Construction
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
Education
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Financial Services
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Founded in 1914, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) is the largest state-owned bank in Costa Rica, with more than 1.3 million clients. It is subject to a very high level of accountability from oversight offices and the people of Costa Rica. A key part of meeting these expectations is effective project management within the organization. BNCR needed a way to gain greater visibility, efficiency, and accuracy in project management. In November 2006, BNCR teamed up with Microsoft® Certified Partner EPMWorks to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. BNCR currently has 76 projects managed with Office Project Server 2007. BNCR project directors have cut their project management time by 25 percent, spending less time and getting better results. Project accuracy has increased and resources are allocated more efficiently because of greater visibility. Link to Banco Nacional
Canaccord
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canaccord Capital Inc. is Canada's leading independent full service investment dealer with capital markets operations throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. To retain its competitive advantage, the company continually strives to be the most efficient firm in the industry. Canaccord needed a way to streamline project portfolio management and align investments in technology with strategic priorities. With the help of Western Principles, a Microsoft® Certified Partner, Canaccord implemented Microsoft® Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new system has improved project portfolio tracking, enhanced communications and increased productivity. Link to Canaccord
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Government
Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton City Council is a metropolitan local authority in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Following significant city growth and a corresponding increase in the number of projects needing to be managed, the Wolverhampton City Council wanted to improve its project and resource management methodologies. After detailed comparisons of project management solutions, the council chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The EPM Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, helps organizations to manage projects and resources more effectively. Since implementing the EPM Solution, the council has better visibility of projects and resources.Link to Wolverhampton City Council
ITT Corporation
As an engineering and manufacturing contractor that works primarily with government agencies, ITT Corporation, Systems Division (ITT Systems), responds to requests for proposal (RFPs) on a regular basis, more than 60 times a year. To help infuse its proposal process with flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility, ITT Systems decided to evaluate a move away from its internally developed tool to an off-the-shelf solution. The company opted to work with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Pcubed to develop an enterprise project management solution based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Link to ITT Corporation
Healthcare
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
Medseek
Alabama-based MEDSEEK provides more than 600 healthcare organizations with Web portal technologies and consulting services to connect physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. As its projects increased in number and complexity, project managers lacked a comprehensive view into resources, schedules, and status. To solve this problem, MEDSEEK teamed with Project Hosts to implement an on-demand Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, and Office Project Web Access. With the EPM Solution, MEDSEEK can set more accurate client expectations and establish successful, repeatable delivery processes. Link to Medseek
Life Sciences
Shire Pharmaceutical
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, lacked consistent project and resource planning methods, which hindered decision making. To address that need, Shire deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with help from Accenture, Microsoft Services, and Project Widgets. With the EPM Solution, Shire can now meet its strategic milestones more consistently, plan its resources more accurately, manage change proactively, and provide key leaders across the organization with consolidated, critical information to support decision making. Link to Shire
Manufacturing
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology, a worldwide manufacturer of steel and other alloys, was investing in several large capital projects, including a U.S.$120 million facility expansion. The company had a limited in-house project management function and decided to create a project management office in the IT department and implement the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The solution was quickly and widely adopted to manage a range of capital projects. The smooth implementation has increased the credibility of the IT department, because the solution improves the company's ability to make efficient use of its resources. Link to Carpenter
Rodenstock
Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Rodenstock deployed the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, which it uses in conjunction with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rodenstock now has fast access to project data that is always up to date. The company's workflows proceed more quickly, which translates to a faster time-to-market. The solution also provides improved administration of access rights. Link to Rodenstock
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Media & Entertainment
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Professional Services
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
The Linc Group
The Linc Group (Linc) provides facilities management and building system services to more than 100,000 customers in 45 states and internationally. Linc worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, LMR Solutions (LMR) to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. After a smooth implementation, the solution was deployed to 350 employees within six months. Office Project Server 2007 has saved Linc time and money, improved employee collaboration and customer service, and provided Linc with an efficient way to evaluate employees fairly. Link to the Linc Group
Retail & Distribution
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
Transportation & Logistics
JB Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is one of the largest transportation solutions companies in North America. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, J.B. Hunt employs more than 17,000 people and posted 2007 revenues of U.S. $3.49 billion. J.B. Hunt worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner UMT Consulting Group to implement Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new solution will save J.B. Hunt time and money; provide increased visibility, thus facilitating better allocation of resources; and give the company the tools it needs to be more competitive in its industry. Link to JB Hunt
Korean Airlines
Korean Airlines has rapidly soared to the rank of thirteenth largest airline in the world. To better manage a proliferation of projects and teams, Korean Airlines recently updated its Microsoft® Enterprise Project Management solution to take advantage of enhanced features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The solution will enable the company to better manage cross-divisional projects, lower project risks and costs, better utilize staff resources, and give project management tools to more workers. Link to Korean Airlines
Utilities
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear
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Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Founded in 1914, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) is the largest state-owned bank in Costa Rica, with more than 1.3 million clients. It is subject to a very high level of accountability from oversight offices and the people of Costa Rica. A key part of meeting these expectations is effective project management within the organization. BNCR needed a way to gain greater visibility, efficiency, and accuracy in project management. In November 2006, BNCR teamed up with Microsoft® Certified Partner EPMWorks to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. BNCR currently has 76 projects managed with Office Project Server 2007. BNCR project directors have cut their project management time by 25 percent, spending less time and getting better results. Project accuracy has increased and resources are allocated more efficiently because of greater visibility. Link to Banco Nacional
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Project and Portfolio Management
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Canaccord
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canaccord Capital Inc. is Canada's leading independent full service investment dealer with capital markets operations throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. To retain its competitive advantage, the company continually strives to be the most efficient firm in the industry. Canaccord needed a way to streamline project portfolio management and align investments in technology with strategic priorities. With the help of Western Principles, a Microsoft® Certified Partner, Canaccord implemented Microsoft® Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new system has improved project portfolio tracking, enhanced communications and increased productivity. Link to Canaccord
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Shire Pharmaceutical
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, lacked consistent project and resource planning methods, which hindered decision making. To address that need, Shire deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with help from Accenture, Microsoft Services, and Project Widgets. With the EPM Solution, Shire can now meet its strategic milestones more consistently, plan its resources more accurately, manage change proactively, and provide key leaders across the organization with consolidated, critical information to support decision making. Link to Shire
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton City Council is a metropolitan local authority in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Following significant city growth and a corresponding increase in the number of projects needing to be managed, the Wolverhampton City Council wanted to improve its project and resource management methodologies. After detailed comparisons of project management solutions, the council chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The EPM Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, helps organizations to manage projects and resources more effectively. Since implementing the EPM Solution, the council has better visibility of projects and resources. Link to Wolverhampton City Council
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology, a worldwide manufacturer of steel and other alloys, was investing in several large capital projects, including a U.S.$120 million facility expansion. The company had a limited in-house project management function and decided to create a project management office in the IT department and implement the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The solution was quickly and widely adopted to manage a range of capital projects. The smooth implementation has increased the credibility of the IT department, because the solution improves the company's ability to make efficient use of its resources. Link to Carpenter
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
Resource Management
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Founded in 1914, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) is the largest state-owned bank in Costa Rica, with more than 1.3 million clients. It is subject to a very high level of accountability from oversight offices and the people of Costa Rica. A key part of meeting these expectations is effective project management within the organization. BNCR needed a way to gain greater visibility, efficiency, and accuracy in project management. In November 2006, BNCR teamed up with Microsoft® Certified Partner EPMWorks to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. BNCR currently has 76 projects managed with Office Project Server 2007. BNCR project directors have cut their project management time by 25 percent, spending less time and getting better results. Project accuracy has increased and resources are allocated more efficiently because of greater visibility. Link to Banco Nacional
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton City Council is a metropolitan local authority in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Following significant city growth and a corresponding increase in the number of projects needing to be managed, the Wolverhampton City Council wanted to improve its project and resource management methodologies. After detailed comparisons of project management solutions, the council chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The EPM Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, helps organizations to manage projects and resources more effectively. Since implementing the EPM Solution, the council has better visibility of projects and resources. Link to Wolverhampton City Council
ITT Corporation
As an engineering and manufacturing contractor that works primarily with government agencies, ITT Corporation, Systems Division (ITT Systems), responds to requests for proposal (RFPs) on a regular basis, more than 60 times a year. To help infuse its proposal process with flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility, ITT Systems decided to evaluate a move away from its internally developed tool to an off-the-shelf solution. The company opted to work with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Pcubed to develop an enterprise project management solution based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Link to ITT Corporation
Medseek
Alabama-based MEDSEEK provides more than 600 healthcare organizations with Web portal technologies and consulting services to connect physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. As its projects increased in number and complexity, project managers lacked a comprehensive view into resources, schedules, and status. To solve this problem, MEDSEEK teamed with Project Hosts to implement an on-demand Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, and Office Project Web Access. With the EPM Solution, MEDSEEK can set more accurate client expectations and establish successful, repeatable delivery processes. Link to Medseek
Shire Pharmaceutical
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, lacked consistent project and resource planning methods, which hindered decision making. To address that need, Shire deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with help from Accenture, Microsoft Services, and Project Widgets. With the EPM Solution, Shire can now meet its strategic milestones more consistently, plan its resources more accurately, manage change proactively, and provide key leaders across the organization with consolidated, critical information to support decision making. Link to Shire
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
The Linc Group
The Linc Group (Linc) provides facilities management and building system services to more than 100,000 customers in 45 states and internationally. Linc worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, LMR Solutions (LMR) to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. After a smooth implementation, the solution was deployed to 350 employees within six months. Office Project Server 2007 has saved Linc time and money, improved employee collaboration and customer service, and provided Linc with an efficient way to evaluate employees fairly. Link to the Linc Group
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
JB Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is one of the largest transportation solutions companies in North America. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, J.B. Hunt employs more than 17,000 people and posted 2007 revenues of U.S. $3.49 billion. J.B. Hunt worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner UMT Consulting Group to implement Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new solution will save J.B. Hunt time and money; provide increased visibility, thus facilitating better allocation of resources; and give the company the tools it needs to be more competitive in its industry. Link to JB Hunt
Korean Airlines
Korean Airlines has rapidly soared to the rank of thirteenth largest airline in the world. To better manage a proliferation of projects and teams, Korean Airlines recently updated its Microsoft® Enterprise Project Management solution to take advantage of enhanced features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The solution will enable the company to better manage cross-divisional projects, lower project risks and costs, better utilize staff resources, and give project management tools to more workers. Link to Korean Airlines
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear
Project and Sharepoint
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
ITT Corporation
As an engineering and manufacturing contractor that works primarily with government agencies, ITT Corporation, Systems Division (ITT Systems), responds to requests for proposal (RFPs) on a regular basis, more than 60 times a year. To help infuse its proposal process with flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility, ITT Systems decided to evaluate a move away from its internally developed tool to an off-the-shelf solution. The company opted to work with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Pcubed to develop an enterprise project management solution based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Link to ITT Corporation
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology, a worldwide manufacturer of steel and other alloys, was investing in several large capital projects, including a U.S.$120 million facility expansion. The company had a limited in-house project management function and decided to create a project management office in the IT department and implement the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The solution was quickly and widely adopted to manage a range of capital projects. The smooth implementation has increased the credibility of the IT department, because the solution improves the company's ability to make efficient use of its resources. Link to Carpenter
Rodenstock
Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Rodenstock deployed the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, which it uses in conjunction with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rodenstock now has fast access to project data that is always up to date. The company's workflows proceed more quickly, which translates to a faster time-to-market. The solution also provides improved administration of access rights. Link to Rodenstock
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
Korean Airlines
Korean Airlines has rapidly soared to the rank of thirteenth largest airline in the world. To better manage a proliferation of projects and teams, Korean Airlines recently updated its Microsoft® Enterprise Project Management solution to take advantage of enhanced features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The solution will enable the company to better manage cross-divisional projects, lower project risks and costs, better utilize staff resources, and give project management tools to more workers. Link to Korean Airlines
Business Intelligence and Reporting
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
Medseek
Alabama-based MEDSEEK provides more than 600 healthcare organizations with Web portal technologies and consulting services to connect physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. As its projects increased in number and complexity, project managers lacked a comprehensive view into resources, schedules, and status. To solve this problem, MEDSEEK teamed with Project Hosts to implement an on-demand Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, and Office Project Web Access. With the EPM Solution, MEDSEEK can set more accurate client expectations and establish successful, repeatable delivery processes. Link to Medseek
Shire Pharmaceutical
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, lacked consistent project and resource planning methods, which hindered decision making. To address that need, Shire deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with help from Accenture, Microsoft Services, and Project Widgets. With the EPM Solution, Shire can now meet its strategic milestones more consistently, plan its resources more accurately, manage change proactively, and provide key leaders across the organization with consolidated, critical information to support decision making. Link to Shire
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear
Integrate with Line of Business Apps
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Rodenstock
Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Rodenstock deployed the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, which it uses in conjunction with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rodenstock now has fast access to project data that is always up to date. The company's workflows proceed more quickly, which translates to a faster time-to-market. The solution also provides improved administration of access rights. Link to Rodenstock
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear
Collaboration
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology, a worldwide manufacturer of steel and other alloys, was investing in several large capital projects, including a U.S.$120 million facility expansion. The company had a limited in-house project management function and decided to create a project management office in the IT department and implement the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The solution was quickly and widely adopted to manage a range of capital projects. The smooth implementation has increased the credibility of the IT department, because the solution improves the company's ability to make efficient use of its resources. Link to Carpenter
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
The Linc Group
The Linc Group (Linc) provides facilities management and building system services to more than 100,000 customers in 45 states and internationally. Linc worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, LMR Solutions (LMR) to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. After a smooth implementation, the solution was deployed to 350 employees within six months. Office Project Server 2007 has saved Linc time and money, improved employee collaboration and customer service, and provided Linc with an efficient way to evaluate employees fairly. Link to the Linc Group
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
Korean Airlines
Korean Airlines has rapidly soared to the rank of thirteenth largest airline in the world. To better manage a proliferation of projects and teams, Korean Airlines recently updated its Microsoft® Enterprise Project Management solution to take advantage of enhanced features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The solution will enable the company to better manage cross-divisional projects, lower project risks and costs, better utilize staff resources, and give project management tools to more workers. Link to Korean Airlines
Project Time Reporting
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Innovation Process Management
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
RCM Technologies
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
Pcubed United States
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Pcubed United States
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
EPMWorks S.A.
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Founded in 1914, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) is the largest state-owned bank in Costa Rica, with more than 1.3 million clients. It is subject to a very high level of accountability from oversight offices and the people of Costa Rica. A key part of meeting these expectations is effective project management within the organization. BNCR needed a way to gain greater visibility, efficiency, and accuracy in project management. In November 2006, BNCR teamed up with Microsoft® Certified Partner EPMWorks to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. BNCR currently has 76 projects managed with Office Project Server 2007. BNCR project directors have cut their project management time by 25 percent, spending less time and getting better results. Project accuracy has increased and resources are allocated more efficiently because of greater visibility. Link to Banco Nacional
Western Principles
Canaccord
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canaccord Capital Inc. is Canada's leading independent full service investment dealer with capital markets operations throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. To retain its competitive advantage, the company continually strives to be the most efficient firm in the industry. Canaccord needed a way to streamline project portfolio management and align investments in technology with strategic priorities. With the help of Western Principles, a Microsoft® Certified Partner, Canaccord implemented Microsoft® Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new system has improved project portfolio tracking, enhanced communications and increased productivity. Link to Canaccord
UMT Project and Portfolio Management Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Catapult Systems Inc.
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Orantech
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
Projility, Inc.
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
Corporate Project Solutions LTD
Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton City Council is a metropolitan local authority in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Following significant city growth and a corresponding increase in the number of projects needing to be managed, the Wolverhampton City Council wanted to improve its project and resource management methodologies. After detailed comparisons of project management solutions, the council chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The EPM Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, helps organizations to manage projects and resources more effectively. Since implementing the EPM Solution, the council has better visibility of projects and resources.Link to Wolverhampton City Council
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear
UMT Consulting Group LLC
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
JB Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is one of the largest transportation solutions companies in North America. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, J.B. Hunt employs more than 17,000 people and posted 2007 revenues of U.S. $3.49 billion. J.B. Hunt worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner UMT Consulting Group to implement Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new solution will save J.B. Hunt time and money; provide increased visibility, thus facilitating better allocation of resources; and give the company the tools it needs to be more competitive in its industry. Link to JB Hunt
Project Hosts
Medseek
Alabama-based MEDSEEK provides more than 600 healthcare organizations with Web portal technologies and consulting services to connect physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. As its projects increased in number and complexity, project managers lacked a comprehensive view into resources, schedules, and status. To solve this problem, MEDSEEK teamed with Project Hosts to implement an on-demand Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, and Office Project Web Access. With the EPM Solution, MEDSEEK can set more accurate client expectations and establish successful, repeatable delivery processes. Link to Medseek
Solvin Information Management GmbH
Rodenstock
Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Rodenstock deployed the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, which it uses in conjunction with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rodenstock now has fast access to project data that is always up to date. The company's workflows proceed more quickly, which translates to a faster time-to-market. The solution also provides improved administration of access rights. Link to Rodenstock
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
LMR Solutions
The Linc Group
The Linc Group (Linc) provides facilities management and building system services to more than 100,000 customers in 45 states and internationally. Linc worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, LMR Solutions (LMR) to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. After a smooth implementation, the solution was deployed to 350 employees within six months. Office Project Server 2007 has saved Linc time and money, improved employee collaboration and customer service, and provided Linc with an efficient way to evaluate employees fairly. Link to the Linc Group
Project Solutions Group, Inc.
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
North America
Microsoft Human Resources
Microsoft Human Resources, which supports the 93,000 employees of the global software company, wanted to make better strategic decisions about its portfolio of projects. As Human Resources developed new portfolio management processes, it worked with a prerelease version of Microsoft Project Server 2010, tailoring the software to fit the business processes of its five Human Resources Centers of Excellence. Human Resources has used Project Server 2010 to improve the ways it collects information on projects and how it reports that information to executives. These improvements have helped leadership make better decisions and pare the portfolio from 200 to 25 projects. The result is higher-quality projects and smoother scheduling, with improvements in transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Link to Microsoft Human Resources
Marquette University
Marquette University—a large Jesuit university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—wanted to expand its project management practices. Although Marquette successfully managed projects inside and outside the IT department, it wanted to better track and prioritize potential projects and improve its resource management. Marquette implemented Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010, which the university uses to maintain an integrated database of potential and existing projects and to prioritize projects based on business rules. With the solution, the university has improved its resource management, and it uses dashboards to communicate business intelligence to internal customers and senior management. Demand for project management services across the university is increasing due to the effectiveness of its project management processes and tools. Link to Marquette University
Malcolm Pirnie
As environmental engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie grew, teams were more geographically diverse and project durations were decreasing due to faster delivery methods. The firm realized that it needed more consistent project delivery processes. It also sought to provide employees with flexible communication and collaboration tools. The firm invested in integrated solutions for business productivity and signed a Microsoft® Enterprise Client Access License Suite agreement, deploying Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, plus unified communications capabilities. The firm's employees now can better collaborate on projects, strategize how best to serve clients, and gain visibility into project progress. They also use synchronous and asynchronous communications solutions for enhanced productivity and have experienced significant cost savings. Link to Malcolm Pirnie
University of Southern Mississippi
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research university with a student body of more than 14,000. The IT department was besieged with more requests than it could fulfill, resulting in incomplete projects and unhappy internal customers. Since implementing the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, the IT staff is making better strategic decisions, completing more projects, and boosting staff productivity by 40 percent. Link to University of Mississippi
Canaccord
Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canaccord Capital Inc. is Canada's leading independent full service investment dealer with capital markets operations throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. To retain its competitive advantage, the company continually strives to be the most efficient firm in the industry. Canaccord needed a way to streamline project portfolio management and align investments in technology with strategic priorities. With the help of Western Principles, a Microsoft® Certified Partner, Canaccord implemented Microsoft® Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new system has improved project portfolio tracking, enhanced communications and increased productivity. Link to Canaccord
Santander (Drive Financial)
Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is one of the fastest-growing companies in the automotive finance sector. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management Solution; it used Project Hosts to host the solution and Catapult Systems to implement it. Within 45 days, the company had a customized EPM Solution, including integration with the company's IBM Cognos reporting system. Employees save hours each day with increased automation, and the company can analyze the business and forecast resources more accurately. Link to Santander
Virginia Housing Development Authority
The Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA), a state mortgage finance agency, wanted to improve its resource planning by centralizing the IT division's project management functions. VHDA established a Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. The organization's executive leadership uses the EPM Solution to view project dashboards and Gantt charts. The solution has also decreased the number of meetings needed to track project status. Link to Virginia Housing
ITT Corporation
As an engineering and manufacturing contractor that works primarily with government agencies, ITT Corporation, Systems Division (ITT Systems), responds to requests for proposal (RFPs) on a regular basis, more than 60 times a year. To help infuse its proposal process with flexibility, efficiency, and accessibility, ITT Systems decided to evaluate a move away from its internally developed tool to an off-the-shelf solution. The company opted to work with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Pcubed to develop an enterprise project management solution based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007. Link to ITT Corporation
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. While R&D spending at BD grew rapidly, the company's ability to analyze projects and investments lagged behind. The company chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The company now has a comprehensive view into its U.S.$400 million R&D budget, giving BD the information it needs to measure its investments against its stated strategy, make timelier decisions, and maximize its return on investment. Link to Becton Dickinson
Medseek
Alabama-based MEDSEEK provides more than 600 healthcare organizations with Web portal technologies and consulting services to connect physicians, patients, employees, and consumers. As its projects increased in number and complexity, project managers lacked a comprehensive view into resources, schedules, and status. To solve this problem, MEDSEEK teamed with Project Hosts to implement an on-demand Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Office Project Professional 2007, and Office Project Web Access. With the EPM Solution, MEDSEEK can set more accurate client expectations and establish successful, repeatable delivery processes. Link to Medseek
Shire Pharmaceutical,
Shire Pharmaceuticals, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, lacked consistent project and resource planning methods, which hindered decision making. To address that need, Shire deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with help from Accenture, Microsoft Services, and Project Widgets. With the EPM Solution, Shire can now meet its strategic milestones more consistently, plan its resources more accurately, manage change proactively, and provide key leaders across the organization with consolidated, critical information to support decision making. Link to Shire
Carpenter Technology
Carpenter Technology, a worldwide manufacturer of steel and other alloys, was investing in several large capital projects, including a U.S.$120 million facility expansion. The company had a limited in-house project management function and decided to create a project management office in the IT department and implement the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The solution was quickly and widely adopted to manage a range of capital projects. The smooth implementation has increased the credibility of the IT department, because the solution improves the company's ability to make efficient use of its resources. Link to Carpenter
Microsoft Project Development Group
The Microsoft Project Development Group, which develops project management solutions for the global software company, needed to manage the complex development effort for its new product, Microsoft Project 2010. The group decided to use prerelease versions of its own software to plan and track all of its engineering activities. The Project Development Group used Project 2010 to choose and plan a portfolio of potential software features, allocate resources to these feature development efforts, and track progress against changing goals. Link to Microsoft Project Development
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Journal) is the primary newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Journal employs 900 people and is distributed widely throughout Wisconsin. The Sentinel's PMO implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and received an immediate return on investment. The EPM Solution has streamlined total work management, provided visibility and accountability, increased employee efficiency and involvement, simplified reporting compliance, and helped the Journal increase its competitive edge in the news reporting industry. Link to Milwaukee Sentinel
The Linc Group
The Linc Group (Linc) provides facilities management and building system services to more than 100,000 customers in 45 states and internationally. Linc worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner, LMR Solutions (LMR) to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. After a smooth implementation, the solution was deployed to 350 employees within six months. Office Project Server 2007 has saved Linc time and money, improved employee collaboration and customer service, and provided Linc with an efficient way to evaluate employees fairly. Link to the Linc Group
Coca Cola Bottling of Charlotte
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) is a leader in manufacturing, selling, and distributing carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, teas, juices, and energy drinks. The company's Information Systems and Services Department needed to track all of its projects in a single repository and to do more detailed cost reporting than its project management solution allowed. To address this need, CCBCC deployed the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Office Project Server 2007, and Office Project Professional 2007. CCBCC can now analyze its finances more accurately, easily comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and SOP 98-1 regulations, and better manage its resources. In addition, it has the visibility to make decisions and achieve its goals in less time. Link to Coca Cola Bottling
JB Hunt
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is one of the largest transportation solutions companies in North America. Headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas, J.B. Hunt employs more than 17,000 people and posted 2007 revenues of U.S. $3.49 billion. J.B. Hunt worked with Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner UMT Consulting Group to implement Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007. The new solution will save J.B. Hunt time and money; provide increased visibility, thus facilitating better allocation of resources; and give the company the tools it needs to be more competitive in its industry. Link to JB Hunt
Latin America
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Founded in 1914, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR) is the largest state-owned bank in Costa Rica, with more than 1.3 million clients. It is subject to a very high level of accountability from oversight offices and the people of Costa Rica. A key part of meeting these expectations is effective project management within the organization. BNCR needed a way to gain greater visibility, efficiency, and accuracy in project management. In November 2006, BNCR teamed up with Microsoft® Certified Partner EPMWorks to implement Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. BNCR currently has 76 projects managed with Office Project Server 2007. BNCR project directors have cut their project management time by 25 percent, spending less time and getting better results. Project accuracy has increased and resources are allocated more efficiently because of greater visibility. Link to Banco Nacional
Asia Pacific
First National Bank of South Africa
First National Bank (FNB) is a leading financial services organisation in South Africa with 680 branches. The FNB Branch Banking division saw the need to better align projects at its branches with its business strategy, and to gain a single view of multiple projects in every branch. Information sharing is at the heart of any business, and FNB Branch Banking is no exception. "We needed more than an enterprise project management tool," says David Milligan, Head of the Project Support Unit, FNB Branch Banking. "We wanted to give our project managers an infrastructure that helps them search for information, find it, and share it among themselves." Having already implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution with Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 as an EPM tool, the bank took the opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. FNB Branch Banking project managers now have an end-to-end integrated project and portfolio management tool that helps to deliver new business value and ensure excellence in project execution. Link to FNB for South Africa
Webzen
Keeping projects on track is critical, because time-to-market is a matter of survival in the highly competitive gaming market. Webzen estimates that a six-month delay in a game's introduction results in a 33 percent reduction in sales. After surveying products from several vendors, Webzen selected Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. "We liked how the Microsoft project management products operated with the other Microsoft products that we have, such as Microsoft Office Outlook®, Microsoft Office Excel®, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007, and how easy they were to use," Jun Huh, project manager for Korean gaming leader Webzen says. "We're now able to manage our schedules far more precisely," Huh says. "I can show my project vision to my developers and my managers, with accurate milestones. The benefits ripple throughout the company, to departments such as marketing and public relations, which need to plan their work around ours. Link to Webzen
Korean Airlines
Korean Airlines has rapidly soared to the rank of thirteenth largest airline in the world. To better manage a proliferation of projects and teams, Korean Airlines recently updated its Microsoft® Enterprise Project Management solution to take advantage of enhanced features in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The solution will enable the company to better manage cross-divisional projects, lower project risks and costs, better utilize staff resources, and give project management tools to more workers. Link to Korean Airlines
EMEA
Amdocs
Amdocs, a global provider of customer experience systems, wanted to help its IT teams work more efficiently. Project management was particularly challenging because teams worked in multiple locations and used different software development models. To improve workflow, Amdocs is standardizing its application life-cycle management processes with Microsoft Project Server 2010. It is also integrating the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server and Exchange Server 2007. IT administrators benefit from deployment that is more than 50 percent faster, and Amdocs expects to cut costs by streamlining project management. Employees have Web-based access from almost any location and work more easily with a familiar interface. Managers now have better project visibility, and the company can extend the centralized solution to include more users and applications. Link to Amdocs
Scandinavisk Data Center
Scandinavisk Data Center (SDC, formerly SDC Udvikling) is a Danish company that develops IT systems for financial services firms. SDC deployed a solution based on Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Web Access technology. With this software, SDC employees can smoothly track multiple sub-projects; provide easy Web-based access to project information for team communication, collaboration, and tracking; efficiently report to management; and plan for future resources. Link to Scandinavisk Data Center
Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton City Council is a metropolitan local authority in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. Following significant city growth and a corresponding increase in the number of projects needing to be managed, the Wolverhampton City Council wanted to improve its project and resource management methodologies. After detailed comparisons of project management solutions, the council chose the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. The EPM Solution, which includes Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, helps organizations to manage projects and resources more effectively. Since implementing the EPM Solution, the council has better visibility of projects and resources. Link to Wolverhampton City Council
Rodenstock
Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Rodenstock deployed the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution, which it uses in conjunction with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Rodenstock now has fast access to project data that is always up to date. The company's workflows proceed more quickly, which translates to a faster time-to-market. The solution also provides improved administration of access rights. Link to Rodenstock
Getronics
In the global IT services industry, enterprise customers make their IT infrastructure outsourcing decisions based on fractions of a dollar per PC. Efficient project management is essential to maintaining high levels of customer service that Getronics customers expect and to controlling costs, which keeps the company competitive. Integration of EPM 2007 with the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Portal Server Accelerator for Business Scorecard Reporting provided executives and other Getronics managers with a centralized Microsoft SQL Server® data repository and easy-to-use tools that are tailored to each manager's role. Accessible information and tools helped decision makers create dedicated resource plans and monitor ongoing resource use, monitor new project requests, prioritize and run active projects, and retire underperforming projects or programs. "Because services generate most of our revenue, and labor represents most of our total costs, everything that we can do to help our employees work more efficiently has a direct, positive effect on our bottom line,"" cites Berend Vander Zwaag, Director of ICTO Project Management Office. Link to Getronics
National Nuclear Laboratory
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), which is owned by the British government, has a lengthy, successful track record in nuclear research and development, and employs more than 600 people. A review of project management systems highlighted that the organization used disparate and manual project reporting and progress tracking methods. To move toward integrated business processes, NNL implemented the Microsoft® Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution. NNL quickly realized value from the solution. It now has greater organizational consistency and standardization, and is moving toward using one data set across the business. Link to National Nuclear