BENGALURU, India, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonata Software, a
global IT services and technology solutions company, has noted that
Talent Transformation is a key component to the success of its
unique 'Platformation' strategy. It has been four years since
Sonata announced its proprietary approach to digital transformation
& christened it 'Platformation' and it has now
become a huge success globally with customers looking to go
Digital. Sonata continues to invest in fine tuning its
Platformation delivery concepts as newer and more current
technologies and frameworks come into being. The Talent
Transformation Program was born as Sonata saw a need to transform
its talent. Given that Platformation™ would reflect in
everything that Sonata would do, it needed to conceptualise and
execute on a unique talent transformation program at
scale.
Srikar Reddy, MD & CEO,
Sonata Software, says, "To realise our vision of making
our clients a truly world class digital organization using
Platformation™, we needed to redefine and rearchitect
every role in the organization from a Platformation™
lens." New roles were envisaged. Digital Client Partners to
articulate what Platformation™ was all about, how and
why it helps a business meet ever evolving changes from a demanding
marketplace using technology and work with clients to prepare a
Digital vision. Digital Strategists, knowledge powerhouses updated
on the latest Digital technologies and roadmaps across Industry
segments and break down how a digital vision is best served through
a Platform approach. Digital architects and digital designers
who would then be able to break up the requirements into a micro
services architecture while evaluating the need for supplementary
solutions & technologies to help realize the client vision in a
most efficient manner. Digital delivery managers to ensure every
client experienced Platformation™ in their
deliverable, digital competency managers to redefine every service
offering into a Platformation™ service from concept to
execution. Finally, Unified full-stack engineers who could then
execute on the solution, continuous upgradation of technologies,
tools and practices to align to advanced digital technology
delivery concepts.
Defining the roles and needs was just the beginning. The
organization then had to embark on a large scale talent
transformation, from identifying transformation needs, both
behavioural and technical, design programs for transformation both
class room learning and engagement in Platformation™
programs. The company engaged McKinsey to define the
engagement frameworks, fine tune its 7 - step consulting
methodologies, and Platformation™ framework to be
applied based on the maturity of each client's digital journey.
Design thinking was identified as one of the core strategies in
changing the behaviour of the people to be more empathetic to
client needs and applying tools and frameworks like persona based
requirement definitions and customer journey maps.
A journey that started four years ago has now taken full bloom
and has truly made Platformation™ main stream at
Sonata, helping deliver world class client experiences and
simultaneously world class Sonatian experiences.
For the Sonata team, it has been exciting to be part of
this pioneering transformation journey. The greatest
satisfaction has been to apply the truly unique methodology of
Platformation™ in helping clients create platform
based businesses that are truly open, scalable, intelligent and
connected. People are excited to be part of this journey and part
of a company that's carved this unique path to digital
transformation. The learning and doing has been immensely
satisfying.
For clients, it has been a whole organisation that's now adapted
to true digital agendas and are able to deliver to
Platformation™ criteria, giving them a truly long term
Platformation™ partner who is going to engage and make
platform based digital transformation a reality.
"It is truly exciting to be part of the transformation
through Platformation™ - for all participants – Sonatians,
customers, partners. Platformation™ as mainstream has
enabled every Sonatian to learn, adopt and transform themselves
through the unique methodologies, process and tools deployed in
every customer touch point - to ensure world class experience for
all the stakeholders," says Revathi, VP, Digital
Delivery.
"The first few years on the job provide exposure to a wide
variety of parameters: production environments, deployment,
customer management, teamwork, communication, among others and at
the end of this period, these engineers are no longer freshers –
they have mastered their subjects and are ready for more challenges
and responsibilities. Based on their preferences and organizational
needs, they can choose from a variety of options: Digital Designer,
Digital Strategist, Digital Project Manager. As before, the
training is robust and comprehensive, complemented by webinars
conducted by experts in the field making the transition seamless,"
says PSVN Raju, Chief Delivery Officer.
"Platformation™ training offers exciting opportunities with
unique challenges to help shape next-generation solutions for our
customers in their digital journey by crafting and building
platforms that envision new business models, world-class
stakeholder's journeys and enable intelligent and scalable business
processes," says Srinivas
Vuppala, VP, Lead Digital Strategist-Cloud &
Data.
Madhavi Srinivas, CHRO, says,
"Our Talent Transformation Program is not just delivering business
results but has evolved a fan following in the colleges we go to
hire just basis word of mouth, in interviews, candidates speak of
Platformation™ as being one of the key reasons for
wanting to join Sonata. We are looking to continue to invest and
evolve the program as we go forward"
Talent transformation is a continuing journey as the world seeks
to digitize faster and clients seek to get more competitive
advantage from implementing newer and more unique technology and
business models.
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