Complexity

IT Complexity Cockpit

Background

A large German bank desired a visualization engine and a prototype of a web application for an enterprise IT complexity cockpit – a high level tool for CIOs in capital markets, finance, risk, and compliance to model, measure and manage IT  complexity in the financial services industry

Activities

Worked with cross functional teams (SMEs, CIOs, financial consultants and CTOs) to identify root causes of software complexity, establish quantitative metrics , and visualize dashboards for reporting
Used principles of Agile processes and eXtreme programming to define user stories, manage release and iteration planning, and visualize dashboards for reporting. Developed and deployed prototype in 3 months.

Tech specs

J2EE, jQuery, MySQL, AJAX, Eclipse Helios IDE, Xingcharts