TECPOINT Annual Conference no.45

Since 2015, our collaboration with Whitebox, emphasizing process maturity, has provided us with a comprehensive understanding of our current strengths and untapped potential. This has helped us to establish a clear direction for our efforts to improve further, benefiting our customers, partners, and employees.

Rasmus Ødum,   Group COO,  COWI A/S

We embarked on a mission to attain execution efficiency, transparency, and eliminate unexpected issues and subcultures. Initially, we emphasized project management, which later evolved into process quality and optimization. The most challenging phase was during the learning process to achieve level 2. The dedicated team at Whitebox has always been enthusiastic about assisting companies in becoming proficient in IT/product development. They are driven by a passion for the success of their clients, and they played a vital role in guiding Systematic towards achieving level 3.  

Michael Holm,  CEO,  Systematic

Engineering efficiency increased by 12% and realistic plans for a yearly 10% increase.
Efficiency of introducing new products with full documentation improved by 40% .
Change Order (ECO) handling lead time reduced by 50 % in 2017 Correction ECO’s decreased by 90 %
Increased Specific Practice implementation with 35% in ML2+3 PA’s  

  “Using The ImprovAbilityTM model this way provided a structured and factual way of evaluating the maturity and impact of “efficiency projects” that will enable us to develop our organizational maturity and quality – visualized by the CMMI® mapping. The combination of ImprovAbilityTM and CMMI® assessments support our management to follow the improvement from case evaluation to full deployment”.   

Peter Møller Jakobsen, VP PMO, Vestas A/S

Thank you very much for your Proof of Strategy workshop on Tuesday. You did very well. You turned people from skeptics to followers.
I am well aware that there is a super-academic approach to and processing of the concept, but the beauty for me is that it is made easy to understand and work with. The questionnaire is relevant on several levels. Obviously, in order to get an idea of ​​what strategies we should use to succeed, but definitely also to challenge ourselves internally with regards to some very relevant
issues and attitudes.

Søren Huscher,  CEO,  Norient Product Pool

A simplification and streamlining of processes in the development department has resulted in more than 40% of time being spent on developing new products. Historically, this percentage was 12%, which means a fivefold increase in new product launches per year. CMMI has identified the strengths and weaknesses of the R&D organization and enabled the setting of an ambitious and realistic CMMI goal for the future. This has resulted in total alignment with marketing’s product launch deadlines.

Christian Engsted,  CEO,  Louis Poulsen A/S

As new owners of three of our technology companies, we chose to invest significant R&D resources in the development of new products and solutions for our customers. As part of this, we engaged Whitebox to continually assess and advise the companies’ development departments, ensuring that the allocated resources were used effectively and that the companies achieved the desired results to the delight of their customers. The collaboration with Whitebox has been a great success for us as owners and for the companies’ management and employees. The development departments have responded very positively to measurements and improvement suggestions from Whitebox, and the companies’ R&D departments have truly progressed in recent years.  

Niels Worning,  Partner,  Polaris Equity

A quick and inexpensive picture of R & D’s overall capability.

Clarity of where it is appropriate to optimize.

Clarity of pitfalls in relation to external collaboration and acquisitions.

Claus Omann,  CEO,  Triax A/S

We initiated a change process with a focus on raising productivity throughout the R&D organization. The approach of CMMI to measuring maturity and pinpointing key areas of focus for maximum productivity gains was in line with the change process we initiated.
The proficient guidance and support from Whitebox throughout the project have been immensely valuable.  

Jens Almdal,  SVP Group R&D – Country Manager,  
FLSmidth

After conducting a maturity assessment of our company, we chose to focus our improvement efforts on the topic of “requirements specification” in collaboration with Whitebox. During a productive and rewarding day, we discussed various angles and eventually created our own template for future requirements specifications. We anticipate that this will provide us with a much clearer picture and simplify communication in our organization. Whitebox was particularly skilled at breaking down a complex topic and making it practical for a small company like ours.  

Henrik Andersen,  CEO,  Carometec A/S