Cura Risk Management Software, winner of the Management of Technology Award in the small enterprise category

‘Beautiful’ technological process underpins Cura’s success

Steve Jobs’ aversion to focus groups and surveys was well known but he was probably uniquely gifted in knowing what solutions would work for customers. For the rest of us, the more open we can be to quality input when designing our products, the better.

This doesn’t mean listening to whoever talks the loudest or longest, and of course you need to be able to “filter out the noise” and home in on the things that really matter. The important thing is having the right sounding board and a good roadmap – or three – to take you to where you need to go.

Cura Risk Management Software, winners of five tt100 awards for 2020, including Management of Technology, attributes its success – in the tt100 awards and its business performance – to its three-in-one roadmap and Product Advisory Board.

“We have three individual roadmaps that integrate into an overarching technology roadmap that includes a wide variety of inputs and data gathering, this would be the main differentiator for winning the Management of Technology award,” says Jessica Knight, Head of Strategy at Cura.

Cura, a software company focusing on governance, risk, compliance and risk-based audit solutions, manages technology across two fronts: as a technology solutions provider and as a business that itself consumes technology. “Our roadmap enables us to deliver technology and software platforms to the quality we would like and to align the business with best technology practice,” she says.

The overarching roadmap is an integration of the following three individual roadmaps:

• Product suite roadmap – focusing on the user experience and guided by global best practice, regulatory requirements and advisory partners;
• Functionality and platform roadmap – derived from the company’s Product Advisory Board, with input from customers, industry experts, thought leaders, internal innovators and subject matter experts; and
• Technological roadmap – determined by global technology trends with the objective of maintaining Cura as a technological leader.

“Our solutions are the end result of the three roadmaps, all linked together and informed by the Product Advisory Board and external sources,” says Jessica, adding that Cura is continually making room for new solutions, improving existing solutions and retiring products that are no longer relevant.

“Cura’s model for managing technology is complex, detailed and fully functional,” she concludes. “It’s a beautiful technological process that we get excited about. It’s amazing.”