HERMES study on replacing a workflow solution at MeteoSwiss
For the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, Leutrim Miftaraj produced a HERMES study chapter preparing the replacement of a workflow solution for HR processes with an options comparison and a reasoned recommendation.
- Organisation
- MeteoSwiss
- Sector
- Federal administration
- Role
- Business analyst and author of the study chapter
Starting point
When the licence of an established workflow solution expires, an organisation faces a decision under time pressure: renew, switch to another platform or choose a hybrid. In the federal administration this decision needs a traceable basis following HERMES.
Approach
The study chapter describes the starting point, requirements and possible options and evaluates them in an options matrix against defined criteria.
This leads to a reasoned recommendation for the next steps that fits the HERMES phase logic and enables approval by the client.
Outputs
- HERMES study chapter with starting point and requirements
- Options matrix with evaluation criteria
- Reasoned recommendation for the next steps
Lessons learned
- A licence expiry is a good occasion to re-examine requirements rather than rebuild the old solution one to one.
- An options matrix with criteria set in advance makes the recommendation traceable for decision-makers.
- Hybrid options deserve serious consideration because they often spread risk and effort better than a full switch.
Methods
- HERMES 2022
- Studie
- Variantenvergleich
- Nutzwertanalyse
This case study describes Leutrim Miftaraj’s work in the mandate. It contains no confidential content and is not an endorsement by the organisation named.