Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are measurable data points used to track performance against a specific set of goals. KPIs should be aligned with core business objectives and, if used correctly, can act as a valuable tool when demonstrating how effectively these objectives are being met. Developing KPIs can certainly be a challenging task but a firm understanding of the common pitfalls involved in their development can make this task easier.
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Delivering Against Changing Priorities: Double Down on Agile
The current environment presents financial services technology organizations with an opportunity to leverage their existing Agile practices and to expand their adoption to tackle new challenges that change fluidly with the economic climate and regulation. Although it can be tempting to revert to old patterns to expedite delivery, “doubling down” on the foundational principles of Agile helps maintain a focus on delivering the most critical user functionality with the optimal time-to-market.
Read MoreMonticello’s Testing Governance Supports Large-Scale Regulatory Change
At Monticello Consulting, we have developed and refined a testing framework to ensure that quality is integral to the program from the outset, starting with the generation of high quality business requirements that are traced through to completion in our comprehensive test plans. Whether in an Agile or a Waterfall program, our framework incorporates information feedback to achieve ever-higher levels of quality in the end product.
Read MoreGPS Give-Up Payables Reconciliation
A top-tier investment banking client recently engaged Monticello Consulting to develop an automated tool to reconcile its back office processing system for derivatives, futures, and options with the Give-Up Payments System (GPS) run by the CME Group. See how we helped them save time and cost while reducing risk through a new tactical technology solution.
Read MoreBrokerage Payables Remediation Engagement
A top investment banking client recently called on Monticello to help with a process fit for automation. The engagement called for building a suite of tactical tools to address a particularly thorny reconciliation dilemma. See how we helped them resolve the issue and dramatically reduce the need to manually fix breaks in their payments systems.
Read MoreRegulatory Reporting Testing Governance
Monticello’s implementation of a testing governance solution helped our client meet new regulatory reporting requirements on time in the face of short deadlines.
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