Implementation Project Examples
Below are some examples of G&C projects highlighting different ways of providing services to software implementation projects.
Example 1: Core Banking System: Implementation and Nationalisation
(Entire implementation project on behalf of the bank)
After a leading Slovak retail bank had selected the Swiss core banking package T/O/P*Banking as its chosen solution for its branches in the Czech Republic, G&C was tasked with running the entire implementation project on behalf of the bank, including
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 | Requirements definition covering loans, deposits, payments, G/L, customer information, and supporting functions |
| Customisation design and development |
| Development of Czech national specifics |
| Development of required interfaces |
| Data migration from legacy system |
| Unit testing, system integration testing, UAT |
| Project management |
| Vendor management |
| Subsequent maintenance services and change development |
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For this project G&C assigned a project team consisting of a project manager, a team of business analysts, a technical architect as well as separate teams of developers and testers. QA was executed by G&C’s partners.
The project was completed in time and budget to the client’s satisfaction, qualifying G&C for providing maintenance services for many subsequent years.
At a later stage the team took on-board the maintenance services for all of T/O/P*Banking’s Swiss clients.
Example 2: Conflict Management System Development and Implementation
(Complementing the bank’s team)
When a leading UK investment bank embarked on the in-house development of a conflict management system, it looked for G&C to provide an experienced Business Analyst to lead a team of own business analysts spread around the globe in its various business locations and to work with the business representatives.
Functionality to be implemented included checking investment banking deals for potential conflicts of interest, Chinese walls’ management, management of restricted trading lists, etc.
G&C’s main tasks have been
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| Leading the requirements definition and functional design |
| Key link between the business and the IT team |
| Functional testing, heading the UAT |
| Managing the data migration from the legacy system |
| Integration with the bank’s reference data systems |
| Design of future enhancement options |
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Working closely with the bank’s project manager G&C helped to overcome numerous obstacles and successfully put the system into live production.
Example 3: Fraud Detection System Implementation
(Entire implementation project on behalf of the vendor)
Acting as partner of Intellinx Ltd., G&C implemented Intellinx’ fraud detection system at a leading retail bank in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The functionality to be implemented included (i) monitoring of transactions originating from a variety of source systems for suspicious cases according to a set of defined fraud scenarios, (ii) forensic drill-down and investigation module, and (iii) user-interface customisation.
Key tasks included
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| System installation |
| Customisation / parameterisation of scenarios and detection rules |
| Customisation of the UI |
| System integration testing and UAT management |
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G&C deployed a team consisting of a project manager, a business analyst, a technical architect, a developer and a tester who completed the project in time and budget and to the satisfaction of both the client and the vendor.
Example 4: Trade Surveillance System Implementation
(Complementing the vendor’s team)
When a leading international bank wanted to extend its existing anti-money-laundering (AML) system MANTAS AML into trade surveillance functionality (MANTAS TCM) for its UK investment bank, Mantas turned to G&C to complement its own team with an experienced Business Analyst and a skilled Technical Architect / System Engineer.
Key tasks performed by the G&C team included:
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| Trade flow analysis and implications on the data content and data quality |
| Data sourcing |
| Specifications for the data extraction and data transformation logic |
| Scenario customisation |
| UI customisation |
| Data mining and alert analysis |
| System installation and maintenance of environments |
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The G&C team at a later stage was hired directly by the bank, to work on maintenance and further enhancements on the bank’s side.
Example 5: Core Banking System Implementation Review
(Project review)
When a new IT management took over at a leading Czech retail bank, it wanted an external opinion on the on-going implementation project for a new core banking system in order to provide a sound basis for its further management decisions.
After evaluating several potential service providers the bank asked G&C to perform a project review and state its opinion on different options to continue the project.
G&C’s managing partner, together with a Technical Architect and a Business Analyst performed and delivered the review in a short period of time to the satisfaction of the client.
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