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Case Study #1
• Project Managers responsible for task
classification, but they did not fully
understand the impact
• Poor data quality on capital/expense
classification on tasks
• Missed opportunity for capitalization
• Created standard templates with
minimum phases and tasks
• Created a process to automate the
population of cost type on detailed
tasks
• Held one-day training for Project
Managers
• Project Managers improved adoption and
understanding (took a couple months)
• Labor capitalization more accurate
• Time-tracking improved and senior
leaders began to use the timesheet data
for more predictive planning
• A little bit of automation goes a long
way in perception
• Train project managers on the
“why” as well as the “what” – they
need to understand
• Increased data quality = higher
leadership buy in
DRIVERS
LESSONS
OUTCOMES
APPROACH
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Case Study #2
• Business unit was moving from
Microsoft EPM into an enterprise
CA PPM instance
• A critical success factor was to
allow Project Managers to
continue using MSP for scheduling
• Trained a core group on how to migrate the
plans from EPM
• Migrated all plans 1 week prior
• Held One-day training for Project Managers
• Included high-touch support for Project
Managers for following month
• Migration was successful with
strong support and adoption from
project managers
• Very few issues with plans being
migrated, resulting in no work
disruption
• Microsoft EPM connection and the MSP
Connector don’t play well with each other
• Leave plenty of time to test and confirm
the migration approach
• High-touch support was critical for high
scheduling maturity managers
DRIVERS
LESSONS
OUTCOMES
APPROACH
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Case Study #3
• Complex schedules with enforced
details for financial controls, time
tracking, and health – leading to
poor adoption
• Wanted to find a way to increase
adoption without giving up some of
the complexity
• Provided a few options with pros and
cons for scheduling
• Conducted “conference room pilot”
with internal team with a few options
• Conducted pilot with a few users with
chosen option
• Implemented a “compromise”
schedule with some complex and other
simple elements
• Increased adoption and acceptance by
project managers
• A project schedule will not solve non-
schedule-related issues
• Project Managers must have the ability
to control their schedule – if not, they
will continue to use MSP offline
• Sometimes its best to use a “try before
you commit” approach
DRIVERS
LESSONS
OUTCOMES
APPROACH