• Speaker, Chief Data Officer Summit 2016, Singapore Today businesses require speed in decision making & the agility to respond to new market opportunities as never before. The ability to leverage data assets & computational capabilities rapidly is the key to progress in the marketplace. With the changing paradigm, the need for fresh ideas & new thinking in process design, people readiness & leadership mindset is essential. In this talk, Rajiv will illustrate an idea to enable response at the speed of the opportunity while ensuring security & sufficient governance

1. Balancing Speed & Agility with
Security & Governance
Rajiv Renganathan
IT Director, East Asia
Schneider Electric
@ rajivrenganathn

2. Conversation with a senior business executive…
Hmmm…
Urgent, Do you have an Excel macro
specialist in your team
9:02 AM
Could we meet to understand what are you
want to achieve, we can look at possible
solutions
9:15 AM
Ok, Lets meet & we can explain the
small & urgent application we need
9:20 AM

3. Fast
Flexible
Innovative
Agile
Secure
Compliant
Reliable
Stable
The Marriage?

4. “Flying Developers” - Identify a SWAT Team
 HIGH AVAILABILITY: Dispatched on
request in a short notice to the desk of
senior business executives
 SINGLE GOAL: Tactical solution rapidly
in hours, not days! Speed is the
essence
 SKILLS & ATTITUDE: Empowered &
Trained to look at the business need as
an opportunity to create value

5. Framework: Rules of the game
 SCOPE:
Define the Do's & Don'ts, what is in scope & what is not
Changes to ERP in a strict: NO | Consuming ERP data for insights: YES
 KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Master of company's IT landscape & enterprise architecture
 Well-versed with company's IT security policies
 Good analytical & communication skills
 RESOURCES:
Instant access to IT infrastructure & basic software licenses

6. CAUTION!
Bullet-proof the model with strong post-action follow up:
1. Document
2. Record in the IT landscape/application repository
3. Establish support model
4. Initiate IT demand process
5. Review architecture and design
6. Measure consistently: Business value, Adoption
7. Manage the risks of waning interest (No hesitation to kill)
8. Re-design/architect the application for scale & reliability
With
Great Power
Comes
Great
Responsibility

7. rajspace@gmail.com | @ rajivrenganathn