1. STAGE GATE PROCESS @ LEHMAN by GP

2. About Lehman Investment Bank –Operations Technology

3. STAGE GATE PROCESS FOR NPSD AT LEHMAN ? Strategic Tactical Operational

4. Getting into the CEO’s shoes….

5. What to do? Idea bank for presentation topic Personal Financial Planning Applying for Grad School Which song to pick up on the guitar?

6. Ding! NPSD is holistic, all pervasive, omnipresent, EVERYWHERE!

7. Operations IT Trade Reporting and Confirmation –Confirmations to clients – Tier 1 –Regulatory reporting for compliance Stage Gate Process as it applies to –Recruiting –Vendor Selection –Technology Evaluation –IT Projects

8. IT Projects Business Users Technology Leads IT Manager Developer

9. Stage Gate Process for IT Projects IT initiatives to improve quality of service Changes annually 2006- Performance Identification of Sub-systems impacted Estimating time, cost resources Risk identification Creating the WBS Stakeholder buy-in Technical Feasibility Requirements gathering Analysis of cross-functional impact Design Analysis sign-off Completeness Correctness Assign developers Coding Unit Testing Code Review and QA Create test plan Integration Testing User Acceptance Testing Regression Testing Test Plan successful ? SCREENSSCREENS STAGESSTAGES Production Release Metrics Collection And Review

10. Automate operational processes Application Instrumentation Technology Upgrade Re-engineer the system Optimize sub-system Add another mechanism for confirmation such as pagers Will this improve system throughput? Technology Upgrade Optimize sub-systems Re-engineer the system Risk Turnaround time – within 9 months ? Technology Upgrade Optimize sub-systems Performance Improvement Factor Risk Optimize sub-systems Discovery and Screening

11. Subsystem 1 Subsystem 2 Subsystem n Usage Subsystem 1 Subsystem 2 Subsystem 3 Stakeholder approval Stage 1 : Scoping

12. Analyze Code Identify weak (slow) points Research techniques for optimization Submit Improved Design Requirements Sign-off and Design Approval Stage 2 : Analysis and Design

13. Code Review & QA Stage 3 : Development

14. Unit Testing Systems Testing UAT Regression Testing Test Plan Successful Stage 4 : Testing and Validation

15. Stage 5 : Launch