AGILE CONSULTING & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICES

 Quantik’s Agile Transformation Services help start the journey of agility, self organization, and continuous improvement. We show you the path and guide you through the early steps towards agility. For customers who are wondering if Agile, Scrum, Lean, or Kanban is for them, Quantik conducts an assessment of the assets, tools, and challenges facing the customer and offers a roadmap with a set of specific recommendations to drive the organization up the maturity scale. Most of today’s project management practices trace their roots to the manufacturing efficiency revolution in the 1970s and 1980s. While the lean principles remain valid today, the methodology and frameworks are out of date in the social, on-line, and mobile era we live in 

HOW IT'S DONE
Transition to Agile ​Many organizations are moving away from the traditional waterfall project management methodology in response to the frequent disappointments they have experienced. These disappointments are familiar to all of us: receiving products that do not meet our needs or expectations, poor adoption and usage of the new solution and projects that spin out of control in terms of cost and time.​ Another major motivator is the fact that it is sometimes not possible to know what needs to be built: the users and problem owners simply cannot imagine what they need and so the project cannot be planned in the traditional way, based on a list of requirements.The answer to these issues is to use an Agile methodology, to deliver the solution to the customer in small increments and use constant testing, review, and feedback to guide the development process. The product development then stops when the customers have received enough valuable features and functionality to satisfy their needs. And so these projects never take longer or cost more than necessary. ​The problem is that transitioning from using a waterfall methodology to an Agile method like Scrum can be a bit tricky. The team structure is unique and the planning and estimating methods are totally different from the traditional approach. This is where an Agile coach can be essential to enjoying the benefits of switching methods. 

HOW WE HELP OUR CLIENTS

​Consultation Assess Current State:

To start with, we need to understand and assess the current conditions within the Scrum project team. 

Review the Project Brief: 

The coach will meet with the key stakeholders, project manager, customer and others to go over the project documentation and understand the key objectives of the project and the business case for the project.​

 
Project Set-Up​Set up the Project Environment:

 An Agile team will achieve high performance if they are co-located and have certain minimum tools for planning and tracking progress. 

Project Setup: 

The Agile coach will give advice on the duration of sprints, release planning, estimating,  Product Backlog preparation and reporting to management.​  

 Agile Framework for enterprise has earned recognition and wide adoption due to its suitability for enterprise environments, scalability, flexibility, and adherence to agile principles. Implementing Agile requires commitment, preparation, and a methodical approach. QUANTIK offers a broad range of services to help you start, scale, or fine tune your chosen agile framework rollout. We can help you launch your first release train, define value streams, structure your portfolio layer, and configure shared services to support the rollout.

HOW IT'S DONE

• YOUR ROADMAP TO SCALING AGILE
• WE ALSO OFFER PRIVATE LEADING SAFe®, SCRUM MASTER, ADVANCED SCRUM MASTER, KANBAN,AGILE COACHING, PRODUCT MANAGER/PRODUCT OWNER & AGILE FOR TEAMS TRAINING SERVICES GEARED TOWARDS BUILDING ENTEPRISE CAPABILITIES TO FACILITATE CHANGE AND SUPPORT OF YOUR CHOSEN AGILE FRAMEWORK  ROLLOUT
• WE ALSO OFFER CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR PI PLANNING ACTIVITIES. YOUR FIRST PI PLANNING EVENT WILL BE INTIMIDATING AND WILL FEEL ABNORMAL TO MANY.
• OUR EXPERTS WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND ASSURANCE AND WILL HELP YOU AND YOUR TEAM NAVIGATE THE DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS SMOOTHLY AND IN A TIMELY FASHION. 

  Delivering complex projects is what we do. When your project or program is introducing fundamentally new ways of doing business, using your business-as-usual delivery process may not be sufficient. QUANTIK program and project delivery services will provide the expertise and experience needed to achieve your targets and goals for success of our customers in terms of their goals and targets

HOW WE HELP YOU DELIVER WITH EXCELLENCE

• PARTNER WITH YOU TO ESTABLISH CLEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, USING OUR EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE ART OF SETTING GOALS THAT WILL ENABLE SUCCESS AND INCREASE MOTIVATION
• PLAN THE MAJOR PROJECT PHASES AND MILESTONES (EPICS AND FEATURES), USING OUR BEST PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP YOU SELECT THE BEST APPROACH TO OPTIMIZE VALUE AND REDUCE RISK
• PROVIDE ADVICE ON GOVERNANCE AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE BASED ON INDUSTRY AND SECTOR BEST PRACTICES, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, INTERNAL CONTROLS, AND ENTERPRISE SECTORS
• OFFER THE SERVICES OF SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED PROJECT STAFF AT ALL LEVELS TO HELP YOU SCALE UP FASTER
• DELIVER ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET

 WHAT WE DO - HELP BUSINESSES ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE FASTER    

Project Management Office (PMO), Agile Center of Excellence (CoE), and various Communities of Practice (CoP) are critical for the success and transformation of an organization. These organs promote collaboration using best practices to accelerate business or customer-valued results. Irrespective of the delivery model and scaling model that you adopt, the centralized organs will improve the quality of your delivery functions and provide vital visibility and transparency.

THE FOUNDATION FOR ACCELERATED TRANSFORMATION

• SELECT THE RIGHT MODEL AND STRUCTURE
• ESTABLISH A GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT FITS YOUR ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE
• SET UP PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, TOOLS, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
• IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT WILL THRIVE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS

  Why invest in Change Management?
Many organizational changes fail to deliver on expectations not because of a lack of technology or project management skills, but because of a failure to address the human side of change. A lack of executive support, poor stakeholder engagement, insufficient communication for buy-in, and no transition management from current state to the desired future state, are some of the root causes for failure
Traditional change management activities, like training and communication, are no longer enough to drive change at the required pace today. Our comprehensive and integrated approach can help your company grow at the speed of change.​Our proven Organization Change Method will increase the pace, certainty and successful outcomes of your change projects. 

"​The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades."​John P. Kotter​

HOW WE HELP OUR CLIENTS.

​​​Change ​Competence

Our integrated focus on organization change management support and change capability building is an approach to organization change that is unique in the marketplace .QUANTIK can enable your company to manage the change you are planning now, and all the changes in your future, with more predictable results, and at a pace that is faster and more effective than your competitors.

 ​​Planning

​Planning for an organization change or full scale business transformation starts with a clear vision of the end state and good reasons for making the journey.  A complete change management plan will include both a project management plan, plus a ​realistic method for involving and earning the trust of impacted stakeholders.​

Execution​​

Successful execution of organization change requires stakeholder engagement at all levels in the organization. Constant communication - the right messages in the right forums, at the right time, will help keep commitment levels high. ​

Reinforcement 

Change needs reinforcement in many forms to prevent regression to the original state. Embed the change into the organizational culture and processes by replacing old with new. Continuous improvement activities combined with judicial KPI measurement will ensure ROI is achieved.​​​ 

Change Workshop

Many organizational changes fail to deliver on expectations not because of a lack of technology or skills, but because of a failure to address the people side of change. A lack of stakeholder impact analysis, communication for buy-in, and transition management from current state to the desired future state, are some of the root causes. This workshop addresses these issues and provides a logical and reusable framework and roadmap for leading successful change projects. 

How are we Different?​

Our integrated focus on organization change management support and change capability building is an approach to organization change that is unique in the marketplace.
Our innovative solutions can enable your company to manage the change you are planning now, and all the future changes with more predictable results, and at a pace that is faster and more effective than your competitors.
Our comprehensive and integrated approach can help your company grow at the speed of change.

The result: 

Unparalleled support from strategy to implementation that delivers sustained business results. 

    We help organizations measure what they do and the results they achieve. We manage and implement comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, and learning projects, including methods to assess advocacy and long-term policy change efforts. Depending on project needs, our team typically employs a mixed-method approach to monitoring and evaluation, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data points as well as providing gap analysis and disaggregated data for gender and vulnerable groups. Our services are motivated by learning and evidence-based decision making and aided by data visualization and communications products. Beginning with development of performance and results frameworks, we design data collection processes that ensure projects are meeting targets and measuring their successes. As a complement to our monitoring and evaluation services, we also help develop knowledge management tools and products to support project outcomes. Our clients rely on our firm to efficiently design, implement, evaluate and disseminate results from our research and evaluations to enable them to communicate their successes and challenges to key stakeholders. what got them to where they are. 

MEAL FRAMEWORKS

We work collaboratively with clients to develop Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) frameworks to ensure their projects and initiatives progress as planned. Our team starts by conducting a situation analysis to assess needs and existing resources. We facilitate a program clarification process with clients to clarify a theory of change and develop a robust results framework. Our specialists will then design a tailored MEAL framework that suits our client’s project and organizational context. Informed by qualitative and quantitative data, we help identify key indicators and metrics to capture and embed into existing systems. 

DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

We blend quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct rigorous data collection for design, implementation and evaluation of projects, programs, and policies. We help our clients determine whether initiatives work by testing hypothesis and identifying the most cost-effective avenues to attain sustainable results. We design evidenced-based monitoring systems and tracking tools so that our clients are able to monitor and adaptively manage their programs in order to achieve maximum impact. 

RESEARCH SUPPORT

We offer hands-on assistance in conducting research, including primary data collection in the field, to assist in the design, implementation and evaluation or client projects, often in complex environments and spanning a wide myriad of sectors and industries. Our team has extensive experience coupling original market research with a deep understanding of local contextual considerations to give clients the information and evidence-based recommendations they need to succeed 

PROGRAM AND PROJECT EVALUATION

Our firm works with government, multilateral institutions, NGOs, civil society and private firms to clarify, measure and improve their results. Whether our team is determining how best to measure outputs and outcomes, or identifying the reasons for current levels of performance and impact, we design evaluation methodologies to pinpoint what will best help our clients. Our specialists have extensive experience implementing both formative (process) and summative (outcome) evaluations at the project, program, and organizational levels of analysis. Ultimately, we provide our expertise in evaluation to help clients assess process, performance, and impact. 

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Knowledge management helps organizations turn human capital into intellectual capital by creating value. Our specialists collaborate with clients to develop knowledge management strategies based on organizational goals and project objectives. We work with graphic designers and knowledge management specialists to collaboratively generate, share and maintain knowledge attained over the course of a project for our clients. From producing infographics to completing an impact assessment to visually mapping quantitative data to strengthen an overview of lessons learned, our firm helps our clients make the most of their knowledge.