Trapped in old habits
Are you driving your projects or are your old processes driving you?
Today’s way of working demands a high level of quality, efficiency, collaboration and action that can only be achieved with a solid foundation provided by the systems and processes within your organisation. Relying on old methods and tools results in missed opportunities, poor outcomes and dissatisfaction. Transformation within projects and portfolios of work can significantly lift the overall success within an organisation but how do you make the change?
Asahi Beverages wanted to elevate work and transform processes across its diverse portfolio to achieve organisational strategy, improve resource utilisation, foster collaboration, and evolve decision-making with trustworthy insights. Working closely with Sensei, Asahi successfully implemented Altus, using a staged approach to drive progressive adoption of the new ways of working across the organisation.
Poor Project Outcomes
Are too many of your projects failing to get the results you need?
Poor project delivery can cost your organisation significantly. Not just in time and money but in failure to manage risk and achieve the intended outcomes. Increasingly, work and project delivery is being managed by teams not formally trained in project management, creating the need to support tools they are comfortable working with, while still getting the access, information and results you need.
Life Without Barriers had a centralised Project Management Office but was working with a diverse population of people across the organisation from ‘informal’ project managers to seasoned project professionals. Working with Sensei, they implemented the Altus platform that integrates with the varying tools used by their people, supports effective work delivery and brings a clear and precise flow of information and insights from project teams through to executives.
Strategic Execution Gap
Looking to connect your portfolios and programs of work to strategic goals?
As the role of the PMO evolves to drive strategic transformation in organisations, it’s important to be able to clearly align and assess your initiatives against key organisational goals, track and report on benefits realisation for the work underway, and give decision makers the visibility they need to prioritise and adjust key programs of work.
After completing a thorough needs assessment with Sensei and aligning platform delivery with its overarching digital transformation program, Melbourne Airport’s PMO now has a single source of truth and a single location to manage the oversight of its large enterprise and capital project portfolios, resulting in greater visibility and control for senior stakeholders to meet the goals of this flagship enterprise.
Find out more about Melbourne Airport’s strategic uplift here.
Data, Not Insights
Have you got data overload, when you really need insights into what’s happening in your business?
Information overload is a common problem in organisations today. There is so much data available, but what are the key indicators that help you to manage work, projects and portfolios effectively and drive your organisation forward? And how reliable are the numbers you are assessing?
The NSW Department of Customer Service wanted to break down internal silos and improve transparency across its extensive portfolio of work. The Department needed a platform that recognised its complex business structure and security requirements while surfacing data in one place. Accessing Sensei’s expertise in structured work management, insights and reporting, DCS now uses the Altus platform to gain full visibility across multiple areas and project types, bringing a whole of Department perspective on how they are tracking on their commitments.
Tech Neglect
Wanting to consolidate your technology investment?
It’s common to have a wide range of platforms and tools being used for the same purpose by different teams across your organisation. Not only does this add to overall costs (licences, training, collaboration) but it also means processes and information are fragmented and the enterprise platforms you’ve invested in are not achieving the planned business return.
Like many organisations, Mater had no issues with using different software and processes for managing projects when it was a smaller operation. Basic task management tools and spreadsheets were quite capable of meeting the needs of the handful of initiatives underway at any given time. But as its digital transformation requirements grew, Mater chose to work with Sensei to leverage its investment in Microsoft technology, creating a connected ecosystem to meet its diverse work and project management needs.
Excel Hell
Is your project information locked up in multiple tools, systems and spreadsheets?
It’s a common problem to have key work and project information locked up in old legacy systems, spreadsheets, documents, and task tools. Project managers spend valuable time chasing down information that’s often out-of-date and unreliable, and more time wrestling it into reports. Unlocking information and connecting work and processes across your organisation has never been more critical, particularly with modern day teams often working from several locations.
Hydro Tasmania was struggling with siloed information held in spreadsheets and its various works management systems, complicating maintenance management and impeding project risk visibility. Deciding to take a proactive approach, Hydro Tasmania partnered with Sensei to deliver an integrated solution that now provides visibility and a consistent approach to all work and projects underway, accurate information on all current and past work delivered and an overall uplift in project management capability.
Find out more about Hydro Tasmania’s organisational project management uplift here.
Not sure where to start? We offer a complimentary Envision workshop
A great place to begin is taking some time out to review where you are now, identify where you want to be and create the vision to get there.
If you’re ready to take the next step in improving how your work projects and portfolios contribute to your organisation’s success, Sensei is here to help.
We are happy to organise a complimentary half-day Envision workshop where your PMO team, IT specialists and key stakeholders are guided through a structured process to help uncover your organisation’s goals and the best way to achieve them.