Establishing a Modern, Enterprise-Grade Capital Programs Function
ScottMadden has helped clients stand up project and program management organizations able to oversee and manage entire project portfolios.
At a Glance
Established a standardized approach to project selection that ensured alignment with organizational strategy
Improved compliance and audit finding resolution through enhanced oversight
Created centralized web-based reporting and analytics to enable transparency into automated reports shared with federal grant agencies
Challenge
A vertically-integrated public power entity was seeking to strengthen its program and project management capabilities and improve its strategic enterprise project portfolio management. The objective was to stand up a Capital Programs organization, develop the governance, policies, and procedures around project portfolio management, and deploy a system through which to manage and oversee all projects.
Process
- Developed the governance, and policies and procedures for enterprise project portfolio management
- Designed and implemented the organization structure, scope, and accountabilities
- Designed and developed the estimating and cost controlling systems and standardized templates
- Configured and deployed Microsoft Project Online as the enterprise project portfolio management solution with workflows and approvals tied to the project lifecycle
- Developed and deployed automations to capture regular project status updates from the project managers
- Developed and deployed project reporting and analytics in Microsoft Power BI to provide actionable insight and support management oversight of the project portfolio
- Developed and executed change management and training for project managers and project controls staff
Result
- A standardized approach to project selection, leading to better business outcomes aligned with the strategy
- Enhanced oversight leading to improved compliance and the resolution of multiple audit findings
- Centralized management projects across the enterprise with visibility via web-based reporting and analytics
- Facilitated automated report generation for federal grant agencies on a multi-billion-dollar program
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