Background: Due to the extensive number of concurrent projects underway within the Finance function of this Fortune 500 multi-national manufacturer, this client needed to launch and support a PMO to manage progress, and to provide an efficient way for status reporting and resource allocation across competing priorities.
CTS Impact Solution: To support this client through the launch and on–going management of the PMO, CTS Impact provided strong project management expertise to perform the following:
- Develop PMO tools and templates
- Standard project charter
- Standard tool to analyze business case and project ROI
- Workload/resource allocation and prioritization model
- Standard project planning templates
- System and user testing
- Standard status reporting (for management, executives, steering committee, etc.)
- Post–implementation review analysis tool (budget, deliverables, etc.)
- Hands – on project management (CTS Impact staff)
- PMO Lead – pilot and implement tools
- Project Managers – assigned to specific client projects