Gain real-time control over resources and projects in a portfolio
The Situation
Project director needed 2 months to know actual cost of resources working in an international project due to fragmentation of systems for time control and reporting. Senior management prepare budgets by isolated departments resulted in under- or over-allocated resources.
The Task
Provide data-driven decision making
The Action / Approach
Implement enterprise-wide system for resource, project, and portfolio planning and time reporting (Primavera P6), First, migrated 1,000 existing projects in more than 12 different ERP systems and 1,300 resources to do their time sheets in Primavera Enterprise P6. Second, planning was developed and future projects (bids) were included.
The Result
Project director was able to control real-time who work and was charging time to the project. Senior management used integrated forecast data to prepare budgets for the first time.