Australia · Kraken migration

Independent Kraken migration and assurance for Australian utilities

Kraken is moving quickly across the Australian energy market. We plan, recover and assure Kraken migrations as an independent consultancy, so the programme lands on time and the billing works from day one. We do not sell or resell the platform, so our only interest is your outcome.

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19 yrsdelivering major systems
Firstwater migration onto Kraken
5Kraken practitioners on the bench
Independentno vendor ties, no commissions
Why independent

The platform is proven. The migration is where it goes wrong.

Kraken works. What catches utilities out is the move onto it: the data, the cutover, the billing and the sequencing. We have done this on the hardest programmes in the UK, and because we hold no reseller agreement, we tell you the truth about where a migration is and what it needs.

Migration and cutover

Planning and running the move onto Kraken in controlled, contained stages, so the risk is contained and the business keeps running.

Programme recovery

Bringing a stalled or slipping Kraken migration back to delivery, with client side control reasserted and a plan people believe in.

Assurance and billing integrity

Independent assurance over the programme and the billing, so the errors are caught before they reach customers or the regulator.

THE PEF APPROACHAssurance and control at every stage1AssessIndependent readiness and risk review2SafeguardCommercial and contractual protection3MobiliseThe right operating model and team4DeliverControlled, closely governed delivery5AssureIntegrity proven before go live6RealiseStabilised, with benefits secured
Two ways to work with us

Assurance, full integration, or both

Migration is only part of what we do on Kraken in Australia. Our work comes in two parts.

Part A: assurance

We sit on your side of the table while the vendor and your integrator deliver: we test readiness and the plan, assure each stage gate and the go live decision, and check that data and billing reconcile.

Part B: full integration

Or we run it end to end: we lead the programme and integrate Kraken with the systems around it, from meter data and payments to finance and CRM, then take the migration, testing, cutover and hypercare through to a stable service.

Start with assurance, go further

Assurance is a low risk way to start. If you then want us to take on the integration, the team that assured the work is the team that delivers it.

Track record

What we have already done on Kraken

Led the first water migration onto Kraken in the UK, with no existing playbook, and recovered it from twelve months behind to delivery.
Recovered a billing imbalance of more than £160m after a Kraken go live for a major energy supplier, before it reached customers or the regulator.
Ran a Kraken migration for a UK utility end to end and delivered it sixty five days early and to budget.
Already supporting Kraken programmes in the Australian market.
The Australian market

Why this matters now

Kraken has become central to Australian energy. It is backed by Origin Energy, was valued at close to thirteen billion dollars when it raised as a standalone business, and more retailers and networks are moving onto it. As the migrations multiply, so does the need for independent help to plan and assure them.

Common questions

Questions we are asked

Are you a Kraken or Octopus partner?

No, and that is deliberate. We are independent, with no reseller agreement and no commission, so our advice and assurance serve you and not the vendor.

Do you work with Australian utilities from the UK?

Yes. We already support Kraken programmes in the Australian market and work across the time difference, on the ground when it matters.

Can you recover a Kraken migration that is already in trouble?

Yes. That is often how we are brought in. We reassert client side control, replan the cutover and get the programme back to delivery.

Who actually does the work?

A bench of five Kraken practitioners and a wider network of senior consultants, not two people.

What size of programme do you take on?

From discovery and migration planning through to full delivery and assurance, on programmes from a single retailer to a large network.

Do you only work in Australia, or only on energy?

Neither. We support Kraken migrations worldwide and across every sector the platform serves, including energy, water and telecoms. For the full picture, see our worldwide Kraken service.

Planning or recovering a Kraken migration in Australia?

Tell us where the programme is and we will tell you honestly what it needs.

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