set out a common direction and also constituted a decision-making basis because they made it easy to assess whether one or the other solution was appropriate.

The project work took place, among other things, in workshops, where the team worked with both role descriptions and breaking down goals into tasks. The work process of defining roles and internal interfaces in the project was the first step to better internal cohesion, and the clearly defined roles and processes help to create a calm, structured and stable working environment, where time is properly spent on the right things.

The breakdown of goals was also an important element of the project: The common understanding of how the individual elements in daily operations are necessary to achieve the goals adds an overall perspective to the daily tasks, which become more relevant, involving, and motivating.

In relation to ongoing prioritization and structuring of the tasks, several different elements were included in an overall solution:

  • Establishment of a 'Product Owner' role, whose responsibility is to supervise and maintain communication with the running projects
  • Execution of 2-week sprints, which also involve planning and prioritizing tasks
  • Implementation of the task management system Jira , which had already been purchased for the team

Result

The team now has a unified solution that consists of a model for and tools to handle

  • how the team works best
  • how tasks are prioritized and structured
  • how the collaboration with projects, suppliers must work

The team's own work in establishing the solution has itself become part of the result: The many dialogues about both roles, responsibilities, goals, and perspectives have strengthened the cohesion and common understanding in the team - something that provides both motivation and inspiration in daily work.

The team, which has grown explosively due to an increasing need, now has a calm atmosphere, a robust structure and new motivation. The future prospects are bright: the team can grow because frameworks, processes and systems are now scalable and easily support both increases in the number of tasks and new colleagues.

Seen from an overall business perspective, the project's results mean that the IT infrastructure is able to meet the demands of new customer-oriented solutions faster and more flexibly. And the company will benefit from the scalability that allows the business to keep up with the rapid digitization of solutions for customers.

kaastrup|andersen contributed with an experienced consultant, who at the same time drew on her background in kaastrup|andersen, so the project came to fruition.

Do you also have growing pains in your company? It is wise to once in a while take a step aside and rethink your processes and setups, making sure that the work is efficient, and the employees thrive in a motivating and inspiring work environment. Contact us for a non-binding chat and let's look at how we can strengthen your company and your employees. Call or write to Thomas Tengstedt on 7027 7719 or tte@kaastrupandersen.dk.

Do you want to know more?

Thomas Tengstedt

Sales Manager
+45 70 27 77 19
Contact me