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Case Study

Taskforce Manager Front Camera

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Optimization and automation in front camera project

An Atreus Taskforce Leader Front Camera at a global French Tier 1 supplier overcame leadership and process issues in the front camera project. By restructuring the core team, introducing agile methods, team building measures and increased automation, development cycles were shortened and customer satisfaction increased.

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Company Details

  • Globally active French Tier 1 (automotive)
  • The group develops and manufactures a wide range of products in the field of electrification, vehicle connectivity and autonomous driving technologies
  • customers: OEM
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Situation and Challenge

  • Management and competence weakness of the core team consisting of project management, test manager and development manager of the project to be overcome
  • Insufficient process and responsibility matrix internally and externally to suppliers
  • Long development cycles lead to delays in the implementation of new features and customer dissatisfaction
  • Lack of automation of software delivery and testing processes creates inefficiency and error-proneness
  • Dissatisfaction and overload of the development and test team on both sides
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Objectives and tasks

  • Restructuring and optimization of the core team
  • “Agilization” of software development
  • Cross-supplier processes
  • Increasing the degree of automation
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Results and successes

  • Successful restructuring of the core team through new appointments
  • Team building events within the customer and across suppliers
  • Conversion of software development to 2-week “release cycles”
  • Development and implementation of an automated build and baseline test