These challenges include:

• How do you decide whether you should embark in a business transformation programme?
• How do you define what is the right scale of the transformation? Whether a confined set of initiatives is sufficient or a longer and far-reaching programme is required?
• How do you demonstrate the value that the transformation will bring to the business and that justifies the investment in the programme?
• Finally, how do you build consensus around the way forward within the executives and top-management as well as the wider organisation?

The Analysis & Design methodology is Capgemini Consulting’s approach to address the front end of medium- to large-scale business transformation programmes, where the need for change is articulated, solutions are identified and agreed upon and the plan to move forward is defined.

In over two decades of successful track record, the Analysis & Design methodology has allowed our clients to deliver dramatic results both in terms of the extent of change implemented and of results to their bottom line – whether profit improvements or pure cost savings.

This section includes:

• Benefits of Accelerated Analysis & Design
• Capgemini’s approach
• Capgemini capability
• Success stories

The benefits of Accelerated Analysis & Design

Organisations need to establish a clear and compelling case before committing resources to business transformation initiatives. As such they need to scope and shape the need for change.

Our approach provides a flexible set of tools to perform accelerated analysis of clients strategic and operational issues and to help validate and facilitate the decision to embark in business change.

The key benefits of our approach to clients are:

• Ability to achieve a clear articulation of what the need for change means for the business and of how complex and potentially unclear business issues can be addressed
• Identification of specific initiatives and solutions to be implemented to address the business needs
• A clear view of the benefits that the business change will deliver and of the steps required to realise them
• Alignment, commitment and mobilisation to change, across all levels of the organisation

We have helped clients identify and deliver opportunities for business transformation through business growth, operational improvements, organisational change, technology transformation or cost reduction.

Our approach ensures your organisation is focusing its business transformation effort on the right priorities and provides you with accelerated readiness to change. We can deliver a typical business transformation front-end engagement within 8-10 weeks.

Capgemini’s Approach

Our approach to scoping and shaping business transformation is built upon a structured engagement approach which is fully configurable to the client’s needs and uses a tested set of tools designed to prepare organisations for change.

It has acceleration built in by time-boxing each of the key project activities. This results in a small up front client commitment, before needing to embark in the full investment required by a transformation programme. The shape and size of the transformation programme is defined through a collaborative process where the solution is iterated and validated by the key stakeholders within the business.

We focus project resources to areas of greatest benefits potential, to accelerate definition of business change opportunities.

We provide accelerated yet rigorous analysis of the areas affected by the change and clarity on how to deliver a complex business transformation, supported by a robust business case.

We proactively work the rational, emotional and political aspects of change, building alignment in the Executive team and mobilising the organisation.

Capgemini capability

A typical Analysis & Design engagement brings together the breadth of Capgemini’s sector and functional capabilities and experience into a structured front end to business transformation.

We are able to perform analysis with very rapid time scales by deploying a tested approach and a fit-for-purpose diagnostic toolkit and utilising our consolidated strategic analysis and insight generation skills.

We are able to work at all levels of the organisation, engaging with clients from Executive level through to operational staff.

Our experts are able to work across functions and offer specific capability and sector focus. Our key strength is the ability to offer specialised sector and functional content using a structured engagement approach and a tested set of business transformation design tools.

Capgemini’s consultants have experience across the full transformation design and implementation spectrum, from the upfront Analysis & Design engagement through to the implementation of large business change programmes and complex system implementations.

Capgemini can help you assess where your organisation is in terms of its business transformation requirements and set up for a successful implementation.

Success Stories

Leading UK retailer

A leading UK retailer embarked on a comprehensive store transformation programme that improved their annual profit by over £150m.

Our client was determined to achieve a step change in performance and saw a number of critical areas for improvement within its stores. Working collaboratively with the client, Capgemini initiated an Analysis & Design programme which delivered significant bottom line benefits and also embedded a culture of delivering sustainable change.

The engagement brought consistent “routines” to standard processes, enabling best practice sharing and facilitating solution development at operational level.

We consolidated the client’s capability delivering a consistent toolkit to enable more effective people and operational management. We were able to alter the ‘change mindset’ within the client organisation so that change becomes a continuous part of day to day business rather than a one-off event.

Global Energy Company

A major Energy company designed and delivered a programme to change their business model to a globally integrated business, whilst achieving over $400m cost savings and doubling their net income in 2 years.

We helped our client develop and implement their vision to become a fully integrated global organisation and overcome the challenge of declining financial results and profits levels below key rivals.

We used Capgemini’s Analysis & Design methodology as the single, global approach for the programme, dividing up the challenge on a regional basis and focusing around the business areas where potential was greatest. This approach allowed the programme to span 92% of the client’s global business in 24 weeks.

The project delivered tangible outputs in a highly accelerated timeframe, including allowing alignment and standardisation across core processes and delivering on the client’s global business ambition.