Sales Snapshot
4
Platform Squads Scored
60%–76% DevSecOps maturity · 12-dimension CPE scorecard
14
Scrum Teams Assessed
Only 7% adequately structured — major org transformation opportunity
5
Value Streams Mapped
iDOS, Satori, DSRT365, Clariti, Baralogix — current-state to target
$16.24M
Cloud Transformation Est.
Range $16.24M–$19.24M · ~735 servers, ~300 apps · 100% cloud target
2-Phase
Engagement Structure
Phase 1: Assess (4 weeks) → Phase 2: Design → Pilot → Scale roadmap
The Unique Angle — Why Global Management Consulting Firm Matters as a Reference
Advisory assessed the internal Platform Engineering organization of a global top-3 management consulting firm — the world's most sophisticated professional services brands hired us to tell them how mature their own DevSecOps practices were. Global Management Consulting Firm isn't just any client. When a prospective customer hears "Global Management Consulting Firm hired Advisory to evaluate their platform teams," it immediately elevates how they perceive the depth of our advisory practice.
The engagement was dual-workstream: a CPE 12-dimension DevSecOps scorecard across 4 platform squads, plus Value Stream Mapping workshops for 5 product teams and a 14-team Agile/scrum structure assessment. We didn't just produce a gap report — we delivered a Cloud Delivery Model (CDM) framework, a Target State Design, and a $16.24M–$19.24M cloud transformation estimate for their broader infrastructure migration. Multi-phase, multi-deliverable, SOW-executed.
Use this engagement when selling to: Financial services, healthcare, or other management consulting / professional services organizations with internal IT/platform engineering transformation needs. Also strong for any conversation about DevSecOps maturity assessments as an entry point to cloud transformation programs.
Executive Overview
Global Management Consulting Firm engaged Advisory to assess the DevSecOps maturity of its internal Platform Engineering organization across four platform squads and 14 scrum teams — with the goal of identifying gaps in their path-to-production, CI/CD automation, security posture, and team structure, and then producing a Target State Design and modernization roadmap. The engagement was multi-phase: Phase 1 (Assess) delivered scored baselines; Phase 2 (Design) delivered the target state, CDM framework, and roadmap. Both phases are reflected in the executed SOW.
Separately, I developed a Cloud Transformation Estimate for Global Management Consulting Firm's broader infrastructure migration covering ~735 servers and ~300 applications — a $16.24M–$19.24M program targeting 100% cloud by year-end 2023. This estimate spanned three tracks: Cloud Migration, Application Modernization, and Managed Operations. Azure was Global Management Consulting Firm's primary cloud target (IT mandate), with AWS environments also in scope for the platform security assessment.
Business Problem Global Management Consulting Firm Was Solving
Platform Engineering Pain Points
- No standardized, repeatable path-to-production for platform or product teams
- Manual IAM and compliance processes — security scans don't block deployments
- Offshore Infosys support team underperforming — limited technology familiarity
- Only 7% of scrum teams adequately structured; PO and Scrum Master coverage minimal
- Environments not on-demand; self-service IaC scoped to preprod only
- Observability exists in siloes — no end-to-end platform visibility
- DR strategy unknown to platform team — siloed documentation, no joint training
Strategic Objectives
- Establish a shared DevSecOps maturity baseline across platform squads — credible starting point for investment
- Align platform leadership on gap priorities before committing to transformation budget
- Produce a CDM framework that gives all teams a common delivery language at scale
- Stand up a modernization roadmap Global Management Consulting Firm leadership can take to finance: Assess → Design → Pilot → Scale
- Quantify the cloud transformation effort ($, timeline, complexity) for 735 servers / 300 apps
- Evaluate potential for Advisory Managed Services post-migration (2-year managed ops component)
DevSecOps Maturity Scores — Platform Squads (Aug 2023)
Platforms Enablement
60%
Maturing
PO: Michael Izumi · Score: 226/376 · 8 Aug 2023
Cloud Enablement (Infra)
76%
Automated
PO: Mike Hudgin · Score: 260 pts · Highest-scoring squad
SMP (Platforms)
66%
Maturing
PO: Chris Gorman · Score: 279/424 · 8 Aug 2023
CPE Cross-Functional
73%
Automated
PO: Chris Gorman · Score: 305/416 · Combined CPE view
Engagement Workstreams — What We Delivered
Workstream 1
DevSecOps Maturity Assessment (CPE Scorecard)
Applied 12-dimension CPE scorecard to 4 platform squads. Scored each squad across Architecture & Coding, CI, CD, On-Demand Release, Business Outcomes, Team & Culture, Continual Learning, Security, Monitoring, Audit, Incident Response, and Backup & Restore. Produced heat maps, team-by-team baselines, and prioritized improvement areas with target state scores.
Workstream 2
Value Stream Mapping (5 HDS Products)
Facilitated VSM workshops for iDOS, Satori, DSRT365, Clariti, and Baralogix. Mapped current-state path-to-production for each product, identifying bottlenecks, feedback loop gaps, environment access delays, and CI/CD automation coverage. Deliverables: VSM output decks per product with process improvement recommendations.
Workstream 3
Team Structure Assessment (14 Scrum Teams)
Assessed the organizational structure of 14 scrum teams across Global Management Consulting Firm HDS platform operations. Finding: only 7% (1/14) adequately structured, 21% have Scrum Master assigned, 7% have dedicated Product Owner. Produced team structure recommendations and resizing analysis tied to platform scope and roadmap capacity.
Workstream 4
Cloud Delivery Model (CDM) Framework
Developed a CDM framework establishing a common delivery taxonomy for Global Management Consulting Firm's platform organization: Personas → Use Cases → Archetypes → Capabilities → Services. Facilitated collaborative CDM exercises with Global Management Consulting Firm teams to define their platform services, ownership, and readiness levels. Enables distributed governance via Cloud CoE, TAG, CoP, and CBO structures.
Workstream 5
Target State Design & Modernization Roadmap
Defined Global Management Consulting Firm's DevSecOps target state — vision, goals, desired business outcomes. Developed a prioritized modernization roadmap: Cloud CoE formation, RBAC/IAM automation, on-demand environments, centralized logging, IaC expansion, service catalog build-out, CI/CD security gates, and DevSecOps metrics framework. Roadmap aligned to Assess → Design → Pilot → Scale journey.
Workstream 6
Cloud Transformation Estimate (~735 Servers / ~300 Apps)
Produced a cloud transformation program estimate for Global Management Consulting Firm's broader infrastructure migration: $16.24M–$19.24M total. Covered Cloud Migration (2-year), Application Modernization (refactoring, serverless, rewrite), and Managed Operations (2-year steady-state). App complexity breakdown: 10% Easy, 80% Medium, balance Hard/Very Hard. Target: 100% cloud by year-end 2023.
Forward Opportunity
Cloud Migration Program
$16.24M–$19.24M
~735 servers + ~300 applications · 2-year migration + modernization + 2-year managed ops. Azure-primary with on-prem workloads. Assessment-based estimate ready to convert to funded program. Advisory positioned as delivery partner.
Pilot → Scale Phases
Assess → Design ✓ → Pilot
Phase 1 (Assess) and Phase 2 (Design) complete. Natural next step: Phase 3 Pilot — stand up target-state DevSecOps pipeline, IaC patterns, and RBAC model for a selected squad, then scale to remaining teams. Advisory is the obvious partner given prior access and scorecards.
Managed Services (Post-Migration)
2-Year MS Component
The cloud transformation estimate explicitly includes a 2-year Managed Operations component. Post-migration cloud ops for Azure environment is a natural Advisory Managed Services opportunity — already pre-socialized in the financial model presented to Global Management Consulting Firm leadership.
Engagement Financials — Phase Structure
| Phase | Description | Duration | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | DevSecOps Maturity Assessment | 4 weeks | 4 squads scored · 14 scrum teams · VSM workshops · Team structure assessment | ✓ Delivered |
| Phase 2 | DevSecOps Target State Design | TBD (scoped post-Phase 1) | CDM framework · Target state design · Modernization roadmap · Pilot definition | ✓ SOW Executed |
| Phase 3 | Pilot | TBD | Implement target-state DevSecOps pipeline for selected squad · IaC + RBAC + CI/CD gates | Forward Opportunity |
| Phase 4 | Scale | TBD | Expand to all platform squads · Managed services transition · Cloud CoE operations | Forward Opportunity |
| Cloud Transformation | Infrastructure Migration Program | 2 years | ~735 servers · ~300 apps · Migration + Modernization + Managed Ops | $16.24M–$19.24M TCV |
Talk Track — Using Global Management Consulting Firm as a Reference
Prospecting Conversations & Discovery
"What kind of DevSecOps advisory work have you done for large enterprises?"
We ran a full DevSecOps Maturity Assessment and Target State Design engagement for Global Management Consulting Firm — one of the world's top management consulting firms. We scored their internal Platform Engineering organization across a 12-dimension CPE scorecard, ran Value Stream Mapping workshops for five product teams, analyzed the structure of 14 scrum teams, and built a Cloud Delivery Model framework their platform leadership is now using as the common language for platform delivery at scale. That work seeded a cloud transformation estimate for their broader migration — $16 to $19M for 735 servers and 300 applications. It wasn't a slide deck engagement — it was a structured, scored, phased advisory that produced actionable roadmap items backed by data.
"How do you prove your DevSecOps assessment is credible — everyone sells assessment services."
Fair pushback. The difference is the framework: we use a CPE 12-dimension DevSecOps scorecard — the same methodology Global Management Consulting Firm's internal Cloud Platform Engineering organization trusted us to apply to their own teams. Global Management Consulting Firm hired external advisory talent regularly. The fact that they hired Advisory to score their internal platform practices tells you something about the depth of the methodology. When we score your teams, you get numeric maturity levels across 12 dimensions — Architecture & Coding, CI, CD, Security, Monitoring, Incident Response — not a qualitative narrative. That score becomes the baseline you track against across phases.
"How long does this take and what does Phase 1 look like?"
Phase 1 is typically a 4-week sprint. We come in, interview team leads and practitioners, run Value Stream Mapping workshops, observe toolchain usage, and score each squad. You get: a heat map of scores per squad per dimension, a gap analysis prioritized by severity, a team structure assessment, and the first draft of a target state score to aim for. Phase 2 — Target State Design — is then scoped as an output of Phase 1. You're not committing to a large program blind; you're buying clarity before you buy execution.
My Role on This Engagement
Engagement Lead
Led assessment delivery and client stakeholder engagement across Global Management Consulting Firm platform leadership
Assessment Methodology
Applied CPE 12-dimension DevSecOps scorecard and led VSM workshop facilitation
Cloud Transformation Est.
Produced the $16.24M–$19.24M cloud transformation estimate for Global Management Consulting Firm infrastructure migration
CDM Framework
Developed and socialized the Cloud Delivery Model framework — personas, archetypes, capabilities, services
Target State Design
Authored the Target State DevSecOps Design and modernization roadmap under the executed Phase 2 SOW
Executive Presentation
Presented scorecard results, CDM model, and cloud transformation estimate to Global Management Consulting Firm leadership
Context & Reference Notes
Client anonymization: Global Management Consulting Firm is a global top-3 management consulting firm. The platform teams assessed were Global Management Consulting Firm's internal "HDS" (Hybrid Delivery Systems / platform engineering) organization. The engagement was advisory in nature — Advisory/Onica as an external practice informing Global Management Consulting Firm's internal platform transformation. Azure was the primary cloud target per Global Management Consulting Firm IT mandate; AWS environments also existed in the platform security scope. The Cloud Transformation Estimate was produced separately from the DevSecOps assessment but presented to the same leadership audience. The executed SOW (SOW-Global Management Consulting Firm DevSecOps Design SOW MPC-EXECUTED-1.pdf) covers Phase 2 (Target State Design). Global Management Consulting Firm reference requires discretion — confirm clearance with account team before citing in proposals or presentations.