An Investment Group listed with the Kuwait Stock Exchange with assets exceeding KD 69 Million across Middle East, Europe, US, and other emerging Arab markets was looking to draft an IT Strategy for the group.

Nimble was invited to prepare an IT Strategy and Plan for the company to harness the power of Information Technology. It was also entrusted with the task of recommending an approach for integrating the existing legacy systems with the newer technologies and computing services.

Nimble worked with Emqube (partner based in Dubai) to produce a detailed IT Strategy and implementation plan in a matter of 21 days. The study involved the active participation of key managers at the client premises. With the help of interviews, document analysis, and actual observation of the transactions, the team was able to understand the business processes and operational style of the client. Great emphasis was paid on the work culture and social hierarchy in the organisation. Financial companies in the region were surveyed to analyse the best practices and existing IT deployment for benchmarking the new strategy. The need for bilingual (English/Arabic) support, and the need to pubish statutory reports were carefully analysed.

The final report helped the client to understand the scope of work required for total automation, and the implementation plan. Implementation was suggested in 3 phases with the objective of migrating the manual operation to an automated less-paper environment, with tangible results at each stage, upgradation of computing skills and planned investments.

Nimble’s scope of work was extended by the client to manage the implementation plan with the help of local system integrators and solution providers.