A Project Portfolio Management Journey

Carl Souchereau, Project Director – SNC Lavalin T&D

Agenda

Both Sides of the Fence??

EPMO Challenges and Needs

Strategic & Operational Level

Planning

• A wide variety of investment decisions to be made - need ‘apples to apples’ comparison

when making project selections

• High $ demand - Need to gain agreement on priorities

• Annual planning very time consuming – Need to reduce

• Confidence low about the $ return from projects – Need Consistent measurements

• Data for decision-making not trusted – Need for right information

• Many different and disconnected process and tools – Need for interfaces

• Used by many, inputs by few – need for simplicity and training

Project Manager Challenges and Needs

Operational/Tactical

Planning & Execution

• Different approaches to project management makes it tough to focus on projects at risk – Need

for consistency and commonality

• Improve estimating and managing cost – We all need this

• Execution over-runs – Need for realism in estimates

• Lack of trust in key project data impairs decisions – Need consistent

• Many different and disconnected process and tools – Need for Interfaces and doing what is

needed

• Same Data...different systems – Need to input data once and use the info by many

• One Stop Shopping – Need for one place to do it all

The Solution that Worked

Crawl, walk, run: multi year plan

Company-

Wide

Capability

Baseline: 2010

2011

2012

2013

2011

2012

2013 2014

Baseline: 2010

2014

Create & Select: from prioritization to optimization

Plan and Manage insight

Challenges Along the Way

Benefits