Category: Business transformation

For the last 20 or so years, I’ve lived and breathed Investment Banking. I’m used to an environment where the pace is relentless, there is always a sense of urgency and time is money. So, transitioning from the fast-paced world of Capital Markets to the Property Industry over the last few months has been an…

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Among banks silos are commonplace. That and the legacy systems that siloed departments use. In large organizations where many departments represent specialisms, silos exist and are often counter-productive. Modern systems may go some way to changing this. But there is still resistance to both change and new technology. In her book, The Silo Effect, Gillian Tett, who…

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In November, digital transformation companies, fund operators and other key stakeholders convened at the annual Fund Operator Summit to consider the major challenges facing the financial services sector in the coming years. One of the key themes of the discussions that took place emphasised how climate reporting is now more critical than ever. It comes…

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On 7 and 8th of September, Tilly and I had the pleasure of representing Fimatix at the Blue Lights Event in Northampton. The conference marked a fantastic opportunity to catch up, learn from, and share ideas with tech leaders from across our emergency services. It was brilliant too, to be able to present on the…

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I had a great day at Agile Tour London and was humbled to have been asked to present “Agile Leadership in Practice” in the Leadership track of the conference. Drawing from my own experiences of leading Fimatix and client deliveries, I’ve distilled what I’ve learnt (so far) I believe Leadership in 2019 is about inspiring,…

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Organisations need to constantly adapt in order to succeed. At Fimatix, we believe that (top down) organisations need to understand their customers evolving needs, and invest in the development and delivery of products and services that best meet those needs. We also believe that (bottom-up) delivery teams using user-centred Agile approaches are best placed to…

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The technology adoption lifecycle (Chasm theory) summarises how communities respond to discontinuous innovation, i.e. new products that require the end user and the marketplace to dramatically change their past behaviour to achieve the promise of equally dramatic new benefits. Past examples of this are fax machines, personal computers, spreadsheets and electronic mail. The original work from…

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In one sentence, Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) is an agile project delivery framework covering all aspects of change delivery from project initiation to benefits realisation. At the core of DSDM are similar principles and practices to all other agile methods: Breaking business requirements into small components – user stories Prioritising these components according to…

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Collaborative working, when facilitated by an experienced delivery manager, keeps the whole team focused on an agile delivery. Fimatix delivery managers keep people focused on delivery by involving everyone in creating and updating plans and prioritised backlogs. Working together, and then keeping everything as visible as possible, helps ensure that the whole team stays completely…

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