by Michael Lancashire | Oct 7, 2024 | Articles, Business Transformation, Design & Architecture, Strategic Transformation
BUILDING THE RIGHT TARGET OPERATING MODEL: A STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT MARKET-WIDE HALF-HOURLY SETTLEMENT, THE TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY, THE RISE OF SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, AND INCREASING REGULATORY PRESSURES … The energy industry is undergoing rapid evolution that... 
by Emma Bickerton | Feb 9, 2024 | Articles, Business Change, Business Transformation, Generic Transformation, Strategic Transformation
THE SECRET TO LASTING CHANGE: AVOID THESE 4 MISTAKES TO LOCK IN THE RESULTS OF YOUR PROGRAMME DELIVERY To successfully deliver a change programme can take months of hard work. But once it’s done, how do you make sure that change sticks? In this article, we look at... 
by Emma Bickerton | Feb 8, 2024 | Business Transformation, Case Studies, Cost Transformation, Customer Transformation, Strategic Transformation, Technology Transformation
Global Supply Chain Programme Cuts Implementation Time by > 50% Results Implementation time reduced from 50 weeks to 19 weeks, delivering a reduction of more than 50 percent across rollout sites. Significant cost savings achieved through earlier realisation of... 
by Emma Bickerton | Feb 2, 2024 | Assessment and Assurance, Case Studies, Strategic Transformation, Technology Transformation
Establishing a Project Management Office to Strengthen Portfolio Delivery and Governance Delivering integrated portfolio control and a scalable PMO framework to optimise resources, reduce risk, and align delivery to strategic goals. Results and Outcomes Integrated... 
by Emma Bickerton | Jan 17, 2024 | Assessment and Assurance, Case Studies, Strategic Transformation
Strategic Assurance in Action: Embedding Fit-for-Purpose Controls Across a £1 Billion Investment Portfolio Delivering rapid business assessments to accelerate value creation and mitigate investment risk. Results and Outcomes Standardised Business Evaluation Framework... 
by Emma Bickerton | Nov 23, 2023 | Articles, Business Transformation, Generic Transformation, Strategic Transformation
ARTICLE: AGILE OR WATERFALL – A FALSE CHOICE At Cross 8 we’re often asked which we think is better, Agile or Waterfall. Our answer is always a question: “Better for what?” Organisations generally like to have a single method, but we’d argue that a...