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Introduction Executive Summary Vision & alignment High-level design Operational improvement CS Transformation KPIs People & culture

People & culture Next Steps Appendix

Terms of Reference – Customer Services Operational Improvement


Meeting
Objective To execute Timing Weekly; 1 hour Audience PI Initiative Teams

Purpose Attendees
• Manage day-to-day operations and activities laid out in the Performance Performance Improvement Initiative Leaders
Improvement initiative-level roadmaps
• Tracking against the Performance Improvement process and communication Performance Improvement Initiative Owners
of progress to the Performance Improvement Initiative Leaders and
Performance Improvement Execution Team

Agenda Timing Input Output

Review status of specific roadmap activities 15 minutes • Updated Performance Improvement • Summarized status of initiatives, including
program plan, including new initiatives materials required for stage gate approvals
Review and discuss risks and issues 15 minutes • Detailed initiative-level roadmaps and • Updated resource plan and assignments for
resource requirements initiative level activities
Assess performance metrics for initiatives 15 minutes
• Initiative level activity progress and risks • Summary of performance metrics for each
Track and identify initiatives at a stage gate for approval 15 minutes Performance Improvement initiative

Dependencies In Scope Out of Scope


• Initiatives have been prioritized correctly and roadmaps reflect any changes • Decisions for tactical risks and issues • Prioritization of Performance Improvement
to the Performance Improvement program plan initiatives
• Review of newly assigned Performance
• Implementation activity tasks, owners, and deadlines are clearly outlined Improvement initiatives and resource • Approval of initiative progress within the
assignments Performance Improvement process

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TOM delivery will require a focused set of governance forums that


are managed closely and regularly

Governance Forum Objectives of the Forum Attendees Frequency

• Informs employees about key activities, messages


Customer Services Town Hall and performance of Customer Services • All of Customer Services • Quarterly
• Enables open dialogue and feedback
Strategic

• Make decisions about strategic questions • Chief Customer Officer +


Target Operating Model (TOM) • Measures performance and overall health of Direct Reports • Biweekly, Monthly
Board Meeting Customer Services • Chief Information Officer TOM
• Intervenes and re-directs strategy where required • Chief Marketing/Comms Specific
Forums
• Conducts analysis for strategic questions to take to • Core CS Operating Model
Target Operating Model (TOM) leadership team • Weekly
Working Group Meeting • Owns Operating Model roadmap, monitors • CS Directors (as required)
performance and recommends action

Customer Services Managers • Manages day-to-day operations of the business • Key resources from across
Operations Meeting • Tracks metrics and mitigates risks and issues with customer services • Weekly / biweekly
performance • CS Directors (as required)
Operational

Operational Improvement • Workstream leaders


• Maintain day-to-day operation of initiatives • Weekly
Meetings • Initiative owners

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The TOM Board and the TOM Working Group will provide the
required oversight and drive the timely implementation respectively
Governance Structure Forum Purpose Roles and Responsibilities

• Provides overall strategic direction and governance Executive Sponsor


• Establish a consolidated view of all transformation • Set overall business objectives and actively sponsor the program
changes; Monitor programmes lifecycle; intervening by
exception • Address key barriers to change and resource issues as needed
• Review business cases, approves and fund new Board Member Accountabilities
Target Operating Model (TOM) transformational initiatives, within an allocated budget • Review business cases, approve and fund new transformational initiatives
Board Meeting • Ensure portfolio risks are managed
• Provide input and approval on program roadmap and priorities
• Oversee change management plan
• Escalation point for portfolio/programmes risks, issues • Establish the escalation path for program issues and risks
and dependencies • Monitor programs through their lifecycle; intervening by exception
• Approve changes to prioritisation and intro of initiatives • Ensure portfolio risks from critical interdependencies are managed

• Direct governance of projects / portfolios and Working Group Leader


programmes to be delivered in the Customer Services
• Design the program plan to most effectively meet the business case
business
• Accountable for analysis, day to day management and • Provide day-to-day leadership for the program
delivery of programmes, reporting and escalating cross- Working Group Member
Target Operating Model (TOM) portfolio risks and issues
• Accountable for successful delivery of their work products (schedule, quality, costs)
Working Group Meeting • Report progress and status of the programmes within
their portfolios and to the TOM Board • Ensure the TOM Working Group Leader is aware of statuses, issues and risks
• Implement the gate process and report progress to the • Implement the stage gate process and report progress to the TOM Board
TOM
(This group consists of key resources from the Business (Customer Services, IT, etc.) who will
assist in driving the programs forward)

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Four stage-gates will drive important design and implementation


decisions across the two governance forums

Identify Diagnose Design Deliver Sustain


Identifying initiatives Diagnosing route cause Defining our approach Delivering our solution Making sure the
to pursue and business impact to execution to the business solution sticks

Should we pursue the Do we understand the Should we invest in Should we cycle back to
Decision
initiative? business issue? executing? Design or go to Sustain?

Forum TOM Board TOM Working Group TOM Board TOM Working Group

Frequency Biweekly Ad hoc / weekly Biweekly Ad hoc / weekly

• Alignment with the design • Viability of initiative and its • Defined estimates of • Realized gains and favorable
Success Factors principles return on investment investment required and outcomes
• Appropriate timing with • Impactful long term gains robustness of gains • Entrenched cultural change
other initiatives that align with overall TOM • Feasibility in terms of to continue implementing
strategy timing and budgeting for new/changed process
the CS program • Sustainable at the
operational level

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How will we measure success?

Contribution to the achievement of the Customer Services Target Operating Model Vision
Effectiveness of the through portfolio management, better governance and process improvement
Target Operating
Model delivery
function Feedback from the Executives on the role and the TOM Team and their contribution to
delivering their strategic objectives

Maturity of the Increased capacity to deliver target operating model initiatives


Target Operating
Model delivery
function
# of ongoing improvements identified and implemented

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