Business Unit
Identity
A Business Unit is a piece of the circle Consulting specialized into the delivery of projects for a specific domain/industry.
Purpose
As a part of Consulting, BUs inherit the motto "People first Delivery".
This means building our business value on our company values.
Leadership vs Management
A Business Unit requires attention to leadership and management.
BUs’ accountabilities are related to both those aspects.
Leadership drives people growth and continuous improvement.
Management drives administration of a BU, connection with other circles, planning artifacts, and processes.
Of course, leadership and management are strongly intertwined.
A Business Unit is responsible for the professional growth of its members.
Accountabilities
- Plan and schedule demand, capacity, utilization, and priorities of agilers
- Communicate recruiting needs towards People Hiring and Administration and Engineering Director
- Identify and mitigate project risks and find and promote opportunities with Account and Sales
- Deliver projects in alignment with all Consulting practices and principles
- Provide fair and recognizable career paths in alignment with the career ladder. Adapt compensation to the actual status of agilers' growth
- Ensure timesheet compliance with Finance needs and Consulting metrics
- Monitor customer satisfaction and drive remediation actions
- Plan and execute training activities in alignment with Consulting strategy
- Execute mentorship on Hard and Soft skills, coordinating with Training
- Support Sales in pre-sales activities, including tenders
- Promote the business unit through domain-specific activities with Marketing
- Implement practices in alignment with the purpose
Demand & Capacity Planning
- The resource demand is reported to an Excel placed in
BigData / Capacity Plan
- A recurrent meeting between BUs and Engineering Director is used to discuss opportunities and risks
- This meeting triggers recruiting actions and moves among BUs
Members
An agiler belongs to a Business Unit for a certain quota reported to BigData / Capacity Plan
.
The availability is established by the Engineering Director.
The capacity plan of Engine determines the availability of BU members.
Business Units
- Utility & Telco
- Insurance & Telematics
- Banking & Payments
- Services
- Logistics
- Incubation