Program Management Office

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

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
Challenges
Solution

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
Business Impact