Scaling API-first – The story of a global engineering organization
Openness as the Engine for Digital Innovation
1. MBA PART-TIME
Information Systems for Management
May 28th, 2016
Gabriele Ruffatti
Technical, Innovation & Research Division
Engineering Group
OPENNESS
AS THE ENGINE FOR
DIGITAL INNOVATION
(a journey with three words)
3. Business Integration
Consulting
Outsourcing
Products and solutions
A global player
1,000
large accounts
30cities
8,100
professionals
877.5 mn€
total revenues
+ 3,000
external resources
9%
market share
in Italy
ABROADIN ITALY
Wilmington
USA BRAZIL ARGENTINA BELGIUM
BrusselsBuenos AiresSãu Paulo / Rio de Janeiro / Recife
Belo Horizonte / Curitiba
REP. OF SERBIA
Belgrade
NORWAY
Oslo
www.eng.it
ENGINEERING GROUP
4. TECHNOLOGICAL AUDITS
REPLICABLE SOLUTIONS RESULTS OF
RESEARCH PROJECTS
CLIENT
INNOVATION
LOOKING FOR NEW BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW MARKETS
WITH DEDICATED TOOLS
CONSULTANCY IN THE DEFINITION
AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION
PROCESSES
TRAINING ON INNOVATION
MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS UNITS
EXPERIMENTAL CHECKS
REPLICABLE COMPONENTS
RESEARCH
IDEAS FOR RESEARCH
PROJECTS
NEW VALUE PROPOSITION AND NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BASED ON ASSET RELATED TO RESEARCH PROJECTS
OFFER AND SUPPLY
PARTNERSHIP
PARTICIPATION
IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
33mn€/year
of investments
ENGINEERING’s STRATEGY
www.eng.it
5. MARKETS
PA & HEALTHCARE
FINANCE
INDUSTRY & SERVICES
TELCO & UTILITIES
MANAGEDOPERATIONS/CLOUD
COMPETENCY CENTERS
SOFTWARE LABS
TECHNICAL STRUCTURES BUSINESS UNITS
ENGINEERING
• Automation & Control
• Big Data
• BI & DataWareHouse
• BMS
• ECM
• ERP
• GIS
• Intelligent Transportation System
• Open Source & SpagoBI
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
www.eng.it
ENGINEERING’s MARKET APPROACH
7. NETWORKS &
BEHAVIOR DYNAMISM
COMPLETE RE-DESIGN
OF IT PROCESSES
NEW APPROACHES FOR
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
A NEW WAY TO
ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY
NEXUS OF FORCES for DIGITAL INNOVATION
19. TRUST and IoT – SUSTAINABILITY
“In this new era, it’s important to think about
the potential that your entire home could just
stop working – and planning for those
scenarios.”
What Nest's product shutdown says about the Internet of Things.
C. Warren - Apr, 5th, 2016 Mashable.com
24. A MARKET
A PHILOSOPHY OR IDEOLOGY
A BUSINESS MODEL
A DEVELOPMENT MODEL
SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE
NON-COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
IT’S NOT
A LICENSING MODEL FOLLOWING
SAME RULES OF PROPRIETARY
SOFTWARE
IT IS
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN A NUTSHELL
41. PHYSICS ENGINEERING &
COMPUTER SCIENCE
ECONOMY MATHEMATICSSTATISTICS COMPUTATIONAL
LINGUISTIC
DATA ANALYST
DATA ARCHITECT DATA DEVELOPER
DATA SCIENTIST RESEARCH SCIENTIST
PEOPLE
43. MANAGER USING INNOVATION
Don’t REINVENT THE WHEEL
Look around, don’t IGNORE INNOVATION
Focus on creating your SECRET SAUCE
44. Be ready to CHANGE DIRECTION, if
wind turns
Look at the future in a PROACTIVE way,
creating a stock of resources to be used
when the time comes
Keep your eyes and mind OPEN to
understand and bring out CHANGES at
the right time
MANAGER LEADING INNOVATION
48. www.twitter.com (@gruffatti, @EngineeringSpa)
open source: www.spagoworld.org
ecology of value: www.spagoworld.org/blog/
social: www.linkedin.com
mailto: gabriele.ruffatti@eng.it
Credits to: Gartner Inc., Accenture, Simon Phipps, North Bridge & Black Duck Software Inc; Emerson Electric co. ,
unsplash.com, suggestions by Paola Liberace … and …everyone posting images on the internet
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