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PMO Value I

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Project Details

 

INDUSTRY:  Public Sector, Federal
ROLE:  Program Director

Project Scope:  Develop and deploy ERP centric PMO structure for large DoD SAP implementation.  Define standards, methodology, partnerships with SAP and other delivery organizations to fully staff project team, develop project approach and timeline, define "best fit" scope working with new dimension products and unreleased functionality being developed for Armed Forces.  Work with global team to define requirements for deployment.

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, HR, PR, MM, PP, Supply Chain, IS Defense

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $ 100 million

Results

PMO structure fully defined and project kicked-off meeting all DoD standards.

 

INDUSTRY:  Mining
ROLE:  Project Manager

Project Scope:  Replacement of primary legacy systems and infrastructure including a business process transition to the Shared Business Systems of the organization.  Project included significant Organizational Change Management and Business Process Reengineering.

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, HR, PR, MM

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $ 1.8 million

Results

Solution and transition are in place with minimal disruption to organizations operations.

 

INDUSTRY: Aerospace / Airline
ROLE: Project Director / PMO Manager

Project Scope:  Enterprise-wide implementation of SAP R/3 4.6C to replace legacy operating systems in all divisions (3), business units (7), and operating sites (152).  Project included solution design and deployment, technology deployment, hardware sizing and install, Change Management, process re-engineering (BPR), integration solution design, upgrade of Financials from 3.1 to 4.6, e-procurement, Document Management, Business Information Warehouse design, Master Data management and redundancy study and Project Office (PMO) design and activation, complex inter-company workflow processes, localization policy development and process integration design.

SAP Scope:    FI, CO, MM, PP, WM, TR, AM, HR/PR including country localization and ESS, IS for Aerospace APO & MRO).

Portfolio Scope:  Portfolio Structure:  Each program within the overall portfolio represents a fixed budget, timeline and plan.  While the portfolio components were highly inter-dependent they were managed independently and did not share resources or plans.

·         Global SAP R/3 Design and Implementation + upgrade

·         Networking and Communications Realignment

·         Change Management

·         Engineering Implementation - Global SAP R/3 + IS solution for Aerospace & Defense, Bar-Coding. Technical Document Management System

·         Catering - Global SAP R/3, Content Management System

·         Real Estate - Global SAP R/3 + IS solution for Real Estate

·         Hardware and Infrastructure Design and Implementation

·         Data Conversion and Testing

Location:  International - Asia Pacific, Europe, US

Project Services Budget:  $72 million

Results

Initial project milestones, including first organizational "go-lives" and upgrade, were met on-time and under projected budget. 

 

INDUSTRY:  Air Transport
ROLE: Engagement Manager

Project Scope:  Improve / increase functionality of current SAP R/3 3.0 Financial systems and extend functionality to other components for a more complete system.  Roll-out of new functionality to additional operational entities.

SAP Scope:  Upgrade FI / CO functionality.  FI, CO, AM, HR, PR, SD, MM

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $ 1.8 million

Results

Project was delivered on-time and within budget to all sites.

 

INDUSTRY:  Distribution, Electronics
ROLE:  Project Manager

Project Scope:  Replace core operations systems and create integration to custom Warehouse Management system.

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, TR, SD, MM, WM integration, HR

Location:  International - Domestic, Canada, Mexico

Project Budget:  $ 5 million

Results

Phase I live on-time and within budget for agreed to scope.  Phase II cancelled after organizational change in direction and leadership.

 

INDUSTRY:  Packaging, CPG
ROLE:  Project Manager

Project Scope:  Replacement of primary legacy systems and infrastructure with solution roll-out to five separate plants.  Solution included custom development of key supply chain management tools to support strategic business initiatives..

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, HR, PR, SD, MM

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $ 3.1 million

Results

Project was delivered on-time and plant roll-out schedule was met within budgets agreed to.

 

INDUSTRY:  US Public Sector K-12 Education
ROLE:   Project Director

Project Scope:  Development of an operational pilot and "go-no go" recommendation for state-wide replacement of all legacy systems for back-office operations.  Project included integration development to student systems, readiness reviews, roll-out planning and execution to 8 pilot sites and additional 176 school systems, end-user training, change management, post implementation support, hardware implementation, database implementation, networking and infrastructure planning and development of operational manuals for long-term support, implementation and roll-out budget, long-term support budget and skills assessment. 

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, AM, TR, HR, PR, MM

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $12 million

Results

Initial pilots live on-time and within proscribed budget and considered highly successful with full capabilities.  Final recommendation to state committee was "no go" based on readiness of individual sites, overall cost of rollout to the state, overall cost of on-going support and inability of the state organization to mandate the solution to the districts without change to current laws.  Phase II of the project was cancelled after recommendation was made to the state board.

 

INDUSTRY:  Semi-Conductor Manufacturing
ROLE:  Project Manager

Project Scope:  Greenfield implementation of SAP R/3 including integration to Poseidon for line management and PeopleSoft for HR and Payroll.  Project included process design, Project Management Office design, end-user training, HW / SW implementation and installation, networking, initial master data set-up, initial inventory load and long term support solution recommendation.   

SAP Scope:  FI, CO, AM, MM, SD, TR, HR for integration and workflow management

Location:  Domestic

Project Budget:  $ 2.8 million

Results

Initial go-live was on schedule and on budget.  On-going upgrades and functional add-ons continued as planned with primary resources from the business team

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Key Accomplishments

  • Consistently met or exceeded timeline and budget expectations.
  • Consistently achieved customer satisfaction goals.
  • Established integrated project plan including cross divisional milestones, resource sharing metrics, quality assurance review schedules and operational transition plans across 7 divisions, 12 projects and project managers.  Plan enabled tracking and reporting of all activities and progress for Steering Committee reviews and enabled Project Office to evaluate risks across the entire project versus within independent programs.
  • Directly managed project teams of + 175 multi-disciplined / multi-national / multi-organizational  resources.
  • Redesign of project approach reduced overall cost of of implementation by $2.3 million.
  • Developed integrated site-readiness and end-user training requirements tools enabling more effective needs assessment and remediation activities.
  • Negotiated and tracked partner / sub-contractor contracts achieving significant cost savings for projects.
  • Inititated services procurement "best practice / preferred provider" programs within projects enabling rapid response by providers for critical resources.