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Renewal of the entire System Landscape of the customer with more than 2,000 employees and ca. 1 billion CHF turnover. Migration of the ERP system from TConnex to SAP.

German

Switzerland

High complexity due to heterogeneous business areas on a common system (electrical household appliances, consumer electronics, kitchen & bathroom, construction management, service). Integration into a complex system landscape with business-critical peripheral systems and processes. More than 150 stores in three language areas. Zero-error tolerance due to the potential impact on the brand of the renowned specialist retail chain. Cut-over and migration planning as well as execution across all business areas and peripheral systems.

Cut-over & Migration Manager

Development of a comprehensive cut-over and migration concept across all business areas and systems. Risk reduction through staggering of cut-over activities. Early provisioning of production systems and early testing of various technical components and interfaces. Planning and coordination of the execution of more than 3'000 cut-over activities across all business units and systems. Organization of cut-over and tests and implementation of the lessons learned into the plan. Go Live in two big waves.

Definition of preconditions and migration tests to ensure a smooth cut-over. Alignment of the migration activities with the master plan and organization of the data validation activities. Organization of go live tests to ensure the proper functioning of the most important business processes at Go Live. Specification of deadlines for data migration and validation. Resource planning and coordination for Cut-over, Go Live and Hypercare support for more than 120 people. Support of the Change Management in the gathering and implementation of resource and process changes across all business areas. Support of the Training Management in the creation of concepts and plans.

Migration of an eCommerce system with turnover in the three digit million range from Enfinity to SAP Hybris. Renewal of the entire system landscape..

English & German

Switzerland & Austria with nearshore development in Romania and Spain

Takeover of a project that has been postponed several times with a tensed relationship between implementation partner and customer. More stringent requirements on cut-over planning due to "Big Bang" Go Live Approach. "Seamless" cut-over for end customers and business. Zero error tolerance due to the possible impact on brand recognition of the world-renowned crystal jewelry manufacturer. Cut-over management and communication across various department and company boundaries.

Go-Live & Migration as well as Business Readiness & Communication Manager

Development of a complete data migration strategy in alignment with IT and business. Development of a comprehensive go-live concept including fallback strategies. Planning of the productive start and the migration with the result of a detailed cut-over plan incl. resource planning. Management and monitoring of all go-live and migration relevant topics and processes. Execution of test runs, test migrations and cut-overs. Elaborating and implementing measures for data quality assurance. Planning and preparation of the hypercare phase. Definition, planning and coordination of the handover to operations.

Planning of content creation activities for go-live (activities, resources). Ensuring that the content team is available, trained, and accountable. Ensuring that the content required for go live is created and updated in the IT systems. Creating a user training plan and concept. Ensuring that training material is prepared and trainers are appointed. Ensuring the planning and availability of the business (all relevant teams) for training. Development of a communication plan and concept. Implementation and coordination of the communication (pre- and post-go-live). Ensuring operational readiness of the business.

Migration of a SAP PI system with >2'400 interfaces between >60 systems to SAP PO. Migration of the customer's most important system according to their business impact analysis.

German

Switzerland

Technical and organizational complexity due to the high number of interfaces running through the SAP PI / PO system (>2'400) and the high number of connected systems (> 60). Zero-defect tolerance in the supply chain of the largest retailer in Switzerland. Technology change from a dual stack system (ABAP and Java) to a single stack system (Java Only). Project management and communication across various department, company and group / cooperative boundaries. Leadership in a federal corporate structure.

Overall project management

New development, specification and implementation of the entire project methodology. Project management through all phases from Business Blueprint to Go Live. Extensive conceptual and methodical work. Managing the Stream Leads in application of the methodology and tools.

Set up HP ALM / HP QC as a test tool for coordinating the large amount of test cases and testers beyond department, company and system boundaries.

Managing the Development Leads in the migration phase. Definition of the framework for the documentation (interface repository and scenario wiki etc.) and the acceptance of the development work (Unit Test & 4 Eyes Check etc.).

Conception and definition of the methodology for preparing and executing the functional test (preliminary test for releasing the development for the IT), the integration test (end to end tests of all interfaces), the volume test as well as the failover & disaster recovery test.

International SAP rollout program of an industrial group with its headquarters in Switzerland.

English

SAP rollout to sites in Poland, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden (incl. Norway, Denmark and Finland). Headquarters in Switzerland.

Rollout of the SAP solution to 5 production sites and 7 sales units. Complex production for configurable products. Heterogeneous production sites with different manufacturing types. Interworking of the manufacturing execution systems (MES systems). Complex supply chains owing to Europe-wide flow of goods including OEM and brand products. Increased complexity due to organizational changes, relocation of activities between sites, the merger of two business units and a split of another business unit. Introduction of the principal model as well as group-wide standardised processes and value flows. Implementation covering all business areas: Sales, Purchasing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Quality, After Sales, Finance & Controlling.

Testing & Training Lead

Development and definition of the entire new testing and training methodology. Extensive conceptual and methodological work. Managing local test and training coordinators in application of the methodology and tools.

Setting up a test tool to automate the testing activities as far as possible on the basis of SharePoint with defined workflows.

Conception and definition of the methodology for preparing and executing the integration tests (end-to-end tests of the processes), the shop floor tests (tests in production), the pressure stress and volume tests (load tests), the user acceptance tests, the authorisation tests and the Europe-wide regression tests.

Conception and definition of a need-driven training approach. Development of the methodology for preparing and implementing the key user training courses, the data and data validation tool training courses, the LAM (Local Application Manager) training courses for setting up the local support team and the end user training courses.

International SAP rollout program of an industrial group with its headquarters in Switzerland.

English

Supporting the SAP template go-lives in Germany and Switzerland as well as the succeeding SAP rollout projects in Italy, Turkey, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Rollout of the solution to a total of 8 sales units, 2 production sites and 2 logistics sites in a program with two cluster projects and a total of 7 sub-projects. Implementation covering all business areas: Sales, Purchasing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Quality, After Sales, Finance & Controlling. Introduction of the principal model as well as group-wide standardised processes and value flows.

Team Lead Development for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms (RICEF) for the parallel cluster projects in the UK/Belgium/Holland and France.

Interim Testing and Training Lead for the integration test of the cluster project UK/Belgium/Holland.

Setting up a program-wide multi-project resource planning including time and attendance reporting. Assisting the Cluster and Project Managers in elaborating the project schedules respecting all dependencies and milestones.

Conception and definition of the fit/gap and development methodology from logging the gaps through to the finished, function-tested software using the change and release management system of the SAP Solution Manager.

Conception and definition of the go-live support methodology using the SAP Solution Manager adapted specifically for this purpose as a ticket system.

Conception and definition of the risk management methodology and implementation of regular risk assessments. Conception and definition of the open issue methodology using the SAP Solution Manager as a program-wide standardised tool for open issue management and both bottom-up and top-down transparency.

Extensive conceptual and methodological work. Definition of the overall approach from the PMO.

IT consultancy in the areas of project management and IT infrastructure and provision of cloud and hosting services.

Clients in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and the USA.

Setting up highly available and highly secure infrastructure over two locations.

Managing five employees plus various freelancers.

Setting up the support team and conception of the support processes for ensuring availability of the client systems.

Setting up solution sales in the field service and setting up telesales staff.