Overview
As one of the UK’s oldest banks, this financial institution continues to steward a unique and evolving culture built on personal trust and exceptional customer service.
Underpinned by family values of honesty, empathy, excellence, and social responsibility, personal relationships are the heart of their business. They enjoy working with individuals and families who share their values and are pleased to work with their businesses too.
They take time to understand exactly what is important to them and how best they can help them prosper.
Working as a consultancy supplier to the bank since early 2022, Methods has delivered a wide range of work across different portfolios within the bank, including, but not limited to:
Projects
Cloud Strategy
We supported the bank’s new Cloud Strategy by building cloud landing zones, an Azure data platform, to become the central data hub for all management information (MI), analytics, and downstream data needs, helping to shape and deliver new solutions on this common platform using an Agile project methodology.
Hybrid Workplace Project
Methods spearheaded the Hybrid Workplace Project within the bank’s Architecture Practice, specifically focusing on end-user compute architecture. Our role included driving innovation and continuous development in content and cloud endpoint management, as well as overseeing the security team’s responsibilities.
Data Quality Analysis
We undertook data quality analysis to help the bank understand data quality issues. Working with business owners and stewards, our remit was to understand processes and identify patterns and correlations among data sources to drive improvements. The technology used was Python for data profiling and Power Business Intelligence (BI) to produce data quality reports for high-priority data attributes and deliver data visualisation.
End-user computing (EUC) Windows 11/Desktop Transformation
We successfully completed the EUC Windows 11/Desktop Transformation Project, a comprehensive modernisation initiative involving a desktop refresh, including laptops/ Azure virtual desktop (AVD), encompassing around 600 devices. Our delivery approach ensured minimal disruption to internal delivery teams and third-party vendors. Additionally, we implemented AVD technology across all meeting rooms and breakout areas, seamlessly integrating the new modernisation transition and operating model into business-as-usual processes.