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Embedding Agility in the Finance space
Embedding Agility in the Finance space
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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.
