IT Master Builder Training April 2012

www.IT-Master-Builder.com

IT Master Builder Training

We create future-proof IT landscapes for banks


On a global scale there is significant demand for professionals who have

experience in the transformation of the IT-landscape of a bank


Currently there is a high failure rate in the transformations of Banking IT Landscapes

Transformation program aborted

Transformation program delivered

Transformation program delivered while costs and timeline doubled or tripled

25 % 25 %

50 %

Source: imacor


Only a few people currently have the necessary

experience and skill-set to lead the successful

transformation of a Banks IT-landscape


The IT Master Builder Training prepares professionals

by providing a strong foundation to allow them

to successfully perform a transformation of a Banks IT-landscape


An IT Master Builder has proven skills to create a future-proof IT landscape for a Bank

Lead people

Visionary

View on banking- and IT-trends

Profound banking and IT knowledge

Creative

Manage stakeholders

Convincing

Outline target IT-landscape

Run programs and projects Manage budgets

Communicate to individuals and

groups

Build high performance teams

Personal

Organisational

Knowledge


An IT Master Builder of a bank needs to perform 8 major activities to outline a future-proof IT landscape

1.  4. Create a vision for future

IT-Landscape

1.  5. Analyse current

IT-Landscape

1.  6. Identify transformation

objectives

1.  2. Interpret business strategy

1.  8. Outline transformation

2.  program & projects

1.  7. Analyse project portfolio

1.  3. Formulate IT-strategy

1.  Engage with business strategy


IT Master Builders take 7 layers into consideration to build future-proof IT landscapes for Banks

Functions (Products, Channels, …)

Data structure (customer file, pricing)

Technology (software, hardware, network)

People (skills, responsibilities, roles)

Organisation (structure, functions)

Physical sites (central, de-central)

Processes (workflow, page flow, account opening)


Curriculum


April, 18th 2012 April, 19th 2012 April, 20th 2012

8:45 - 10:15

Banking and IT Trends IT-Landscapes: Analysis, Tools & Representation

Outline a target IT Landscape

Break Break Break

10:30 - 12:00

Strategy Frameworks & Application

Create a Vision Identification of transformation portfolio

Lunch Lunch Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Business Strategy Interpretation

Standard Software & CBS

Build high performance teams

Break Break Break

15:15 - 16:45

Manage stakeholders & lead people

Communicate to individuals and groups

Wrap up & Good bye

The training starts on April, 17th 2012, 19:00 with an introduction



  Lecturers will outline models, lead through the case study and provide the IT Master Builder solution

  Participants will learn in small working groups and apply the models to a case study

  Participants learn about Banking and IT Trends and how to identify those that are relevant

  The IT Master Builder program will introduce strategy frameworks like PESTL, Porters’ five forces, Value Disciplines and Blue Ocean strategy and show how to apply them in the context of the business strategy interpretation and vision creation

  The participants will learn about a comprehensive IT landscape of a bank and respective tools to manage and document it

  The program introduces into the role of standard software and core banking systems

  The participants will learn about stakeholder maps, MBTI and BELBIN and gain knowledge about how to manage stakeholders, lead people and build high performance teams

  The participants will understand how to communicate to individuals and to groups

  Finally the participants will learn how to identify a transformation portfolio


The case study – an abstract

Historically, the First Bank focussed its business activities on small and medium-sized companies. Over the last 10 years the bank acquired three retail banks and did merged the respective IT systems ...

… The business strategy was to improve First Bank’s market position via a local market presence and a close customer relationship. To achieve this strategy the personnel costs increased significantly compared to its competitors ...

... 50% of all customer contacts are traditional branch contacts, 25% via electronic access channels, 15% via telephone and the remaining 10% by email. First Bank’s payment transactions STP rate is currently 60%. This customer profile is contrary to the current market profile, as electronic banking has changed the banking environment significantly over the last number of years ...

... In the last business year the bank lost 4.9% of its customer base and latest forecasts show a similar development for the current business year ...

... The executive committee of First Bank has decided to tackle these developments and to introduce appropriate new access channels for the customers. New state-of-the-art access channels should be available within the next 18 months ...

... The CEO charges you to outline First Bank’s future IT landscape and to plan the respective projects by considering and involving the concerned IT and business units …


The lecturers

Frank Schwab, Consultant, Former chief architect at Deutsche Bank, 20+ years of experience

Kris Hansen, Architect @ Royal Bank of Canada, 15+ years of experience

Axel Liebetrau, Expert of Future Banking, 20+ years of experience

Iain MacLennan, Former organisational transformation expert and Deutsche Bank, 15+ years of experience


The IT Master Builder Training is performed at Frankfurt Airport Club

http://www.airportclub.de

November, 29th – December 2nd 2011


Participants


Registration – IT Master Builder Training, Nov 29th - Dec 2nd2011

http://www.IT-Master-Builder.com/Registration

Conditions -  You will receive a confirmation and invoice by email shortly after the registration. - Travel & accommodation is not included.

Cancellation - Until April 1st 2012: 50% refund of fee - After April 1st 2012: No refund, but a change of the registrant is possible. All cancellations must be received in writing.

Registration fee: EUR 7,500,- (exclusive 19% VAT)

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About Iain MacLennan

Iain is an Executive Director with over 16 years technology experience within Tier 1 Global Financial Institutions in both Application Development and Infrastructure groups, operating up to Executive Board level.

He has a significant track record of working with lines of business to deliver their required technology products and services, allowing the achievement of overall strategic objectives. Whilst at the same time transforming the underlying technology groups, to allow these objectives to be met more efficiently/effectively, addressing both technical delivery and organisational capability.

With direct organisational management experience of 200+ colleagues, in addition to 600+ in-directly as a Group Chief Operating Officer, including multi-site management across the US, Europe and Asia.

As well as leading large programmes/portfolio of change across both Applications Development and Infrastructure, he has extensive experience in managing outsourced providers and other partners.


About Axel Liebetrau

Axel Liebetrau is an international thought leader on innovation and future management, keynote speaker and entrepreneur with a passion.

In addition to his practice over 24 years of experience as a management consultant, columnist and entrepreneur, he has a sound academic education with a German degree in Business Administration (FH) and a UK Master of International Management Consulting.

He is regarded as a frontier worker, an intermediary between management and science. He researches and teaches in the area of Open Innovation and Corporate Foresight in the top business schools in Austria, Switzerland and England.


About Kris Hansen

Kris Hansen is a technology leader focused on leading teams that transform systems to align to strategic business objectives. He is currently the Director of Solution Architecture at the Royal Bank of Canada where he leads a team of senior solution architects. Formerly he was the Managing Director, Enterprise Architecture at ATB Financial and Chief Architect on a large scale multi year initiative to completely transform the bank.

Previously in his career he has consulted to government, airports, judiciaries, banks, insurance companies on strategic transformation and IT integration related to mergers and acquisition and building and growing a professional services practice.

As an entrepreneur he has developed shrink wrapped software, SAAS solutions, mobile software, and eCommerce systems.

As a writer he has co-authored several technical books and written articles. He is the author of articles on corebankingblog.com that focus on banking transformation. He has an MBA and BGS in applied studies from Athabasca University.


About Frank Schwab

Frank Schwab has more than 20 years of professional bank and IT business experience.

He is founder of imacor – a consultancy with the focus to project future-proof IT landscapes for banks. His customers are banks, IT consultancies and IT Service Providers in Europe and Middle East.

Until 2009 Frank was chief architect, innovation leader and head of business development at Deutsche Bank. Amongst others he was responsible for the planning of the core banking transformation based on SAP Banking, the renewal of the Online Banking and the introduction of Mobile Banking within Deutsche Bank.

Between 2008 and 2010 he did win three European Awards 2010 for a new Online Banking Architecture, for Mobile Banking and for Touch Banking at Q110 - The Deutsche Bank of the Future.