4BI Solutions

Working as a consultant, led an engagement to diagnose, design and mobilise a new, agile operating model and enhanced data analytics capabilities, delivered through the Azure cloud services platform.

Led extensive value stream mapping to surface data use cases along with digital and business initiatives, with quantified hard benefits, along with a delivery roadmap and associated business case to deliver.

Created high-level data architecture and managed the delivery of client reporting through a data portal, using Power BI embedded.

Managed senior stakeholders to develop an agreed 2-year vision and target operating model including high-level business, technology and data architecture.

Business Transformation Consultant

Gobeyond Partners

Leading project teams and clients to diagnose, design and implement large-scale change across processes, people and technology.

Enabling culture change and operational transformation by coaching operational excellence tools and techniques to front-line managers up to heads of department.

Lean Transformation Consultant and Coach

First Central

Led data management implementation across all business functions, which enabled the delivery of new Power BI reporting and data science use cases.

Designed, developed and implemented a bespoke data management framework based on the DAMA industry standard.

Created a capability map, documenting the strategic design of new data management capabilities and baselined organisational maturity.

Designed and implemented forums, processes, policies, tools and metrics that delivered the data management operating model across the organisation.

Identified and co-ordinated a team of Data Stewards, who developed and applied standards for data modelling, data dictionary usage, and data cataloguing that resulted in the accelerated delivery of value-added data products.

Data Management Lead

HSBC

Led an extensive operating model review of the bank’s retail complaints function.

Identified opportunities to improve complaints processes and operating model resulting in FTE savings, and reduced compensation expenditure.

Designed target operating model and led initial changes across a ~300 FTE business.

Business Transformation Lead

AXA UK

Led a project team in the diagnosis and design of a new target operating model for a motor claims operation.

Used value stream mapping and efficiency analysis to baseline performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

Coached the project team and the business in Lean ways of working, which resulted in a significant reduction of work-in-progress, customer delays and increased levels of operation efficiency.

Lean Transformation Consultant

Unipart Group

Using Six Sigma and Lean within a project management framework to lead change which results in tangible business benefits for Public Sector and Financial Services clients.

In particular providing subject matter expertise and guidance in the excecution of "Voice Of Customer" approaches (Quality Function Deployment) to develop customer driven high level KPIs.

Also, using Value Stream Mapping to understand the current state of highly complex financial service processes, identify opportunities and design future state concepts and principles into client processes.

Lean Consultant

Royal Bank of Scotland

Lead and deliver large scale Lean Sigma projects on complex processes with multiple dependencies, focused on improving Customer Satisfaction and Business Efficiency.

Manage stakeholder relationships and a team of project managers to deliver the wider project objectives.

Process Improvement Manager

Jaguar Land Rover

Led production assembly line team to achieve challenging production targets in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost.

Used lean tools and techniques on a day-to-day basis in a world class lean facility, recognised as being amongst the most productive car plants in Europe.

Production Manager

Identified and undertook various Six Sigma projects focused on driving down warranty costs through the analysis of root causes and reduction of manufacturing variability.

Predominantly focused on the Chassis and Trim engineering disciplines, the projects focused on using the DMAIC methodology and managing stakeholders from multiple disciplines to resolve issues and drive down warranty cost.

Six Sigma Black Belt

I am an experienced leader in all aspects of Business Transformation, with a strong ability to engage stakeholders and align the organisation behind a compelling vision and case for change.

My typical engagements are target operating model focused, and over the years have been able to develop an approach that drives change across business, technology and data architectures. Through it, I am able to quickly find opportunities that can amount to tens of millions in benefits through increased operational efficiency, while improving customer experience.

My approach comes with a well-developed framework and a variety of pre-made workshop materials that can accelerate delivery and bring alignment when complexity levels are high.

I use a Lean-Agile approach, with an emphasis on developing business agility, that brings together business, technology and data analytics teams, enabling them to deliver more value, earlier and more often.

Phil Mottram

Value Stream Management Consortium

VSMC ambassadors are volunteers from across the globe pioneering the path of value stream management. VSMC Ambassadors are individuals passionate about value stream management and are recognized thought leaders and subject matter experts. Our ambassadors share their expertise to empower our worldwide community.

VSMC Ambassador

With the Value Stream Management Consortium, I am committed to collaborating in order to advance the future of VSM and our software delivery industry.

Members of the Value Stream Management Consortium are enterprises, end-users, vendors, and consultants who recognize that VSM is the way to supercharge organizational performance and elevate the role of technologists, optimizing software delivery.

In the first of a series of blog posts from the VSM Consortium, I was able to contribute to the question "Is this a value stream?": Incident Management, Release Management, Platform Engineering, and Onboarding.

Influencer Member

As Head of Content in the Delivery team, I was responsible for developing (+70% of posts), organizing (categories) and promoting the blog's content. 

One of my objectives was to recruit new authors (+15 contributors over the period) and develop new series of posts, such as those on how VSM is covered by different frameworks, or the case stories presented at Flowtopia. 

I also helped raise the consortium's profile through the LinkedIn group and weekly VSM news bulletins.

I also continued to write or contribute to a number of blog posts: (see https://www.vsmconsortium.org/blog)
- How to Find and Suggest Content on the VSMC Blog 
- The Project-to-Product Shift and VSM 
- Insights from the VSM PulseMeter
- Leading With Value
- VSM in Action - Netflix's Culture Exemplified
- What is a Value Stream Network?
- How to Drive your Upskilling Strategy with VSM

Head of Content Value Stream

SD ReFocus

Helping individuals, teams, and organizations to (Re)Focus their Software Delivery's strategy and capabilities on what matters most in their specific context and current situation.

Independent IT Consultant & Trainer

DevOps Consulting Practice Leader:
- Led the development of a community of practice, including training and skills growth for team members, sharing of best practices, and improvement of offerings
- Facilitated an IBM Club DevOps aiming to share experiences between customers and publish a public white paper
- Developed synergies across IBM Services, Security and Cloud entities

DevOps Organizational Consulting and Coaching: 
Helped customers in their adoption of DevOps practices and solutions:
- Business and technical leaders to define their strategy and launch their journey
- Understand the current situation using value stream mapping and maturity assessments
- Define target goals, success metrics, and prioritized areas for improvement
- Work with pilot teams in their gradual implementation of new ways of working

DevOps Consulting Practice Leader

Led a team of presales engineers on integrated DevOps solutions (Rational CLM, UrbanCode, Test Workbench, IBM Cloud DevOps Services, ...).

DevOps Software Solutions Team Leader

Advised on Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices and software tools (IBM Rational CLM solution) to facilitate team collaboration across the software delivery lifecycle (from requirements to continuous delivery).

Agile/ALM Software Solutions Consultant

Helped Application Development organizations assess their maturity, define improvement targets, and establish holistic transformation plans (organization, processes, methods, and tools).

Senior Information Technology Consultant

Led e-business projects (B2C/B2B) with cross-functional teams.

Project Manager and Business Analyst

CGI Informatique

Designed and developed software applications using object-oriented technologies.

Lead Software Engineer

Gaston Jaunet

Software Engineer

CNAM & CESI Ouest

IT Trainer (VFI: Volontaire Formateur en Informatique)

Consultant IT indépendant et formateur, fort d'une expérience de près de 30 ans dans différents secteurs. 

La mission de "SD ReFocus" est d'aider les individus, les équipes et les organisations à (Re)Centrer leurs stratégies et capacités de livraison de logiciels sur ce qui compte vraiment. L’objectif est d’identifier et d’adopter les approches les plus appropriées dans chaque contexte, en s’appuyant sur des techniques éprouvées et en les adaptant ensemble à la situation.

Même si elles procurent de réels bénéfices, les initiatives agile, DevOps/DevSecOps, SRE… ne réussissent pas toujours à délivrer toute la valeur attendue pour l'entreprise ou bien à la démontrer.

En adaptant avec pragmatisme les principes lean et pratiques "value stream management" au domaine du logiciel, les organisations sont plus à même de :
=> Délivrer rapidement des logiciels fiables et sécurisés,
=> Démontrer la valeur apportée aux sponsors, clients et utilisateurs,
=> Mesurer et reconnaître les progrès accomplis,
=> Encourager une culture d’expérimentation et d’adaptation à de nouvelles situations.

Mes domaines d’intervention couvrent depuis l'aide à l'élaboration de stratégie IT, en passant par la définition des chaînes de valeur, jusqu'à l'organisation des équipes, l'amélioration continue des modes de fonctionnement opérationnels, et la mesure des résultats.

N'hésitez-pas à me contacter, ou à consulter mes publications ou ressources partagées sur mon site web en français (https://sdrefocus.com/index.php/fr/) ou en anglais (https://sdrefocus.com/)..

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Software delivery is a team sport! I'm helping organizations understand how they can take advantage of modern practices to deliver software faster with better quality, security, stability, and reliability.  

Achievements include:
- Built quality in object frameworks to run batches in minutes and not hours (>80% improvement) and minimize maintenance costs in the first year.
- Helped decide on the most suitable solutions for delivering the expected customer value.
- Helped organizations to collectively commit to their improvement priorities.
- Led cross-functional teams; mentored and supported teammates; shared knowledge and practices.

My areas of interest currently cover Agile, DevOps/DevSecOps, Lean, Value Streams, Cultural and Organizational Improvements, Scientific Thinking, and Leadership.

As an enthusiast, I enjoy participating in community events to share and discuss our experiences.
I also joined the VSM Consortium to collaborate in advancing the future of VSM and our software delivery industry.

Patrice Corbard

🔦 Value Stream Mapping in the spotlight of the latest Gartner's "Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture, 2025" with increased interest over the past year.

♒ "Heads of EA should guide their teams to leverage business architecture and value stream mapping to optimize processes and enhance productivity, aligning with the CIO’s priority of improved efficiency."

🆙 "Based on Gartner inquiries, there has been a rise between February 2024 and February 2025 in the interest in value stream mapping of almost 50%."

💎 "An increasing number of clients have seen the importance of VSMs and are interested in using them as an integral part of enterprise and business architecture, or as part of product management and agile development."

#ea #enterprisearchitecture #vsm #valuestream #valuestreammapping

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