Enterprise Portfolio Management: Crowdsourcing Data Improves Speed and Quality

A single source of truth
Delivering large-scale transformation
Aligning strategy to execution

man focused on enterprise portfolio management

17,000

Employees

£1.3B

Transformation Program

"A tool like Ardoq that enables us to reduce our huge dependency on isolated data is pretty critical to the successful running of any enterprise, especially when going through a large transformation project like we are."

Chief Technology Officer

Challenge

Driving Large-Scale Transformation

High data risk due to disconnected, single-use data stored in spreadsheets and people’s heads
Lacked a formal Enterprise Architecture function or governance, which made it hard to validate information and make decisions
Struggled with data complexity and application sprawl due to inconsistent information of varying quality hosted in physical locations across a large estate

Approach

How Ardoq Helped

Procured Ardoq for enterprise portfolio management, to conduct large-scale transformation and create a single source of truth where data and information could be stored and relied upon to make decisions
Out-of-the-box Application Portfolio Management (APM) to combine and refine application data, helping accelerate data verification and visibility
Surveys and Broadcasts enable them to automate workflows, crowdsource data collection, and maintain data relating to people, roles, vacancies, and recruitment

Benefits

Key Outcomes With Ardoq: Enhanced Enterprise Portfolio Management

A single source of truth and a reliable enterprise architecture system that helps them to generate live, accessible data, enabling governance and quicker, more-informed decision-making
Reduced risk and strengthened security processes using insights from their APM implementation
True crowdsourcing as staff are empowered to contribute and maintain their data
Valuable time and resources saved as just one primary Ardoq admin is needed to oversee the metamodel
Enhanced enterprise portfolio management by connecting its strategic plan to its application portfolio, allowing the organization to execute its strategy fully

Next Steps

Looking Forward

The team is working towards establishing a full digital twin of the organization (DTO) to better connect their strategic plan to their dev team’s work. This crucial connection will help build confidence and insight into their strategic intent without needing to spend time manually validating information.