28 Jan 2019

Case Study: A Caterpillar Machinery Reseller brings work automation and business intelligence to their PMO

Executive Summary:

One of the major Caterpillar Machinery Dealers engaged Optimum to establish the company’s Project Management Center of Excellence and implement Smartsheet best practices and templates for the execution of their large initiatives.

Our team of Project Management and Technology Experts started the project by evaluating and assessing the organization’s current Project Management Maturity Level and processes and providing an enhanced PMO strategy, maturity roadmap,  and a set of processes, standards, templates, and best practices.

Also, Optimum developed robust and scalable Smartsheet designs and reporting dashboards to increase the user adoption, support the company’s larger Growth and Transform initiatives, and a broader rollout of the project management best practices to other groups, beyond the IT PMO.

 

Some of the key deliverables of the project include:

Enhanced/New Processes:

A stage-gate methodology based on the PMI standards • Project Change Control and Change Management Process • Schedule and Cost Control & Reporting Process • New Project Request Process • New Project Initiation and Planning Process • Project Closeout and Business Handoff Process • Project Management Best Practices



New Templates:

Status Reports • Risk Log • Decision/Action Log • Change Request Form • Resource Plan • Steering Committee/Executive Status Reports • Project Communication Plan • Testing, Training • Rollout/Transition to Business Plans • Business handoff/Sign-off Form



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