Digital Performance Champion

Show the world how good your team is!

Take part in our study on the Digital Performance Champion and find out how your IT is performing.

The goal

As part of the Digital Performance Champion study, we identify the company with the highest level of expertise in terms of development speed and costs. The BAMAC Performance Matrix clearly illustrates the performance of organizational units in software development. The companies (or the categories IT projects, standard software products) are classified on the basis of speed and costs using standardized procedures. The BAMAC Performance Matrix thus offers you an overview of the best-performing companies, IT projects or standard software products at a glance.

Your advantage

The ability to, successfully provide software is the key competence in the digitalization of companies and therefore an important competitive factor. This includes both the development of individual solutions (in-house development) and the provision of standard software such as SAP (SAP, non-SAP). The knowledge and, as a result, the comparison with third parties on performance in software provision are therefore important indicators of your own performance as well as for the selection of sourcing partners.

In other words, the BAMAC Performance Matrices are a valuable tool for investors looking for companies that meet their software delivery needs. Furthermore, companies can compare themselves with their competitors in order to identify potential weaknesses.

How does it work?

We use the BAMAC Performance Matrix as an instrument for this. This is both a research method and a visualization tool for monitoring and evaluating a company’s position in a specific technology market. The following characteristics are used for implementation:

• Standardized procedures
  The determination of performance indicators is based on standardized procedures (ISO certified). This forms the legal basis for the comparative approach.
• Performance costs (PK1)
  For the performance cost dimension, the calculation is based on the metric euro per normalized function (PK1). This puts costs and functional scope in relation to each other.
• Performance speed (PK2)
  For the performance speed dimension, the calculation is based on the metric number of normalized functions per person-month (PK2). This relates the scope of functions that can be implemented to the number of people (person-month or person-hours).
• Limitation:
  The BAMAC Performance Matrix provides no indication of whether the functionalities you are planning are useful.

Instead of showing countless statistics and ranking companies, you can use the two-dimensional matrix to easily illustrate strengths and differences between companies. The presentation divides competing companies into four different sections (quadrants) based on the associated company data. The focus here is on the ability to provide software with high performance. The following figure illustrates this.

By performance we mean both speed, i.e. the ability to provide software as quickly as possible, and the costs incurred for a comparable range of functions.

The four quadrants are:

• I. Niche Players:
  The companies listed here only achieve low productivity in terms of speed and implementation costs. These companies may be good in their particular market segment, but they are outperformed by larger providers. The players focus primarily on functionality, a specific region or are new to the market.
• II Cost Leaders:
  These companies focus on the cost of providing software. You are in a position to pass on cost benefits to your customers. However, it is not possible for you to realize the implementation quickly. The cost benefits are often realized by companies developing their own products. Cost leaders are usually smaller, agile companies that want to compete or larger companies that want to get out of their niche.
• III Velocity Leaders:
  Have the ability to develop software quickly, but usually lack cost efficiency. Velocity Leaders are usually agile companies that develop new technologies or larger providers in standard software segments. They usually lack efficient processes for provision or experience to implement cost efficiency. They have the opportunity to become performance leaders if they further develop their processes with the help of standardization and automation and thus reduce their costs.
• IV. Performance Champions:
  Achieve an excellent score at high speed and low cost at the same time. Champions are usually companies in mature markets with a large customer base. They have a strong appeal in their specific industry and can steer their market sector in a new direction.

Please note:

While it may seem that companies in the “Performance Champion” quadrant are always the best option, we advise users to look closely at all quadrants. Some companies in specific sectors have their own strengths and weaknesses that need to be taken into account. It is also worth noting that the BAMAC performance matrices were developed to narrow down the search for a provider, not to tell a customer which provider to choose.

Opportunities to participate

We offer you various opportunities to participate in the study.

• Digital Performer
  You would like to take part in the study with your company and are interested in the results and in exchanging ideas at a conference.
• Performance Analyst I
  You are interested in the study results and in participating in the conference.
• Performance Analyst II
  You are interested in the results of the study and the conference, but cannot be present.
• Executive Talk
  You will take part in the conference and are interested in individual discussions with managers from the companies participating in the study.
• Performance Maker
  You are interested in exhibiting at the conference with your own stand.

BAMAC AKADEMIE invites all companies in EMEA, APAC and AMER to participate in the DPC study.