These case studies show what’s been achieved for other organisations. Among them are some of the UK’s industry leaders. We could do the same for you.
Client: DS Smith
Architect: Interim Business Architect
Time: October 2023 to April 2024
Benefit: Applications Portfolio Management embedded as business as usual, with strategic applications agreed from Group to Region
Client: Major rail and bus operator
Architect: Interim Data Architect
Time: March to September 2024
Benefit: £200,000 saved to date on enterprise architecture tool licensing
Client: BT
Architect: Business Architects, internal and external hires
Time: 2022
Benefit: 3 of 15 internal applicants hired in six weeks, 4 external candidates presented in three weeks
Client: Accenture
Architect: Enterprise Architect for the HMRC engagement
Time: Spring 2026
Benefit: Very happy client
Client: Reed in Partnership
Architect: Solution Architect for Government Project
Time: Winter 2025
Benefit: Saved £10 million contract
Client: BT
Architect: Architecture support: on-demand Solution, Data, Cloud and Enterprise Architects
Time: Winter 2023
Benefit: £250k saving
Client: City & Guilds
Architect: Solution Architect for a learning platform migration
Time: 2023
Benefit: 1.9x ROI, 60% fewer manual processes and over £100k saved a year
Client: IQ-EQ
Architect: Enterprise Architect for cloud strategy
Time: 2023
Benefit: £170,000 saved, 3x ROI on the original investment
Client: Tesco
Architect: Enterprise Architect for strategic roadmapping
Time: 2023
Benefit: 36 unnecessary projects removed, 9x to 14x ROI
Client: Permira
Architect: Enterprise Architect for application portfolio (LeanIX)
Time: 2023
Benefit: £75,000 saved, 3x ROI on the original investment
Client: Tesco Business Services
Architect: Business Architect for strategy alignment
Time: 2023
Benefit: 6x ROI, every project aligned to the CEO’s vision
Client: City & Guilds
Architect: Solution Architect, managed service
Time: July 2021 to March 2022
Benefit: New group-wide SaaS intranet delivered, legacy SharePoint estate retired
Client: Just Group
Architect: Business Architects, team of three
Time: April to May 2021
Benefit: CxO decisions that had stalled for two years articulated in six weeks
Client: Arup
Architect: HR Technology and Business Architects, team of eight
Time: July 2018 to October 2023
Benefit: People technology ecosystem simplified, footprint reduced by up to 50%
Client: BT Group
Architect: Enterprise Architects, team of four
Time: March 2017 to December 2018
Benefit: 5 programmes unblocked, 10 BT architects mentored, 5% programme ROI
Client: Kier
Architect: Enterprise Architects, team of two
Time: January to August 2018
Benefit: CIO approval for an EA practice, Level 2 EA maturity achieved
Client: BT
Architect: Business Architects, team of five
Time: March to December 2017
Benefit: 5 programmes unblocked, Business Architecture Centre of Excellence established
