Program/Project Management Office
Established Industrial PMO and US Governance Board
About The Client
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. US large industries division
Project Overview
- Establish a Program Management Office to coordinate a portfolio of industrial programs/projects across multiple business units to leverage knowledge and establish US standards
Challenges
- Eight silo business units conducting programs without cross divisional risk assessment and mitigation strategies
- Increasing technology costs impacting operational budgets resulting in tension between IT and business
- IT lack understanding of business
Solution
- Established an Industrial PMO Office that aligned programs across business units to align to corporate US strategy
- Created a US governance board that established standards and shared knowledge across business units
- Restructured industrial IT so representative worked on location in business
- Formal communication, training and reassigning new roles and responsibilities
Business Impact
- Integrated IT into business units to utilize technology to support continuous process improvement
- Improved project deliver times and controlled budgets and scope
- Improved cross divisional engagement and communication thru implementation of US Governance Board
- Implemented standards across US divisions resulting in optimization of resource and reduced technology spend by 2% of revenue
- Higher profit sharing and more efficiency minded employees
