Frank Endrikat

Large-scale projects always requiring extra management, skills, governance, strategy, organization and attention. This topic outlines the best practices when dealing with large and global projects, considering size, communication, governance, methodology and culture. In order to ensure success for major projects, various topic need to be considered and addressed: • Stakeholder, Sponsor, Governance Structure • Structure, roles & responsibilities (Management, PMO, …) • Governance, Methodology, Tools • Standard and templates • People, skills & cultures • Scope Management • Commercial Management These areas and related best practices will be outlined, explained and suggestions for different use cases be made. This topic also includes case studies: • Major infrastructure project from greenfield in developing Arabic country • High complexity data centre infrastructure renewal project

In todays business, many organizations grow by merging and acquiring companies. This topic outlines the key strategies options, potential traps and ways to make them successful. Acquisitions require specific strategies to ensure realisation of best value and to ensure consistent and sustainable growth. This topic will outline the typical key strategies depending on the expectations of the leading organization, focusing on key drivers: • People, cultures, communication, conflict and crisis, negotiation • Governance, structures, processes • Implementation practice, project, program with methods and tools The options and potential dangers of different approaches will be outlined, explained and suggestions for different use cases be made. This topic also includes 3 case studies based on the integration of acquisitions: • Manufacturing integration in USA • IT Integration in Scandinavia • Professional Service Integration in Germany

Technologies have develop rapidly over the past years and enabled business to tap into a brand new, almost unlimited source of technologies. This topic outlines the possibilities for business and explains typical approaches and also pitfalls to be avoided. Many concepts in digital transformation reflect the nearly endless possibilities of todays business transformations, which include: • Define digital operational perfection • Customer Relationship and Sales: Engage your customers and provide services using Facebook, Twittter, LinkedIn and Whatsup • Industry 4.0: Enable customer wishes with “lot-size zero”, design the manless production floor and provide a seamless maintenance and quality management • Internet of Things IoT: Provide end-to-end customer services in an B2B and B2C environment • Big Data: Making informed decisions • Cloud: Operational and strategic use of cloud offerings The possibilities and options and shortfalls of these possibilities will be outlined