Strategic Analytics Roadmap
- Sameera
- Oct 8
- 3 min read
for a Global Oil & Gas Leader
For one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies in the United Kingdom, an increasingly complex IT environment was hindering both visibility and value.Dozens of downstream applications, overlapping support systems, and rising costs were creating friction across operations.
Our team stepped in to develop a strategic analytics roadmap - a comprehensive, business-first framework designed to align IT investments with long-term business goals. Through deep collaboration with the client’s architects and business leads, we delivered a five-year transformation plan that reduced redundancies and set a clear direction for smarter, scalable technology adoption.
This is the success story of how strategic analytics consulting transformed uncertainty into clarity, optimised costs, and paved the way for a more efficient, data-driven future.
At a Glance
Domain: Oil & Gas (Downstream Operations)
Location: United Kingdom
Program: Analytics Consulting & Architectural Roadmap
Team Size: 3 Expert Consultant (embedded with client’s architects and vertical leads)
Business Users Impacted: 200+
Technologies: SAP Analytics Architecture, SAP & Microsoft ecosystem
Key Highlight: A 5-year roadmap aligning IT investments with business-driven technologies for cost efficiency and scalability
The Challenge
A global oil major in the UK was grappling with a complex IT landscape, dozens of downstream applications, overlapping support systems, heavy licensing costs, and scattered analytics capabilities.
Most importantly, the absence of a strategic technology roadmap left leadership uncertain about where to invest, upgrade, or retire systems. This uncertainty was affecting both financial planning and the speed of digital transformation.
The Objectives
The consulting program was designed to:
Conduct a holistic review of downstream IT applications, support models, infrastructure, and licensing.
Align IT spend with business-driven priorities rather than technical silos.
Provide a 5-year transformation roadmap to guide IT investments, upgrades, and replacements.
Reduce costs by identifying and decommissioning underperforming systems.
Empower leadership with clear insights to make long-term, financially sound IT decisions.
The Solution
Our consulting expert worked closely with the client’s architects and vertical business leads to perform a detailed analytics assessment. The engagement focused not only on technology but also on user needs and financial impacts.
Finally, a comprehensive architectural roadmap was created, offering leadership a clear five-year view of technology launches, upgrades, and decommissioning cycles.
Key aspects of the solution included:
Visualisation of the roadmap to support board-level financial planning.
Identification of quick wins to reduce immediate costs.
Embedding a business-driven lens into every IT decision going forward.
The Results: Enabling Smarter Investments
Cost Optimisation & Efficiency
The consulting engagement highlighted several unprofitable applications, leading to their planned decommissioning and immediate cost savings.
Future-Ready Technology Stack
By aligning IT with business goals, the roadmap introduced modern analytics capabilities with greater flexibility and scalability, while ensuring that licensing and infrastructure choices were future-proof.
Empowered Leadership Decisions
The 5-year roadmap became a strategic tool for leadership, enabling them to forecast IT budgets with confidence and tie investments directly to business outcomes.
Key Highlights
200+ business users impacted through downstream application review.
Significant cost savings through application decommissioning.
5-year transformation roadmap delivered to guide IT planning.
Alignment of IT spend with business value, reducing overheads and boosting efficiency.
Looking Ahead
With a clear roadmap in hand, the client can now execute its transformation journey confidently balancing cost savings with innovation, while ensuring IT investments deliver tangible business impact.
Want Similar Results?
Is your IT environment cluttered with overlapping tools and rising costs? Are you struggling to connect technology investments with measurable business outcomes?
At Quantum Digital, we specialise in analytics consulting and digital roadmaps that turn IT complexity into a clear, cost-efficient strategy. Let’s partner to align your technology investments with your business goals.
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