Benefits of Bringing ‘Agile’ to Digital Transformation

TARIK ARSLANKADIĆ

Comtrade Digital Serivces, Product Owner

HOTEL EUROPE, October 21st

About me Certified SCRUM Product owner with more than 10 years of professional experience

Started professional career as QA engineer and test lead

As Project Manager and Product Owner, responsible for moving from traditional in-depth planning to the iterative approach

Currently, assigned Product Owner responsible for the products roadmap for FinTechpart of Comtrade Digital Services delivery

Agenda

About Comtrade

• Years of evolution

• Digital Transformation in Brief

• Transformation to Agile

• Benefits & Challenges

• Q&A

A B O U T C O M T R A D E

C O M T R A D E G R O U P

Technolgy

centers

1500+SW engineers

072000Total

employees

10Development

campuses

900+Loyal customers

30Strategic

partnerships

The largest

IT ORGANIZATION

in Southeast Europe

Operates through 16

COMPANIES in 10

COUNTRIES in Europe and

North America

The largest CLOUD CENTER

in the region, with more than

1000 virtual servers

COMTRADE

SOFTWARE

COMTRADE

SOLUTIONS

C O M T R A D E G R O U P

C O M T R A D E B U S I N E S S S T R U C T U R E

COMTRADE

GAMING

COMTRADE

SYSTEM

INTEGRATION

COMTRADE

DISTRIBUTION

COMTRADE

DIGITAL SERVICES

01 IRL & UK 02 DACH 03 USA

Mobility

and travel

FinTech Industry 4.0

Years of Evolution

• Pre 1900s (Pyramid, Great Wall of China, Manhattan Project (modern PM)

• 1950s (Project Management)

• 2000s Agile (SCRUM, Lean, Kanban, XP)

Digital Transformation

• Connected consumer

• An increasing number of devices becoming intelligent and networked

• Opportunity to offer new services but also a lot of technological challenges

• Web users and other consumers reviews count!

• UBER or the taxi industry revolution

• Digital giants can raise an incredible amount of money to innovate

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Top 5 key technology:Cloud computing, Mobile, Big Data, Social Networks, IoTIndustry 4.0:Robots, Drones, Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D Printing

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation is actually Business Transformation

Key Challenges of Digital Transformation

Technologies, data, measurement

Key Benefits of Digital Transformation

Revenue growthReduced Costs

Better customer experiences Lift in customer engagement Improving customer satisfaction

• Increase efficiency and productivity• Increased Agility and Innovation

Transformation to Agile

SCRUM

Key Challenges

Organizational problemsSprint durationInefficient Scrum meetingLack of Scrum trainingLack of stakeholders involvementPoor work environment

Human factorObstacles in team workLack of necessary skills

Technical problemBacklog management

Key Benefits

Employee SatisfactionProductivity and Performance

Collaboration and Teamwork

Product quality

Questions and Answers

THANK YOU!