Transforming a Global Development Team

Who? What?

The client is a US-based financial services organisation operating in over 50 countries with 90,000 employees. They wanted to educate key IT engineers on the latest techniques for distributed development.

Why?

As a huge organisation, the client needed to leverage the knowledge and expertise of individuals across the company, ensuring more focus on the design and creation of integrated and reusable components. They asked ThoughtWorks to help develop a program designed to promote known development and management best practices based on real-world scenarios.

How?

ThoughtWorks created a training program based on best practices for the clients' top engineers, with equal emphasis on technical and management skills. ThoughtWorks shared technical best practices using real-life case studies.

The Results?

The key objective - increasing communication between a global team of engineers - was accomplished.

In addition, the participants refined their problem-solving skills and their ability to build excellent solutions with the greatest efficiency. The client also realized benefits of creating a cohesive organisation across the engineering population; enhanced career opportunities for the participants; and confirmation of its commitment to top technical talent.

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