CHALLENGE
Driving a critical policy administration upgrade
A prominent Danish company in the life and pension sector aimed to implement a new policy administration module to enhance its system capabilities.
This initiative required a comprehensive data conversion from the existing systems to the new platform, ensuring data integrity and system functionality throughout the process.
Karsten Weikop is one of our excellent, high-performing IT consultants. His true dedication came to the forefront in Karsten's ambitious work as the Business Architect and Project Manager in a significant conversion project with one of 7N’s clients, a large Danish company delivering software for the life and pension industry. The scope of the project was to implement a platform at their client.
SOLUTION
Leading complex data conversion with strategic precision
A 7N consultant took on the roles of Business Architect and Project Manager to lead this extensive conversion project.
The consultant's responsibilities encompassed:
Data analysis
Assessing the client's current systems and data structures to identify conversion requirements
Strategy design
Formulating a detailed plan for data migration, including workflow definitions and standard procedures
Data conversion execution
Managing the intricate process of transforming and migrating data to the new system, addressing challenges such as non-linear data translation and extensive data model reformation
The consultant also developed a comprehensive playbook outlining the project's approach and managed the complex cut-over process to the new platform.
Leadership in complex project delivery
The Program Director of the project states the following about Karsten: “I was incredibly satisfied with the cooperation with Karsten. He is super skilled, both in the subject area he was responsible for and in handling a large and complex knowledge area. He is pleasant to work with, flexible, hard-working, efficient, persistent, and certainly well-liked by both colleagues at [7N’s client] and employees at [company X]. Together, we solved the difficult task of converting [company X’s] entire stock of policies from the old system to the new solution, with great satisfaction for everyone and with an incredibly low error margin.”
IMPACT
Delivering long-term value
Over a five-year period, the consultant's leadership resulted in:
Successful data migration
The complete and accurate transfer of all policy data to the new system
Implementation of a robust policy administration module supporting various financial products in a unified solution
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