{"id":2044,"date":"2021-05-01T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.semler-company.com\/agile-governance-and-portfolio-management-in-the-financial-service-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T10:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:43:49","slug":"agile-governance-and-portfolio-management-in-the-financial-service-industry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.semler-company.com\/en\/projects\/agile-governance-and-portfolio-management-in-the-financial-service-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile governance and portfolio management in the Financial Service industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2044\" class=\"elementor elementor-2044 elementor-1258\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8375e66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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elementor-element elementor-element-a06d9bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a06d9bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b0903b\" data-id=\"2b0903b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5a4ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d5a4ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agile governance and portfolio management in the Financial Service industry<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-588aaf7 content-space-left elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"588aaf7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc9e602\" data-id=\"bc9e602\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d41c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0d41c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b44c84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b44c84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The subsidiary of an international bank had launched an innovation initiative to enable idea generation for the digital age<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This initiative was very successful and resulted in a multitude of different projects<\/li>\n<li>Too much work was in the system resulting in:<br \/>\nLack of transparency of all the projects simultaneously launched and worked on, a lot of duplicate work, too few finished projects, a general sense among employees of being overburdened and at their limit\n<\/li>\n<li>Also, there was not enough alignment among members of the Board of Managing Directors regarding the value-add of the digital initiatives, since almost 100% of the current business was generated by traditional value streams. A clear strategic view on what and how digital initiatives contribute long-term to company success was missing<\/li>\n<li>Ultimately, a new governance and steering structure needed to be found for gaining speed and quality in decision-making<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94dc0f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94dc0f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea2dfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dea2dfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>After two meetings with the board, it turned out that the issues lay deeper and were more complex than everybody had expected<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We set up monthly 4-hour workshops with the entire board to discuss and decide on more agile approaches to: Strategy development and alignment, creating transparency and estimating the work involved in different initiatives, portfolio steering and decision-making <\/li>\n<li>We worked with representatives on the divisional level and set up pilots for different approaches to test their feasibility and acceptance in a digital innovation environment<\/li>\n<li>We enabled employees vertically in these pilots to work in more agile ways to get comparable results<\/li>\n<li>We aggregated the findings and discussed those in the board workshops to adjust approaches<\/li>\n<li>We agreed on new processes and ways of decision-making on board level to be reviewd on a yearly 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start \/stop decisions<\/li>\n<li>Transparency over the entire portfolio was established for the entire organization, paired with a stringent entry process for new innovation projects<\/li>\n<li>C-level and C-1 level were enabled for the newly developed language, processes and steering models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1a236 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da1a236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lessons learned<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3aa003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3aa003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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