2. Who is Derrick Letebele?
• Synopsis
Self driven and motivated visionary individual with over 20 years experience in ICT (SAP),
thrives in high pressure environments, likes tackling new challenges, dislikes poor
planning thus crisis management, Red in personality thus task-driven, not a micro
manager
• Career Path
ABAP/4 Developer, System Analyst, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Head of SAP CoE
and Head of Portfolio Management Office
• Qualifications
BSc in Computer Science, Business Administration Diploma, Certificate in Lean-6-Sigma,
SAP Development, Project Management , Postgrad Diploma in Management Science for
CIOs
• Other Interests
Part time farmer, Board Chairperson of Non-Profit Organisation focusing on HIV/AIDS,
Trainee minister
• Passion
• Youth empowerment and skills development programmes (Graduate in Training,
Internships, Learnership, Partnerships with Universities)
3. Achievements
• Setting up Portfolio Management Office for Transnet
– Methodology, Governance Structures & Tools
– Introducing Change Advisory Board and Architecture Review Board
• Setting up new ICT Teams focusing on
– Continuous Improvement (Lean-6-Sigma)
– Business Analysis, Business Process Management and Optimisation
– Organisational Change Management and Communications
– Software Quality Assurance (testing) Team
• Structuring PMO to be Process Oriented
– Project Origination Team
– Project Execution Team
– Value Realisation
– Business Enablement, SQA, CAB
• Partnership agreements with Universities and research institutes
Origination
Execution
Enablement
Value
Realisation
4. Achievements(2)
• Strategic Papers/Plans delivered
– 2014 SAPHILA Conference in Sun City: “Innovation Control Centre and Operations
Control Centre”
– Business Analysis and Process Management Strategic Roadmap for TE
– Project Origination as a means to achieving better project portfolio selection
– LEAN-6-SIGMA and Continuous Improvement in the ICT Organisation
– Test Management and Software Quality Control
– ICT Value Realization and Relationship Management
• Research Papers as part of my CIO studies:
– Alignment of ICT structures and processes to better support business
– How portfolio selection can result in real and realizable project benefits
– How to improve ICT’s ability to employ, develop and retain good talent
– How to improve ICT’s ability to provide real innovations to the company in the face
of economic downturn and diminishing resources
5. Achievements(3)
• Summary of Projects Delivered
• Project highlights:
– First Implementation in South Africa
• SRM Supplier Self Service Portal(SUS), SAP Project and Portfolio Management(PPM), SAP
New General Ledger(GL), SAP Employee Self Service(ESS) Enhancements
– Initial SAP Implementations for Clients
• South African Post Office (SAP R/2 to SAP R/3), Saldanah Steel, Hewlett Packard
– Challenging Implementations
• SAP Transport Management, Server migration to common data centre, SAP Governance
Risk and Compliance, SAP Human Capital Management Consolidation, Enhancement
Pack Upgrade
– Breakthrough Projects
• SAP Application Management Lifecycle tool (Solution Manager: CHARM, ITSM)
integration with ARIS, HP Quality Centre and SAP LSO
6. Value Generation Offerings
• lean 6 sigma
• Research & development
•Business analysis
• Business process management
• Innovation management
• IT Service Management
•Change Request
Management
•Business Process Monitoring
•IT System Monitoring
• Project Origination
• Project Execution
• Value Realization
• Resource and Capacity
management
•Organisational Change
Management and
Communications
• Strategy development
• Framework development
• Maturity Assessment
• Systems Thinking Analysis
Strategic
Management
Consulting
Portfolio
Management
Business
Process
Optimisation
Innovation &
Operations
Control
Centre
