2013
Motorola, a large multinational technology company faces several management et organizational issues. After analysing the areas that required adjustement, Motorola implemented HP’s Project and Portfolio. This case study analyses the impact of this decision on the company.
Motorola turns to Project Portfolio Management
SOMMAIRE
1) Overview of the challenges Motorola faces
2) Features of HP PPM most useful to Motorola
3) What adjustments had to be done Before implementing HP PPM
4) Business impact of adopting HP PPM at Motorola
A competing offering to HP PPM
5) The difference with HP PPM, the competitive advantage and example of another company realizing same benefits.
1) Overview of the challenges Motorola faces:
A weakened economic Climate
Intense competition
A need to review all major segments of the system.
Before implementing HP PPM, Motorola was facing several problems linked to its multinational aspects:
Motorola company had thousands of systems performing various functions. At a certain point, Motorola loses visibility of information, slowing the decision making process.
Furthermore, the economic crisis pushed the managers to reset some areas that were not efficient enough and were too much expensive. A lack of communication enhanced loss of efficient work for the employees ( “the redundant silos”) and highlights a need to find a better way to coordinate the massive number of IT employees.
In this situation, Motorola faced the need to better manage its system and the urge of lower drastically the costs.
2) What Features of HP PPM were most useful to Motorola?
The HP PPM has 3 main features which are very useful to Motorola:
1) Compare proposals, projects, and operational activities against budgets and resource capacity levels Centralize information.
2) Allows Motorola's IT employees and managers quick and easy access to any and all data pertaining to the