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Extending PPM Across the Business
Dan Greer – Rego Consulting
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Debra Earl, PMP – American Family Insurance
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Agenda
INTRODUCTIONS
OVERVIEW OF TRUE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Q&A
AMERICAN FAMILY CASE STUDY – BACKGROUND
CASE STUDY – RESULTS
CASE STUDY – LESSONS LEARNED
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Abstract
Learn from a CA customer using CA PPM to plan and manage portfolios across all of its business units, while administrating it all through a centralized Strategy organization. The customer and their implementation partner will share how CA PPM has been expanded successfully across the business and provide tips for how your business can do the same.
Dan GreerRego ConsultingPresident
Debra EarlAmerican Family InsuranceCorporate Program Management Specialist
Introductions
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Dan Greer
Dan has spent his entire career working within IT governance. He has years of practical experience implementing concepts, processes, deliverables and tools in both small and large companies. Dan is currently the President of Rego Consulting, Inc. His firm is focused on helping companies improve internal processes and gain efficiencies through governance automation.
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Debra Earl
Debra joined American Family Insurance in 2010 as a Corporate Program Management Specialist and has managed the enterprise deployment of CA PPM . Debra has held strategic program and project management positions at numerous organizations in the financial, healthcare, government and telecommunications sectors over the last 25 years.
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Rego Consulting
Premium CA PPM partner
Largest independent CA PPM consulting firm in the world– 85+ resources in the US, Canada, UK and India
– 200+ direct customers
– Full suite of services
Implementations / Upgrades / Enhancements
Training / CAPA
Support
PMO startup and PPM process
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American Family
87 years
Doing business in 19 states
Extensive offering– Auto / Home / Life
– Umbrella
– Health
– Farm and Ranch
– Retirement
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American Family, cont.
VisionTo be the most trusted and valued customer-driven insurance company
MissionInspire, protect and restore dreams
ValuesTo be innovative, caring, agile, trustworthy, transparent and passionate
Community SupportHundreds of state and local events to help individuals and strengthen communities
True Portfolio Management
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What is Portfolio Management?
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)– A collection of work, projects and/or programs grouped together
– Facilitates effective management
– Targeted toward meeting strategic business objectives
Enterprise Project Management (EPM)– Focus on process
– Do the right work
– Increase transparency
– Deliver the highest business value
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What is Portfolio Management, cont.
More than grouping projects and potential projects– Making tradeoffs and decisions about how to best utilize resources
– Deciding which projects to start, continue, stop or postpone
– Continuous planning; constant re-evaluation
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Portfolio Management Trends
Holistic approachWith Lean’s strategy deployment, portfolio management is driven by alignment with business objectives, and value delivery takes a holistic view of the company’s projects, attempting to balance priorities and available resources with strategic objectives. (Lean IT, Stephen C. Bell, Michael A.
Orzen)
Fast and smallThe mix of investments in the enterprise portfolio will continue to shift toward fast-paced, small-scale projects. (CEB, A PMO Survival Kit, 5 Strategies to
Navigate Extreme Change)
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Portfolio Management Trends, cont.
Increasing adoptionThe percentage of projects in the portfolio managed as a program will increase, driven by business objectives, value delivery and responding to strategy changes more effectively. (CEB, Peer Perspectives in Program Management)
AdaptiveProject complexity remains while ability to manage project diversity in the portfolio is “the real game changer.” (CEB, Making Your PMO Adaptive)
American Family Case Study – Background
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American Family Case Study – Background
Selected CA PPM as the enterprise solution for project, program, portfolio and resource management
Expected Benefits– “One Stop Shop”
– Transparency into project and resource scheduling and risk and issue management
– Executive-level project health summarization, workforce forecasting and decision analytics
– Increased efficiency, better use of resources, TCO and strategic initiatives insight
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
PROJECT PORTFOLIO STAGES
Executive Leadership sets strategy and assigns initiatives to an SLT member
Alignment
- Strategy developed - Leadership Team sets key initiatives - Identify impacted business areas
- Select sponsoring division - Deadline established - Create divisional plans to align to overall strategy
- Strategic alignment - Accountable VP chosen - “Capital” estimated
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.PROJECT PORTFOLIO STAGES
Initiatives/projects are presented to the prioritization process
- Feasibility Phase:
Scope
Budget/timeline
Risk assessment
- Updated budget & timeline - Go/No Go decisions- Projects staffed & funded
Executive Leadership members work with their divisions on how to achieve strategic initiatives
Needs & Impacts
- Assess capital: - Determine impacts on other areas
Dollars - Estimate Timeline
People
Internal and outsourced resources
- Budget - Timeline- Impact on other projects
- Approval received
- Projects scheduled
- Projects sourced
- Divisions balance “keep the lights on,” operational improvements and strategic initiatives
Project Selection
- Strategic alignment - Accountable VP chosen - “Capital” estimated
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.PROJECT PORTFOLIO STAGES, cont.
Portfolio governance begins
Governance Process
- Project leads report progress to portfolio managers - Portfolio managers coordinate resources and projects
• Strategy team gathers input for monthly Executive Leadership review - Executive Leadership reviews progress and addresses resource shortage and surplus
• Projects continued, modified or stopped
- Executive oversight - Project status modified if needed- “Capital” and resources may be reallocated
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
Initial setup and deployment to the IS Division Q4 2011– approximately 1500 users
Expanded enterprise deployment through 2012 & 2013– Started with foundational functionality (time capture, project and
resource management)
– Proceeded with a parallel deployment path to provide enhancements and mature functionality already in use
– Additional 1500 users
Sector deployments in three waves– Each wave builds on functionality introduced in the prior wave
APPROACH
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
Portfolio, program and project management system of record– Transparency into portfolios, programs and projects (excluding
confidential projects)
Single source for all portfolio, program and project reporting – Enables leadership to make better data-driven decisions
– Initial Reporting completed using Portlets
– Consistent reporting eliminates discrepancies
– Data becomes more robust as user adoption increases
CA PPM’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
All divisions/departments utilize CA PPM for required projects
Resource Managers manage resource capacity and allocations– Use the data to facilitate discussions
Project Managers manage projects– Use the built-in WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) and Gantt
functionality
– Use the data for projects to guide project teams
CA PPM’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, CONT.
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
Guiding Principles– CA PPM is an enterprise application
– Maintain scalability and upgrade path
– Look to process change vs customization of the application
Governance Process– Centralized governance
– Assess enhancement requests for impacts
– Set enterprise standards
– Manage and monitor adherence to standards
THE JOURNEY
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
New users at all levels have access to an on-demand role-based training curriculum with monthly instructor led sessions for in-depth review of:– enterprise standard processes set for CA PPM
– personal configuration setup
– available reports/portlets
CA PPM’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, CONT.
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
– Where are resources spending time?
– What projects are consuming the largest number of hours?
– What is the ratio of time spent across projects or business lines?
– How much time is being spent in projects?
– Are resources spending time on strategic initiatives?
DEPLOYED – WAVE 1 – VISIBILITY
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
– Financial health at the project, program and portfolio Level
– Approved project cost and budget plan
– Money spent in expense and capital costs per business line
– Money spent in expense and capital costs for strategic initiatives
– Project allocations vs. actual work
– Project effort and financial forecasts
DEPLOYED - WAVE 2 – EFFORT DRIVEN PLANS AND FORECASTING , FINANCIAL PLANS
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
– Issues, risks, change requests impacting projects
– Overall project health
– Projects and tasks at risk of being late
– Projects due to complete this week, month or quarter
– Projects performance across the business line, portfolio and organization
– Change request impacts on project scope, budget and resources
IN PROGRESS - WAVE 3 – PROJECT HEALTH (ISSUES, RISKS, STATUS) CHANGE REQUESTS AND BASELINES
Status Schedule Alignment Risk
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American Family Case Study – Background, cont.
Many business units with different processes and tools
Adoption – business lines understanding ‘What’s in It For Me’
Reorganizations throughout the deployment
Changing priorities
KEY CHALLENGES
American Family Case Study – Results
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American Family Case Study – Results
21 divisions and departments across the major business units deployed
Engagement from senior executive team
Focus on adoption and results
Moving into financial continuous planning
Increased interest from business lines to utilize CA PPM for additional business needs
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.
Working to replace manual activities with automated workflows
Project visibility and transparency across the enterprise that did not exist before
Focus on continual process improvement and maturing use of the functionality
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.PHASE 2 – CA PPM ROADMAP DELIVERABLE TIMELINE – 2014
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.SCREENSHOTS – PROJECT OVERVIEW/TIME SUMMARY
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.SCREENSHOTS – MASTER/SUB PROJECT SUMMARY
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.SCREENSHOTS – FINANCIAL SUMMARY BY TRANSACTION CLASS
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.SCREENSHOTS – PROJECT HEALTH STORYBOARD
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American Family Case Study – Results, cont.SCREENSHOTS – ADOPTION METRICS
American Family Case Study – Lessons Learned
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American Family Case Study – Lessons Learned
Consistency, consistency, consistency
Must capture all future demand (resource and financial projections)
Organize portfolios based on how decisions are made (organization, goals, etc.)
Must report on current project health and status
Use a combination of rule-based and manual prioritization
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American Family Case Study – Lessons Learned, cont.
Metrics drive compliance
Must be able to provide the expectations from the project managers as well as the resource managers.
Having senior leadership to help get out the expectations early
Change management and communication is critical.
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