Fortune 1000 Medical Products Company: Multiple New Product Introductions
Initial Situation:
- Lack of prioritization of projects
- Meeting major milestones only about 20% of the time
- Resources required to work extensive overtime in order to complete projects
- Project schedules too detailed to be managed practically
Client Objectives:
- Meet critical delivery dates
- Improvement in quality of life for employees
- Internalize knowledge and ability to deliver the methodology and tools
- Clear project and task priorities
The ProChain Solution:
- Situation analysis and implementation planning
- Network Building and analysis resulting in realistic, manageable project schedules
- Management and worker training and education
- Single project methodology implementation followed by multiple project scheduling
- Creation of Internal Experts
Results Achieved:
- Have scheduled more than 30 top priority projects
- On-time completion of projects increased from 22% to well above 90%
- Completed most important 2001 project 4 months early
- ROI conservatively 500:1
- "We're obviously less stressed and more effective" — Senior Manager