Experience

Embedding Agility in the Finance space

Griffith University engaged EPiC to help with their throughput of work within the finance team and improve their people’s engagement with the work. This required approaching their work from a different and resourceful way to improve turnaround time on a major project.

Mission
Use a new way of working to improve turnaround time and engagement on a very detailed and major project
Method
Embed new ways of working
Time Frame
5 weeks

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The Challenge
The finance team within Griffith University had found their throughput was ‘clogged’ and people were disengaging from their work. The amount of work coming through was in such a high volume that people were only focussing on their own backlog. The challenge was finding a way to work better together to get products and advice out the door in a way that would also increase work engagement.
Our Solution
- Share ideas and learnings with leadership on how to shift mindset and approach work using new ways of working
- Apply agile techniques and use agile tools to deliver a major project involving cross-functional teams
- Work with leadership to create an environment that empowers their people
Outcomes
- A permanent shift in mindset within the leadership team around approaching work differently and walking the talk
- 100% reduction in time spent on annual process
- Uplift in collaboration across teams
- Increase in people’s engagement with their work
- Actively applying learnings to future projects
- Establishment of an initial kanban system to regulate and refine the portfolio pipeline of work
- Ongoing process efficiencies from Agile training
- Establishment of ongoing cross-functional teams
- Scrum Master and Product Owner Capability analysis and maturity uplift

Achievements

100% reduction in time spent on annual process

A major project that would normally take Griffith 10 weeks was done and dusted in 5 weeks after we helped them embed new ways of working.

Increase in people's engagement

We increased people's engagement with their work and made the process more enjoyable by creating a cross-functional and collaborative environment, focussing on culture uplift.

Apply learnings to future projects

After seeing the success from applying a new way of working to a large project, they will apply their learnings and mindset to future projects for ongoing success and enjoyment.