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Scrum Master to Help Organize New Business Lines
The Challenge
A team within AB InBev focused on expanding growth of new products in North America was looking to work in an agile way. They were seeking 1-2 additional scrum masters to own the agile scrum framework as a methodology for helping teams deliver products, taking ownership of scrum routines that are foundational to agile delivery and how work is delivered.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, AB InBev was able to avoid the expense of a typical project management consulting engagement, saving approximately $57,000 or roughly 40% of the typical cost. They also were to avoid the cost of an additional scrum master.
Change Management
The Challenge
AB InBev was looking for an expert to support the build and execution of a change management framework for its corporate venture capital arm. The work called for detailing the stakeholders, risk factors, and timeline of the work, in addition to project management that required anticipating the needs of various stakeholders and proactively scheduling meetings to meet aggressive deadlines.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, AB InBev was able to avoid expense on a traditional team-based consulting engagement, saving nearly $47,000 or approximately 70% of the typical cost.
Product Strategy Development
The Challenge
The company was looking for support in building business cases and testing for new health care products and solutions.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to avoid bandwidth constraints and connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($20K).
Pricing Transformation Strategy
The Challenge
The company was looking for several consultants to provide research and analysis of retail pharmacy pricing opportunities and challenges.
Working with Catalant
The company selected 3 independent consultants:
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to build a tailored team of experts to fill their specific capability needs without the overhead of a traditional consulting firm.
Cloud Market Research
The Challenge
The company was looking for an outside firm to help them understand how enterprises make the decision to move from public to private clouds.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($100K).
New Business Lines Strategy
The Challenge
The company was looking for an experienced strategy consultant to evaluate several dozen third party tools with leading positions in data center infrastructure management to understand capabilities, strengths, and challenges.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to avoid bandwidth constraints and connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($35K).
Retail Partnership Landscape and Roadmap
The Challenge
The company was looking for support in creating an actionable roadmap for potential partnerships in home delivery.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent to cover a capability gap.
New Product Marketing Activation Consultant
The Challenge
The company was looking for support in managing marketing activation activities during the initial product launches and pilots for a new eCommerce service.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($87K).
Product Portfolio Team Data Analyst
The Challenge
The Consumer Health team was looking for support in data reporting, automation, & analytics to drive the portfolio decision making process.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with experienced external talent at 40% savings ($37K).
Innovation Product Portfolio Consultant
The Challenge
The International Region VP of Innovation was looking for support in managing the product portfolio for the region and implementing best practices for portfolio management.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with high caliber, external talent at 30% savings ($50K).
Case Study
Marketing ecosystem process mapping
The Challenge
The marketing organization was looking for an experienced marketing consultant to map the current state and design the future state of an end-to-end marketing operations ecosystem.
Working with Catalant
The Value
The client would have originally spent $70K on a similar project from an incumbent firm provider. By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with top tier, flexible talent at 65% savings ($24K).
Agile Coaching
The Challenge
The marketing organization was looking for an experienced agile marketing coach to train marketing directors to use AB testing, agile principles, and campaign orchestration.
Working with Catalant
The Value
By using the Catalant Expert Marketplace, the client was able to connect quickly with highly experienced external talent at 40% savings ($120K).
Case Study
PM for population health initiative
The Challenge
A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.
Working with Catalant
The Value
A Fortune 100 Consumer Goods Company needed an expert to develop employee engagement branding support for communication of a new initiative.
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