MANAGEMENT :MOTOROLA TURNS TO PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Interactive Session 2

MANAGEMENT :MOTOROLA TURNS TO
PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

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1. What are some of the challenges Motorola faces as a business? Why is project management so critical at this company?
Challenges: How to better manage its systems and its projects to lower operating costs.
Why :
a. Project management will be more competitive by entering a ruthless and constant evolving sector (Smartphone) and being more efficient on coordinating its IT
（Multinational firm）
b. Project management will be more cost efficient by coping with the economic downturn
(by saving money and increasing efficiency) and it will better coordinate 1800 IS and
1500 IS employees for 1000 projects per year (avoiding redundant working)

2. What features of HP PPM were most useful to Motorola?
Help managers to compare projects
“Centralized source of other critical information such as the amount of investment dollars used by a process and the priorities of business requests coming through
Motorola’s system”
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Quick and easy access to data

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Perform analysis

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What-if scenario planning tool

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Reduction of cost structure by 40%

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Reduction of IT support costs by 25%

3. What management, organization, and technology factors had to be addressed before Motorola could implement and successfully use HP PPM?
Before Motorola could implement and successfully use HP PPM, they have tackled factors in different fields such as:

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Before HP PPM

After HP PPM

Management

Eliminate “redundant silos of activity ” to cut costs and increase productivity

Manage many workers more easily and leading to efficiency(save time)

Organization

Prioritize resource usage

Help managers compare proposals, projects and operation activities against budget an resource capacity levels

Technology

Automate processes, lower operating costs

Quick and easy access with a centralized source of information