Frédéric Charles, Suez Environnement

Transform a classic IT department into a Lean delivery machine for digital services At SUEZ Environnement we took the opportunity of a new strategic project, to radically transform the way we conceive, build and deliver internet applications. We changed the way we build internet platforms using the Cloud. Agile methodologies and Lean management were a big help. We learned that architecture is key for performance but also for organising the work. We came to the realization that traditional applications specifications are no longer needed in 2015. We learned ways to manage...

Arnaud Cailleau, SopraSteria

The benefits of Lean IT in Software Testing At a time when our customers expected lower prices and more flexibility, we had to find new levers of productivity because the “classic” methods (recast process, audit, etc.) did not allow us to improve as fast as our customers expected. In that context, Lean IT opened new perspectives: thanks to that approach, we achieved outstanding business results such as a drastic reduction of defects and a strong increase of productivity. Unexpectedly, the Lean IT approach also resulted in a greater commitment of the test...

Nicolas Tricot, BlaBlaCar

Growing the Tech team at ridesharing startup Blablacar This is the story of Christian and Nicolas, two Tech Managers at BlaBlaTech, who shaped the engineering team of the highly successful ridesharing startup. The team has grown from one single French five-person team to a dozen distributed and fully agile teams with 30+ people in only two years. Their main responsibility? Building and scaling the development team by constantly improving engineering processes, integrating and training new talents, and anticipating tomorrow’s organization. Their challenges? Delivering the...

Christian Jennewein, BlaBlaCar

Growing the Tech team at ridesharing startup Blablacar This is the story of Christian and Nicolas, two Tech Managers at BlaBlaTech, who shaped the engineering team of the highly successful ridesharing startup. The team has grown from one single French five-person team to a dozen distributed and fully agile teams with 30+ people in only two years. Their main responsibility? Building and scaling the development team by constantly improving engineering processes, integrating and training new talents, and anticipating tomorrow’s organization. Their challenges? Delivering the...

Klaus Petersen, Solar Group

Turn a disastrous ERP implementation into a successful one using Lean Company-wide ERP implementations are quite complicated, and unfortunately, they often turn into nightmares: long delays, cost overruns, business disruption, all this causing great damage to the company and the customers. The European sourcing and service providing company Solar started they own ERP implementation 4 years ago. After chaotic beginnings, they decided to capitalize on the lessons learned from their prior 5-year Lean journey to ensure a smooth, quality and customer-focused deployment of the...

Catherine Chabiron, Institut Lean France

Catherine Chabiron is the former Director of IS Governance at Faurecia, a major French industrial group. For 8 years, she has worked at the heart of the Lean transformation of Faurecia’s IS department.   Join Catherine’s masterclass “Lean and Information Systems in today’s large corporations – what does it imply and how to manage it?” on 7 October 2015 to learn from her unique experience: The IS department of a lean corporation, sooner or later, will have to answer the question of how to contribute to the company’s overall Lean approach. This...