Post on 14-Apr-2017
COMPETENCY CENTER
Valentyn Kropov, Solutions Architect
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retaining experts | growing expertise | maximizing income
ABOUT MYSELF
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•13 years in IT (2 in Competency Center)•Solutions Architect at SoftServe•Used to hold 10 different roles before•Senior Consultant in Big Data Competency
Center•Founder of Kyiv Big Data Community
AGENDA
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•Who is a most important in your company•What’s a real Competency Center•Why it is beneficial for all
WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
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5%
95%
ExpertsOthers
5%
95%
WHY 5% ARE SO IMPORTANT?
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•You need to impress customer on pre-sale•And Team Lead to start a project•Plus architect to draw architecture•And Tech Lead to drive it
NO WINE – NO SONG!
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WHY EXPERTS ARE LEAVING?
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Money
WHY EXPERTS ARE LEAVING?
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Money
Boring project
WHY EXPERTS ARE LEAVING?
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Money
Boring project
Passion to learn something new
WHY EXPERTS ARE LEAVING?
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Money
Boring project
Passion to learn something new
Career growth
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIX?
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Biggest Salary on a market
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIX?
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Biggest Salary on a market
Projects rotation
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIX?
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Biggest Salary on a market
Projects rotation
Tons of new technologies
IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIX?
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Biggest Salary on a market
Projects rotation
Tons of new technologies
Speeding up their growth
THERE IS A SOLUTION!
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•Center of Excellence•Competency Center•Experts Group•Shared Services•Service Line
HOW IT WORKS
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•Groups of 2-10 top-class experts•With a certain specialization•Able to work 2-5 times faster than others•Work on several projects in parallel•Backing up each other
WHY IS IT COOL FOR EXPERTS?
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•1.5-3 times bigger salary•Constant, but predictable projects rotation•Variety of technologies•And subject areas•Unreal skills growth•Unbelievable motivation!
WHY IS IT GREAT FOR CUSTOMER?
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•Group of experts instead of one•For the same money•Never goes to vacation•Never got sick•Never complains•Never get asleep (if required)
WHY IS IT AWESOME FOR COMPANY (STAFFING)?
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•Ramp-up project in hours rather than weeks•Even short-term projects•Even most complex projects•No need to find replacements. Ever!
WHY IS IT AWESOME FOR COMPANY (FINANCE)?
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•Smaller overhead cost (33-66% savings)•Bigger Income (33%+ savings)
Overhead Savings
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Bigger Income
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$3k $3k $3k $6k
WHY IT IS AWESOME FOR COMPANY (EXPERTISE)?
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•New level of technical pre-sales•Preparing new experts in months•Multiplying and saving expertise
SUMMARY
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•Your experts will anyway earn on the side•Or you will make them work on couple projects
anyway•Why don’t just make it legal?•Competency Center is beneficial to all!
THANK YOU
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E-mail your questions to
valentine.kropov@gmail.com