Bexley Thomas

Case Studies

A selection of enterprise and public sector engagements where we standardised Atlassian platforms, de-risked migrations and embedded governance with measurable outcomes.

Home Office — Enterprise Service Management & Data Platforms

Public sector Jira, JSM, Confluence, Assets Automation & BI

Scope & approach

  • Designed and delivered a suite of Jira Service Management platforms for Carrier Relationship, Stakeholder Engagement and Carrier Licensing, aligned to government service design standards.
  • Developed a GOV.UK-style front end for stakeholder engagement, integrated with JSM workflows, APIs and role-based access control.
  • Re-engineered carrier licensing processes as automated workflows with embedded document generation, producing audit-ready outputs.
  • Consolidated multiple Jira estates into a unified Data Center platform with governance, standards and change control.
  • Integrated Tableau BI to provide operational dashboards and leadership reporting.

The programme combined discovery, design, migration and hyper-care, supported by workshops, prototypes and training to ensure adoption.

Outcomes

  • Enterprise service portals supporting nationwide carrier and stakeholder engagement with full audit trails.
  • Automated licensing workflows reducing manual effort and strengthening compliance.
  • Rationalised Jira estate improving consistency and lowering support demand.
  • Reliable insight through integrated BI pipelines.

Selected deliverables

  • Carrier Relationship and Stakeholder Management portals with automated workflows, Assets integration and scripted controls.
  • Automated Carrier Licensing platform with Xporter templates and audit-ready records.
  • Enterprise consolidation to Jira Data Center with rationalised workflows, schemes and field catalogues.
  • Data pipelines enabling Tableau dashboards for operational and leadership reporting.

JERA Global Markets — Risk & Enterprise Standards

Energy trading JSM, Jira, Integrations Governance

Scope & approach

  • Redesigned service and incident management using a single JSM portal, standardising request types, workflows and approvals across the enterprise.
  • Established two risk registers with governance controls, linking risk capture to mitigation and review cycles.
  • Introduced administration standards, documentation and training to ensure sustainable operation.
  • Integrated third-party tools to align service operations with delivery teams.

Outcomes

  • Unified intake and triage for incidents, service requests and change.
  • Improved traceability from risk identification to remediation.
  • Reduced configuration drift via guardrails and standards.

Selected deliverables

  • Enterprise JSM portal with governed request types, approvals and change model.
  • Risk registers with review cycles, ownership and reporting dashboards.
  • Administration standards, run-books and training materials.

Bank of Ireland — JSM, Knowledge & Change Management

Financial services JSM, Confluence, ScriptRunner, Structure Automation

Scope & approach

  • Implemented JSM portals with Confluence knowledge bases to accelerate resolution and deflect low-value demand.
  • Embedded a structured change protocol: portal intake → triage → approvals → decision records, supported by automation and audit trails.
  • Introduced Structure for portfolio visibility and centralised documentation in Confluence.
  • Delivered training and workshops to embed adoption across business teams.

Outcomes

  • Faster initiation of campaigns and changes with consistent routing and approvals.
  • Improved MI and transparency across multiple channels.
  • Reduced manual effort through automation and reusable templates.

Compare the Market — Standardisation & Adoption at Scale

Consumer Jira, JSM, Confluence, Product Discovery 700+ users • 90+ teams

Scope & approach

  • Enterprise standardisation of the Atlassian stack following 12 years of organic growth — standardising fields, workflows and permissions to restore consistency and data quality.
  • Established a governance forum and change pathway; delivered rapid iterations with open feedback channels to avoid disruption while improving adoption.
  • Enhanced portfolio reporting with consistent templates and dashboards, informed by stakeholder-led requirements.

Outcomes

  • Uniform ways of working without constraining team-level innovation.
  • Clean, reliable data enabling trustworthy executive and portfolio views.
  • Lower support demand through targeted documentation and enablement.

The Economist — Service Desk Migration & Enablement

Media JSM, Confluence Migration & Reporting

Scope & approach

  • Migrated service operations from Salesforce to JSM, validating marketplace apps to replicate key features cost-effectively.
  • Configured queues, SLAs and dashboards; introduced a traffic-light (RAG) model with staged notifications.
  • Developed custom notification and email templates; enabled portal access for external partners and internal teams.
  • Migrated user and company data, extended user profiles and introduced Dataplane reporting for operational insight.
  • Enabled email-to-ticket creation and intranet form submission; delivered full documentation and training.

Outcomes

  • Successful migration from Salesforce with retained functionality and improved efficiency.
  • Governed SLAs and escalations improving agent responsiveness.
  • Consolidated service data and enhanced reporting for leadership and operations.

CitySprint — Programme Framework & Service Desk Automation

Logistics JSM, Jira, Xporter Automation & Reporting

Scope & approach

  • Established an enterprise programme framework in JSM to strengthen project control, enforce process adherence and accelerate bottleneck resolution.
  • Configured epics to generate downstream tickets automatically, maintaining data consistency across projects.
  • Implemented automated client documentation via Xporter, increasing transparency for stakeholders.
  • Deployed dashboards, queues and targeted training to support adoption across delivery teams.

Outcomes

  • Improved throughput and visibility across delivery workflows.
  • Reduced manual workload through automation, increasing accuracy and auditability.
  • Standardised client communications via automated reporting.
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