International User Groups Conference 2024
Videos
Objectively tracking the impact of change on your business’ capabilities
We live in a world where change is happening at an ever-increasing rate, making it more and more difficult to track the impact of that change on business performance objectively. Using business capabilities enables tracking the impact of change on an organization’s maturity. This session will show how St. James’s Place uses Alfabet to track an idea through its lifecycle to delivery and show the impact it has on business metrics.
Making application and technology portfolio management central to an adaptive business
Supporting constant business change is one of the biggest challenges in IT – particularly in respect to the portfolio of applications and technologies in use. Application consolidation and cost reduction is the perpetual order of the day so simply adding new assets to the already crowded IT landscape isn’t the answer. Discover how the EA team at Software AG found new ways to support a dynamic business environment using Alfabet’s application and technology portfolio management capabilities.
Barilla’s EA transformation journey
From its basic beginnings as a technical architecture practice, Barilla’s EA team has been able to grow its capabilities into a robust EA program. Its evolution over three years saw the addition of applications, information flows and business processes to become central to governing IT and ensuring optimal support for the business. Hear what brought success, what challenges were faced, and the value that has been attained with Alfabet.
Alfabet requirements 2023-2024 – review and discussion
Customer requirements are an important component of Alfabet PLM’s development and design planning, reflecting issues – large and small – our customers are confronted with in their use of Alfabet. Join us to review what your peers are finding important to include in one of the next Alfabet releases.
Crafting the Alfabet vision: Research into further areas of innovation
Alfabet R/D and Product Line Management continuously strives to stay on top of new technologies and figure out how to put them to use in the product to gain greatest value for the customer. With an eye on market indicators of forward-looking technologies and future business trends, Alfabet’s product design remains “future-fit”. Find out what discoveries the team has made around AI in its ambition to fulfill the needs of global, industry-leading companies in continuous transformation of their IT in answer to rapid business change.
Migrating from Alfabet 10 to Alfabet 11 - Technical and project considerations
Migration to Alfabet 11 will be necessary to be able to leverage the benefits the product re-design brings. The comprehensive scope of the Alfabet product and the breadth of variety in our customers’ implementations necessitate careful planning of the migration. The Alfabet customer team will offer close assistance, supervision and support to ensure a smooth transition. Join this session to understand the key ingredients of this close cooperation.
Henkel: Using contract management for proactive budget planning and risk mitigation
In most companies, contracts with IT suppliers reside in the Legal department. Yet, it is most often the IT department - and in many organizations the EA and IT planning practice specifically - that drives budgeting and is responsible for continuity of the IT supporting business functions. This requires constant and pro-active tracking of contracts and their associated IT portfolio elements. Find out how the EA team at Henkel has integrated its contract portfolio with its other IT portfolios to understand change implications to minimize planning risk and avoid unnecessary costs.
Rolls-Royce: Improving software provisioning and technology portfolio governance
Rolls-Royce improved software provisioning by migrating to a structured system, enhancing governance, and user experience while tackling technical debt.
What’s in store for Alfabet: Roadmap 2024 and beyond
Alfabet’s 2024 roadmap focuses on enhancing user experience, integrating AI, and expanding capabilities in strategic portfolio and enterprise architecture management.
Software AG: Advancing execution excellence with strategic portfolio management
Raj Das Pand discusses Software AG’s transformation from a perpetual to a subscription model using strategic portfolio management to enhance execution excellence.
Alfabet 11: ready for prime time and excellence in IT transformation
Alfabet 11 enhances usability with predefined roles, customizable themes, and streamlined dashboards for efficient IT transformation.