1st Solution Group

Services

Six capability areas. One integrated consulting model.

From strategy and architecture to implementation and enablement: we combine deep technology expertise with consulting that delivers real impact.

Our services interlock — turning target pictures, platforms, data initiatives and delivery structures into transformation results that hold up in practice.

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Capability areas

Six areas that work together as one consulting model.

From strategy to delivery: our capabilities interlock to create solutions that hold up for complex transformation programs.

01

IT Strategy & Transformation

Target pictures and roadmaps with clear decision logic — robust enough for board and CIO level.

  • IT target picture, business case, portfolio prioritization
  • Operating model and sourcing strategy
  • Program setup with clear governance

Situation

Target pictures exist, but the program stalls. IT and business speak different languages.

What we do

Target architecture, business/IT alignment, transformation roadmap, portfolio steering, governance design.

Outcomes

Clear, prioritized roadmap · robust business case · embedded governance.

Typical deliverables

  • Target picture & architecture blueprint
  • Transformation roadmap
  • Governance model
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02

Cloud & Platform Modernization

Target architectures and platforms that balance scale, sovereignty and operating cost.

  • Cloud target picture (public, private, sovereign)
  • Landing zones, platform engineering, FinOps
  • Legacy retirement with robust migration paths

Situation

Legacy landscapes limit speed and scale; cloud investments underdeliver against expectations.

What we do

Target architecture, landing zones, migration waves, platform engineering, FinOps.

Outcomes

Scalable platforms · reduced TCO · faster provisioning.

Typical deliverables

  • Cloud target architecture
  • Landing zone
  • Migration factory
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03

Software & Product Engineering

Digital products and engineering structures that deliver reliably — not just impress as prototypes.

  • Product discovery and solution architecture
  • Modern engineering, CI/CD, quality assurance
  • Team topologies for scaling delivery

Situation

Digital products reach production too slowly or are hard to maintain.

What we do

Product discovery, team topologies, software architecture, full-stack engineering, quality engineering.

Outcomes

Reliable release cycles · lower cost of change · higher user satisfaction.

Typical deliverables

  • Discovery prototypes
  • Reference architecture
  • Delivery team
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04

Data & AI Enablement

Data, AI and governance become the foundation of measurable business impact — with a clear business case.

  • Data strategy, data platform, data governance
  • AI use cases with value case and rollout plan
  • MLOps, model operations and compliance (EU AI Act)

Situation

Data sources are fragmented; AI pilots don't scale into operations.

What we do

Data domains, data products, MLOps, governance, AI use case portfolio.

Outcomes

Usable data products · productive AI applications with a business case.

Typical deliverables

  • Data platform blueprint
  • Data products
  • AI use case roadmap
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05

Process Automation & Integration

End-to-end processes and API ecosystems that efficiently connect systems, partners and business units.

  • API strategy and integration architecture
  • Process automation across system and functional boundaries
  • Retirement of fragile point-to-point landscapes

Situation

Processes span system boundaries, with media breaks and shadow IT.

What we do

Process analysis, API strategy, integration platforms, hyperautomation, workflow engines.

Outcomes

End-to-end automated core processes · consistent data flows.

Typical deliverables

  • API catalog
  • Integration platform
  • Automated core processes
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06

Delivery & Change Enablement

We take responsibility through to implementation — with stable program leadership and effective change management.

  • Program and project steering (classic, agile, hybrid)
  • PMO, delivery assurance, risk and stakeholder management
  • Change and enablement for sustained adoption

Situation

Transformations rarely fail on concept — they fail on delivery and adoption.

What we do

Agile delivery, program steering, enablement, change and communications design.

Outcomes

Delivery-ready teams · embedded ownership · sustained adoption.

Typical deliverables

  • Delivery operating model
  • Enablement program
  • Adoption metrics
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Integrated consulting model

Not looking for an isolated service, but an integrated consulting model?

We combine strategy, architecture, platforms, data and delivery into transformation programs that hold up.

Our Approach

Consulting and delivery in one model.

01

Understand

Precisely capture the starting position, context, stakeholders and actual bottlenecks.

02

Prioritize

Impact, feasibility, risk — prioritized, transparent, decision-ready.

03

Design

Target architecture, operating and delivery model with concrete implementation detail.

04

Implement

Cross-disciplinary teams deliver into production — not into PowerPoint.

05

Scale

Platform thinking, reuse, reliable rollouts across domains.

06

Enable

Knowledge, roles and processes stay within the organization — not with us.

Technologies

Grounded. Curated. Maintainable.

We rely on a deliberately curated technology portfolio — not every passing trend. What matters is what runs reliably in production.

Cloud

AWS · Azure · GCP · Sovereign Cloud

Platforms

Kubernetes · Service Mesh · Platform Engineering

APIs & Integration

API-first · Event Streaming · iPaaS

Data

Data Mesh · Lakehouse · Streaming Analytics

AI

LLM Applications · MLOps · Retrieval Systems

Automation

Workflow Engines · RPA · Hyperautomation

Security

Zero Trust · IAM · Cloud Security · Compliance

Selected projects

Impact, not anecdotes.

Industry · S/4HANA

Global rollout for a DAX corporation

Consolidated a fragmented ERP and MES landscape, built a delivery factory, and halved rollout time per site.

-47%Rollout duration

Public sector · Sovereign cloud

Retirement of a core specialist application

Secure migration to a sovereign cloud environment with an auditable operating model for highly available applications.

99.95%Availability

Energy · Data platform

Data platform for a utility provider

Data products for market communication and smart metering; 12 new data-driven processes went live within 9 months.

12Live data products

Telco · OSS modernization

Time-to-market for new network products

Modernizing the OSS landscape and building an API factory significantly shortened time-to-market for network products.

-58%Time-to-market