Svein has 10+ years of experience in IT technology and information security. The lion's share of his career is from the defense sector, where he has worked, among other things, in the Norwegian Cyber ​​Force, the Norwegian Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Defense.

In his role as Head of Information Security/CISO for both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense and the Norwegian Customs, he has led the organisation's strategy for information security and ensured that premises are set, advise in the field and control compliance with laws and regulations.

Svein is certified in ISO 27001 for information security management and ISO 27005 for information security risk management. Furthermore, he is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and has a number of courses within the field. His main areas are implementation of security frameworks, IT security audits and maturity assessments of information security and general consultancy within information security management/Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).

Svein Bekkevold

Svein is a partner in Gritera Security and is an experienced project manager and passionate about creating a dream home for Norway's best management and technology advisors!

Mayo has a master's in information security with a bachelor's in programming and networking. He has also worked with technical incident management in SOC during his studies. With this background, Mayo stands out in his ability to understand connections across people, processes and technology in his role as a security advisor.

Mayo has 2.5 years of experience as a security consultant, where he has been involved in leading and running large cyber transformation projects, risk assessments, GRC, ISMS, procurement of security solutions, security audits, and compliance. He also has experience in running PMO and CISO advisory, in addition to establishing control frameworks such as NIST in organisations.

Mayo communicates well with stakeholders and project staff and works closely with internal and external parties to deliver systematic deliveries with quality. He is good at leading and coordinating both large and small projects through his ability to drive, plan, and communicate, in addition to creating good relationships and well-being with those he works with.

Mayouran Navaratnarajah

Mayo is a senior consultant at Gritera with expertise in information security, risk management, management, and strategy. He has a great interest in cyber security and believes that the key to quality in projects is to listen and understand the client's situation and needs in order to provide customized solutions.

Kingsley brings 8 years of diverse experience in business-driven IT and digitization projects, spanning both customer and supplier roles. As a seasoned project manager, he specializes in driving innovation and transformation. His track record includes successful project leadership in the public and private sectors, with a deep understanding of digital strategy, IT procurement, and the implementation of various solutions like POS, PIM, HRM, and CRM.

With prior experience as a venture capitalist and currently serving as the Head of Ventures at Gritera, Kingsley's true passion lies in entrepreneurship and nurturing early-stage companies. He has taken the lead in Gritera's venture initiatives, driving innovation and providing valuable support to promising start-ups on their path to success.

Kingsley is known for his ability to foster innovation, structure complex projects, and deliver results. He thrives on collaboration, effortlessly bridging organizational and disciplinary boundaries, and his engaging leadership style creates a collaborative work environment.

Kingsley holds well-known certifications, including TOGAF 9 Foundation, PRINCE2 Agile Foundation, Professional Scrum Master, Professional Scrum Product Owner, PRINCE2 Foundation, and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Kingsley Dankwah

Senior Manager at Gritera and Head of Ventures. Experienced consultant and former venture capitalist. Passionate about optimizing operational processes in established businesses and fostering the growth of promising start-ups.

Jonas has several years of experience with IT operations management and implementation projects in both private and public sector. Primarily as the project manager. He has led several implementation projects and deployments. In his role he has acquired solid experience as a project manager for both clients and suppliers. In the past year, he has worked as a strategic and operational advisor within IT operations management and security.

Jonas is accustomed to working with different professional environments and thrives at the intersection between IT and business. 
He has a good technical understanding and experience with how technology can be utilized to facilitate increased productivity and value creation. Jonas's main strength lies in ensuring structured progress and involvement of suitable project resources.

As a person, Jonas is structured, solution-oriented and versatile, with a positive attitude. He is certified in PRINCE2 Foundation, Management of Portfolios Foundation (MoP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Scrum Master and Azure Fundamentals.

Jonas Fellkjær

Jonas is an advisor with several years of experience with project management, technology, system implementation and IT operations management. Jonas provides a structured progress throughout the project and ensures the involvement of suitable project resources. He strives to create trust and build strong relationships in the projects where he takes part.

Stian has eight years of experience within the fields of data, insight and analytics. He has obtained deep technical expertise in designing, building and maintaining cloud and on-premise data platforms through his projects in public and private sector.

In addition the his technical expertise, Stian quickly familiarizes with the client's issues and focuses on business understanding to ensure that the right questions are answered.

Stian has held roles as data analyst, data engineer, data architect, and project manager. His colleagues describes him as skillful, detail oriented and a person who always has time for questions.

Stian Krey

Stian is an experienced senior manager with a passion to help companies utilize their data to gain insight and make better data driven decisions.

Baste has over eight years of experience in assisting Norway's largest companies in creating value from their data, utilizing a strong data & analytics expertise, combined with a solid business understanding as a civil economist from NHH. 

He has experience in leading teams and projects to results utilizing agile principles, and has been a consultant in topics such as data strategy, cloud migration of data warehouses, DevOps and D&A organization. In most projects, he has contributed hands-on as a team leader, data/BI/ML engineer and as an architect. 

Baste has in-depth knowledge of banking and insurance, having completed a large number of projects in the sector with the most professional players in Norway. Here he has delivered added value by combining deep technical expertise with business understanding, for example in projects that include new accounting standards, regulatory reporting requirements or insurance pricing. 

Baste is a sociable and pleasant colleague who contributes to a pleasant working environment. Customers and colleagues also describe him as professionally skilled and a person who can solve even the most complex projects. 

Baste Fladmark

Baste has years of experience in assisting Norway's largest companies in creating value from their data, using his extensive data & analytics expertise, combined with a solid business understanding as a MSc in Finance. 

Nora has five years' experience in the BI/Analysis field of work and consultancy. Through several varied projects, she has aquired a cutting-edge expertise in the Power BI platform and its application. As a solution architect, Nora is passionate about designing cost-effective data models and architecture, which support current and future needs. In addition to the technical aspect, its important to her to view reporting as part of the business processes and applications. By doing this, the reporting can be designed and integrated in the best possible way to fulfill the purpose in the company. Nora enjoy giving training sessions on Power BI/reporting.

The international experience has strengthened her ability to adapt to several types of work environments and people in different situations. Nora is an energetic and hard-working person who takes good care of both collegues and customers.

Nora Hoff

Nora is a driven and proactive manager, who is passionate about the interaction between the use of data, business processes, technology and people. 

Eirik has nine years of technical experience across many different domains in the private and public sector. He is a Java &  Python developer and technical architect within business critical systems, orchestration platforms and automated deliveries. Eirik has for the past few years worked on implementation and migration of a custom Kubernetes platform and laid the groundwork for a longer modernization process within health care. 

One of Eiriks strengths is working on solutions in a larger picture, where understanding how services and processes interact with each other, the core business and users being central to securing a high quality and correct implementation. As an experienced developer, he considers supporting and guiding the people around him to be of high importance. 

 As a person, Eirik is engaged, analytical and driven. He dives deep into a given problem and seeks answers from the environment and people around him. He is used to working in the cross-section between business and development, with a good ability to secure decisions on important aspects to ensure continued progress.

Eirik Talberg

Leader and co-founder of Gritera Code, technical architect with long developer experience and with a great enthusiasm for quality.

Sylvelin is an accomplished program and project manager with more than 20 years of experience across different countries. She has often combined a project manager role with the role as business developer, functional architect or solution architect. Sylvelin has been responsible for project and portfolio management frameworks of large organization with complex process and IT-landscape. She has also solid experience from controlling in general and project controlling in particular. Sylvelin has led change initiatives using both agile and waterfall methodologies. She has also led a several “hybrid” projects, where some deliveries have been developed according to agile frameworks and other parts according to waterfall methodologies. She possesses solid business and technical understanding.

Sylvelin holds a Cand. Polit. (master's) degree from the University of Bergen, with specialization in Information science and System dynamics. She is PMP accredited from Project Management Institute, and is TOGAF, ITIL, Lean, and Six sigma certified. 

Sylvelin's clients describe her as structured, self-going, solution- and team-oriented. Often she has been praised for her ability to communicate complex matters in an understandable manner to all levels of an organization. 

System thinking is central in all her work, something that helps her to think holistic with focus on continual improvement and benefit realization.

Sylvelin Hartjen

Director at Gritera, accomplished program and project manager with solid interest in IT-architecture. I am very much looking forward to contribute to Gritera continuing being a dream home for Norway's best management and technology advisors!

Miriam holds a Master of Science in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from NTNU, specializing in change management. She has 2.5 years of experience in management consulting and has worked with strategy and IT projects within a wide range of industries. She has experience with data-driven decision-making, analysis and business development.

Through the projects Miriam has been a part of, she has gained expertise in strategic change management, profit realization, data migration and agile methodology. She has a good knowledge of Microsoft 365 and is a sertified SAFe® 5 Agilist.

As a person, Miriam is positive, sociable and solution-oriented. She quickly familiarizes herself with new issues and wants to achieve the best possible solution for all parties involved. Miriam is passionate about the people around her, and seeks to create motivation and well-being in the team.

Miriam Huse

Miriam is a senior consultant in Gritera with expertise in project coordination, business development and change management. She is an engaged, curious and solution-oriented advisor.

Jens has 5 years of experience as a consultant in technical testing and test management, specializing in test automation. He began his career as a business and integration architect and also has extensive experience in DevOps and agile projects, particularly within healthcare and finance in the public sector. Jens holds a Master's degree in Information Systems and is certified in ISTQB Foundation, ISTQB Advanced Test Manager, PRINCE2, and CSM (Certified Scrum Master).

As a quality assurance engineer, Jens has handled technical, functional, and non-functional testing, as well as developed solutions for quality challenges. He has worked with integration testing and maintenance of test data in large and complex data warehouses and has experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Postman, SoapUI, TestComplete, and Katalon Studio.

Jens is an engaged, analytical, and structured individual with strong execution skills. He collaborates well across various disciplines and business areas and is known for delivering results. Jens is a valued resource and a positive contributor to his projects.

Jens Holm

Jens is a technical test manager and advisor, passionate consultant committed to delivering outstanding testing strategies and solutions for complex technology and business challenges!

Edvin has 4 years of experience from both the customer and supplier side in business-driven IT and digitization projects. He is a Digital Business Developer with experience from acquisition, implementation, management and development of business solutions, especially revolving around ERP-systems. He has in-depth technical competency, and is proficient with a broad set of digital tools.

Edvin understands business needs. His business understanding combined with his hands-on experience with a multitude of technologies throughout software stacks elevate his ability to choose, develop, manage and deliver the correct digital solutions. He has high power of execution, and a passion for technology and how technology can be used to drive business value. Through his career, he has been a part of projects in several industries. He has the most experience delivering solutions to organizations within construction and the public domain.

Edvin is structured, empathetic, innovative and engaging. He cooperates well across different disciplines and business areas, and is used to cooperate with people in most parts of an organization

Edvin Rygh

Edvin is a Manager in Gritera, Digital Business Developer and Solution Architect with a passion for technology and a drive to find, develop and implement the best solutions for an easier digital future.

Fiona has long and versatile experience as a manager, consultant and business developer from the private and public sector.

Fiona is active in the Norwegian Computer Association (DND) as vice-chairman of the professional group for Software test, and as a board member of the top board of DND. She has contributed to creating Odin - Norway's largest software test conference.

Fiona is engaging, analytical and creative. She is solution-oriented and works to ensure that everyone has a great time at work.

Fiona is certified  ISTQB, PRINCE2 project management methodology and ScrumMaster for agile methodology.

Fiona Østensvig

Fiona is responsible for the development of Gritera Quality and has a heart for quality assurance within IT systems. She is interested in how IT end-users and organization should work well together. 

Fiona is looking forward to creating a dream home for the best test and quality advisors in Norway!

Vegard has 5 years' experience as a consultant. He is a computer engineer from Buskerud Vestfold University College, in addition to having a master's degree in economics and management from Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Vegard works closely with digitization projects, and has mainly worked with automation of processes and system implementation of HR and CRM systems in particular, both as project manager and test manager.

Vegard has worked closely with the IT organization in the pharmacy and fitness industry, in addition to various other companies in the private and public sector.

In the system implementation projects Vegard has been a part of, he has been involved in the procurement phase, in addition to the implementation and test phase. This has given Vegard a good understanding of how functional and non-functional requirements are handled and tested during the project, as well as how to work with change management, training, communication and roll-out of new systems.

Vegard also has experience in leading larger development and test teams and the coordination, follow-up and reporting this entails.

As a person, Vegard is positive, structured, solution-oriented and willing to give the little extra that is needed to ensure that the projects are as successful as possible.

Vegard is certified within the Prince2 Agile foundation.

Vegard Smith-Johansen

Management consultant with experience in project management, test management and process improvement in various system development and implementation projects.

Passionate about building close relationships and solving important problems together with the customer.

Kim has more than 20 years of expereince from both the customer and supplier side in business-driven IT and digitalization projects.  Kim specializes in retail, public sector, transportation, process industry, energy and ERP.  As an executive in several IT/ consulting firms, he has documented solid results.

Kim has expertise in the subject areas of sales, sourcing, negotiations, vendor managment,  project management and deployment of business-critical processes and applications.  

As a person, Kim is energetic, driven, listening, communicating, team and solution oriented and structured. Kim is certified in PRINCE2 Agile project management methology and other methods within digitalization and quality assurance.

Kim Petersen

Senior Advisor and a very experienced program and change leader with extensive and deep experience to inspire, plan, organize and lead digitalization projects.

Stian has 15 years' experience as a test manager and delivery manager, responsible for testing and quality assurance of complex IT projects. He started as a test manager in various projects within banking, public sector, telecom, logistics and shipping. In the last 8 years, Stian has worked mainly with IT management and as delivery manager/project manager in several major international projects.

Stian has always combined various leadership roles while working directly with projects and application management.He has been involved in several large outsourcing agreements and helped shape the setup around transition, governance, quality assurance and delivery method.

Stian is analytical and a fast learner. He easily acquires new knowledge and is very solution-oriented. He communicates clearly but respectfully and manages both employees, suppliers and customers in a positive way.

Stian Erdal-Arvnes

Partner and CEO at Gritera Quality. Experienced test manager, leader and delivery manager.With a strong passion for the interaction between people and technology, and that success comes through collaboration.

Jhonny has more than 25 years of experience with project management and project deliveries in Norway and internationally across USA, Canada, UK, Eastern-Europe and India. He has a diverse IT perspective with hands-on experience in strategy advisory, sourcing, compliance and performance management with special focus on ERP and data analytics. He has completed several business-critical projects working with local and global delivery teams with high demands for delivering customer value and satisfaction.

As a person, Jhonny is empathetic and sociable with a strong grit. He works proactively and independently with focus on quality and deliveries. He is structured, analytical and works well with teams across disciplines and business areas at all levels in an organisation.

Jhonny Sharma

Partner and CEO at Gritera Analytics, with extensive experience experience in Norway and internationally in project management, sourcing and performance management. Focus on turning challenges into actionable solutions.

Yngve has over 10 years of experience as a consultant and has broad experience in project management, system implementations and business processes for several leading players across industries in Norway. He has a very strong business and technology understanding and a unique ability to both see the big picture in complex problems as well as the levels across disciplines. 

Yngve has worked extensively in the interface between finance and technology, i.a. within operating models, finance processes, financial planning and reporting in addition to digitization projects and implementations.

As a person, Yngve is proactive, solution-oriented, has a structured and comprehensive end-to-end perspective and is concerned with ensuring good communication and involvement. He is used to working with all levels of an organization and often has a role that both combines and requires a good understanding of both IT and business in all project stages.

Yngve Mongstad

Consultant with extensive experience in project management, technology, business processes and technology implementations. Passionate about making a difference and creating long lasting value together with the customer.

Business consultant, project manager with 14 years experience from consulting roles at Accenture, Karabin, Gritera and leadership roles in the industry.

Often works with projects at the intersection of business and technology with focus on change management, operational and organizational improvements, IT implementations and business strategy. 

Strong communication, presentation and project management skills including excellent PowerPoint skills. 

Broad experience from management consulting including assessing organizational structures, defining business issues, redefining work processes, stakeholder management, project planning and more. 

Lars has advised clients in defence, shipping, automotive, telecom, public health and more, including giving advice at the CEO/CFO level.

Lars Gaarder Søstrand

Business consultant and project manager with 14 years experience. Change management, operational and organizational improvements, IT implementations and business strategy. 

Rebecka has several years experience of implementing complex digitalisation projects. As a project manager, Rebecka has, for example, been working on product quality enhancement and implementation og ERP and CRM system, and been responsible for planning, executing and following-up on deliveries. 

She has been working with agile methodology for many years, and specialised in establishing an agile organisation and management at client with no or low agile experience. In her role as a scrum master for several extensive digitalisation projects, she has been focusing on process management. Rebecka’s meticulous organisation skills matches all phases of a project perfectly, from the concept investigation and planning, to implementation and benefits realisation. 

Rebecka is motivated by challenges and receives feedback that she is responsible and executes her tasks with great energy and professionalism. She is structured and organised, and wishes to use her past work experience to ensure immaculate project management. 

Rebecka is certified in PRINCE2, SAFe Scrum Master and LEAN. 

Rebecka Henrysson

Rebecka is a Senior Manager at Gritera with great passion for agile methodology and project management. Transparency, communication and servant leadership, are values with great importance in her projects. 

Key competence

Main experience

Not all digitization projects fail, and are mentioned in DN due to cost overruns, delays and lack of profit realization!

Gritera's experience is that a skilled and experienced project manager is often crucial for a project's success

Where can you find the best project managers for your digitization project?

The best are often where it is best to be.

At Gritera, we are building the dream home for skilled management and technology consultants! Read more about us and what we can help with.

Not all digitization projects fail

We are experiencing a rapidly growing interest in Gritera, but what does the name "Gritera" really mean?

The name Gritera comes from the word «Grit». Grit is a trait that we and many believe is important to achieve success. In short, "Grit" is the ability to maintain focus, interest and effort towards long-term goals, even if there are challenges along the way. Grit is about standing on will and standing in it! Grit is important both when we assist companies in demanding assignments and when we work to achieve the high ambitions we have for Gritera as a company! Do you also have "grit", and the belief in "grit" as an important attribute for success? Or generally curious about Gritera? Please contact

What does Gritera mean?

The public sector solves social tasks - tasks that are so important that the state itself takes responsibility. For many, and for Gritera, it is an extra motivation to be able to contribute to innovation, development and good results in public activities. In collaboration with our partners, including Atkins, we have entered into framework agreements with the Armed Forces and Statsbygg. We also carry out assignments in health and look forward to supporting other sectors.

The public sector faces a combination of challenges and opportunities in digitalisation. Development is rapid and experience shows that large IT projects based on waterfall methodology are not always optimal. Gritera therefore places emphasis on working with a flexible approach within the framework conditions that the public sector must follow. And our values, Freedom, Justice, Grit and Openness, are the basis for us on assignments in the public sector. Especially Grit. The ability to maintain focus, interest and effort towards long-term goals, even if there are challenges along the way.We stand for the customer!

Gritera has a solid tribe of consultants with extensive experience from various parts of the public sector. Several of us have a background as an employee in defense and health. It provides a unique insight into the challenges, and allows us to quickly enter into an assignment, make a difference and create value for the customer.

Gritera is passionate about the public sector

All strategies, be they major changes in direction or technological advances into the future, need system development to be realised. Whether it is tailoring from bottom to top, or off-the-shelf solutions with technical integrations between them, the deliveries must be developed, quality assured and tested to ensure that they meet the needs of the business in a good way.

Our philosophy for development is to enter the process with an open mind and be agnostic in approach to language and technical platform. There is no one tool that can solve all problems and it is important to choose the right technology to solve the challenge.

Quality and integrity are central to the way we deliver our development services, and we believe that investing in testing and verification from the start is an investment in a safer and more stable future for the product being developed.

Perhaps you are in a transition phase between larger technology strategies. Our developers understand the need to ensure continuity in daily operations while modernizing and creating new solutions that solve the challenges of the future.

Feel free to contact the head of Gritera Code, Eirik W. Talberg, who is a developer and architect with many years of experience from mission-critical systems in the public and private sector.

Gritera contributes with strong expertise in system development, with a focus on solving the customer's needs with the most suitable tools we have available. We offer technical resources within, among other things, cloud and platform, development, technology and team management as well as DevOps as our core areas.

System Development

We offer a range of services that cover the entire spectrum of information security. This includes:

Information security manager/CISO for hire

Risk management, assessment and management

Risk and vulnerability analyzes (ROS) and penetration testing

Due diligence aimed at information security

Guidance of the business through certification against ISO 27001

Advice on compliance with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Regulation

Assistance with requirements setting and follow-up of suppliers

Advise the business in connection with cyber insurance

Development of information security strategies, policy design and guideline implementation

Security awareness training, training and exercises

Compliance with relevant safety standards, laws, requirements and regulations

Professional expertise within recognized standards such as: ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27005, NIST CSF, CIS Controls and NSM's basic principles for ICT security

We believe in a holistic approach to information security. Our process involves thorough analysis of the company's systems and processes, identification of potential threats and vulnerabilities, design of tailored solutions and continuous follow-up to ensure that security measures are effective over time.

Expertise: Our team consists of experienced experts with globally recognized certifications for information security management (ISO/IEC 27001) and risk management (ISO/IEC 27005), as well as deep knowledge of information security.

Customized Solutions: We understand that every organization is unique. Our solutions are tailored to suit your needs.

Results-oriented: We focus on measurable results that strengthen the company's security level and protect your assets.

Customer support: We are dedicated to supporting our customers throughout the entire process, from advice to implementation.

Feel free to contact the CEO of Gritera Security, Svein Bekkevold. He is a former information security manager/CISO for the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Customs Agency with many years of experience in managing information security.

Welcome to Gritera Security - Your partner in Information Security

Gritera is a leading provider of advisory services within information security. With our expertise and passion for cyber security, we help organizations protect their assets.

Our strength lies in our team of highly qualified and experienced information security experts. We bring together the industry's best talents who combine technical knowledge with a comprehensive understanding of information security. This enables us to offer tailor-made solutions that suit your unique needs and challenges.

Information Security

Data insights requires collaboration with developers and architects who can design, model and implement the right deliverables - either it comes in form of a new data plattform, a data product, a BI report or a machine learning model.

Our advisors are experienced as team leads, architects and developers, and will ensure the realisation of your projects.

Typical roles and responsibilities:
- Tech lead/architect (solution design, architecture, data modelling, test management, team management)
- Data/BI engineer (ETL/ELT development, BI report development, data modelling, data plattform development, test, automation)
- ML engineer (develop/train machine learning- and/or statistical models, MLOps, ad hoc data analysis)

A clear data strategy aligns your data initiatives with you want to achieve. It should be closely aligned with your company's strategy, budget, technical solutions and data literacy.

Gritera can assist you in defining or updating your data strategy through deliverables like as-is-evaluation, gap analysis, infrastructure blueprint and roadmap development.

Example topics:
- What future insights do we need, how and when should these be delivered?
- How do we set up a suitable cloud architecture?
- What do we need to do to ensure regulatory compliance, e.g. with GDPR?

An efficient data organization deliveres high quality insights rapidly.

Gritera can assist you in organizing your insight producing resources, raising data literacy and improving processes.

Example topics:
- How should we organize our data producing resources and what measures can we take to improve their process around delivering insights?
- How can we improve time-to-market and quality by utilizing elements from Dev/DataOps?

Feel free to contact one of the leaders for data analytics, Baste Fladmark or Jhonny Sharma.

At Gritera we assist companies in creating value from data by providing data advisory, leadership and capacity. Our expertise covers the data analytics domain from data strategy and organization to data-, BI- and machine learning engineering. Our advisors have a solid and modern toolset to assist you in realizing your strategic goals and solving complex business problems using data.

Data Analytics

We accommodate any business in the phase it is currently in. If your business is in an early phase of its ERP journey, then an ERP feasibility study may be the most sensible place to start. The results from such a study will be an important input into any acquisition and subsequent implementation of an ERP system. Gritera can also help companies that have progressed further and instead need support during the implementation or operation and management of their ERP system. We offer services within feasibility studies, sourcing, implementation and operation and management of ERP systems.

Gritera is an independent ERP consultant with a focus on helping businesses digitize their processes. We offer a range of services to ensure they get the maximum benefit from their ERP investments.

We have a skilled team of consultants with extensive experience in helping businesses realize their goals and achieve effective results. We work closely with the business to understand their unique needs and we help customers develop tailor-made solutions that suit their business area.

Our aim is to deliver an outstanding customer experience and ensure that businesses achieve success with their ERP projects.

Gritera Quality offers the best test consultants, test managers and technical testers for private and public companies. We use proven and recognized test methods, are well acquainted with the various state of art test tools in the market and offer technical expertise in test automation, performance, test data and security. Our advisers have experience from large heavy ERP projects to agile project deliveries and DevOps with a high degree of automation where testing is a natural part of the developers' CI/CD pipeline (continuous integration and continuous deployment).

We believe that all testing should be risk-based. By carrying out an analysis of what is most critical for a product or service to be successful, we will create a customized test approach. Such an analysis will form the basis for prioritizing tests and which areas, characteristics or functions should have the highest test coverage. The analysis itself is made in consultation with business and should correspond to what provides the most business value for the development and testing efforts.

Feel free to contact one of the leaders for data analytics, Stian Erdal-Arvnes or Fiona Østensvig.

We at Gritera Quality work to ensure that testing and quality are everyone's responsibility. To be successful with digital product development and satisfied customers, the focus must be on quality right from the start. A correct approach to test and quality will mean that the requirements/user stories are understandable and testable, that the most important features are prioritized first, and that the quality work is automated as much as possible so that both cost and time-to-market are reduced.

Test and Quality Assurance

A good architecture is the basis for well-functioning IT services that work together to meet current and future business needs. This requires that business and technology are viewed in conjunction, and not developed independently of each other.

Any controlled change requires knowing where you stand and where you want to be. Lack of vision – related to both business and technology – creates a high risk of unwanted development. A vision and a target architecture that is known and accepted in the organization, on the other hand, is like an invisible rubber band that pulls development in the desired direction.

Gritera has architects with a high level of competence in architecture. We can cover various needs related to enterprise architecture, cloud architecture and solution architecture. In addition, we have specialist expertise in capability-based planning.

Gritera's IT architects have good knowledge of and experience with central frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachmann, SAFe, Less, ITIL and capability-based planning.

However, our focus is not on the framework, but on business value.

We at Gritera believe that a well-thought-out and good architecture is a prerequisite for being able to achieve both rapid value creation and solutions characterized by good performance and high quality. We also see architecture as the key to ensuring the development of solutions that, in addition to being good in use, are easy to operate and maintain.

Is this something your organization needs help with?

Enterprise Architecture

We believe in interdisciplinary knowledge to succeed on behalf of the organizations we assist. Our project managers and agile team leaders therefore all have combined professional backgrounds and have worked with several different key companies in the Norwegian market. This approach ensures that our consultants can identify the best solutions for your business through well-founded strategic advice, as well as flexible and efficient operational support.

We know the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant frameworks, but we naturally always assess the needs of the assignment and the business before we choose or give advice on choosing the right framework. This is based on in-depth professional knowledge and numerous completed projects at several of the largest companies in Norway, but also smaller companies.

Project management is the key to well-executed projects - whether they are carried out in the private or public sector. Gritera assists with project management of both smaller projects and in the largest and most complex IT and digitization projects. 

We can also help establish, improve, and lead the management of the project portfolio management according to the needs of your business. Based on the type of work and the organization it should be carried out in, our experiene shows that some projects should be managed based on agile principles and others in a more traditional fashion. We can offer help in this decision. Both project management, portfolio management and more agile roles are amond Gritera's core services.

Project- and Portfolio Management

We do not believe in strategies that are solely about pushing suppliers to the lowest possible price. To succeed, a common understanding of the needs and opportunities of customers and suppliers must be established. Only with such a strategy will it be possible to find the best solutions that give the business what it needs, and at the right price and with the most favourable risk profile. A well-conducted sourcing process will also form a good basis for success in the implementation and introduction of what the company has sourced.

We know good practice in the private sector and regulations in the public sector, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of relevant strategies and contract standards, but we assess the needs of the assignment and the company before choosing, or advising on the choice of, the right strategy and contract standards. for example, various SSA agreements. This is based on a passion for the subject and countless large and small sourcing projects in the private and public sector.

Gritera assists with consulting and management of sourcing processes for IT solutions, implementation projects and operations and management services. We can help in all or parts of the process from needs mapping, preparation of tender documents, supplier dialogue, evaluation, contract negotiations and supplier follow-up. The start-up phase is extremely important as it lays the entire foundation for further success and goal achievement.

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Working in an agile way often requires a restructuring that can be demanding for the business. Based on our experience, we see that organizations succeeding in adopting an agile approach often have the following success factors:

Common understanding of values and principles

A well thought business organization and team composition, but at the same time knowledge, openness, and acceptance for a flexible approach.

Choose the optimal method and approach considering your business’ needs and goals

A clear idea of how to practice change management

Our experience shows that companies gain value from using an agile approach even in scaled versions, at all levels of the organization. We have seen positive effects from team level up to the very top level of organizations. Gritera helps you identify whether an agile approach should be implemented, and which agile methods are best suited to create the most impact for your business.

We truly believe that the most effective agile team leaders have an interdisciplinary knowledge, helping them succeed on behalf of the organizations we advise. Gritera has an interdisciplinary team consisting of agile team leaders who specialize in several different disciplines and have different backgrounds and experience from a great number of companies in the Norwegian market. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that our consultants can identify and establish the best solutions for your business through well-founded strategic advice, as well as flexible and efficient operational support.

An increasing number of organizations are now adopting an agile approach for digitalization, transformations, product development and project implementations. Our advisors can help identify if and where an agile approach should be practiced and which approach is best suited to create the highest value for your business. We can help prepare the organization to implement agile team management, and we can help you manage both individual teams, several cooperative teams and entire business areas. Our experience is that when agile is used in a proper manner, it leads to several positive outcomes, such as:

Higher ROI through better prioritization and continuous planning

Lower risk through continuous testing of partial deliveries along the course of the product development

Less unnecessary time spent on documentation

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