case study: from excel to ppm – idexx’s move to better manage its business
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CaseStudy:FromExceltoPPM– IDEXX’sMovetoBetterManageItsBusinessRobMcGowan- ITProjectManagementOffice- IDEXX
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OverthepastyearIDEXXLaboratories(IDXX)hasmovedfrommanaginga$30MprojectportfolioinamassiveExcelspreadsheettothelatestversionofCAProject&PortfolioManagement(CAPPM).IDEXXisnowfullyutilizingthePortfolioManagementfunctionalitytomanagetheintake,planandmakecriticalresourcedecisionsregardingtheirITprojectportfolioandresources.ThroughtheuseofresourcemanagementandcalendarsinCAPPMtheteamnow(forthefirsttimeever)hasthecompletepictureofsupportandmaintenancetime,enhancementwork,non-workingtimeandprojectwork.JointhissessiontolearnhowIDEXXphasedinitsimplementationtobetteradoptawidearrayofCAPPMcapabilitiesrangingfromtimereporting,toresourcemanagement,tofullportfolioplanning.Theaudiencewilllearnmoreabouttheirtechniquesaswellasthechangemanagementprocessthathelpeditovercomechallengesalongtheway.
RobMcGowanIDEXXITProjectManagementOffice
Abstract
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IDEXX Laboratories
o IDEXX Laboratories is the leader in diagnostics and technology solutions for animal health and water/milk quality in the world
o Founded by David Shaw in 1983 – Over 30 years of diagnostic innovationso More than 8,000 employees worldwide o Headquartered in Westbrook, Maineo Deep veterinarian clinical, IT, and process expertise o Products that are exported in over 175 countries around the globeo IDEXX has invested over $400 million in the past 5 years into research and developmento Over 365 U.S. Patentso 1.6 billion dollars in revenue with a 10 billion dollar market cap
The History
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A look back in time…
Complete offline process
Excel based tools
Yearly planning cycle
2-3 month planning cycle
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We’re all consistent in our process, right?
Offline process varies on how we collect the data and store it
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Wait, I know the answer!
Hours 1 Hours 2 Total
1 2 4
1 2 310
Why don’t the numbers match?
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The race to the finish line…
Consolidating all the files and data is time consuming
What if…
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Legacy version of Clarity
What did we use Clarity for?o Timesheet tracking
• Projects• Enhancements• Basework
o Document storage• Auditable documents
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Key drivers for developing a new approach
VisibleFasterAgileFlexible
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Build the projects and create the demand
1. Create a project in clarity2. Add the resources to the project
• IDEXX has taken a role based approach for planning • Once the project is kicked off, named resources are added
3. Add the detailed hour estimates to the roles
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Creating the portfolio
o Create a new portfolio
o Build a power query and sync the projects you want to plan against
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Loading your target financials/resourcing
o In this step you will want to load the key roles you want to plan againsto In our case we still manually calculate a number with basework to create the maximum
availability for each role. This will be a future enhancement to our process to also let the system calculate this.
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How to answer the “what if” questionso You can now create an “above the line” vs. “below the line” view of the projects to see how
your budget and resources are impacted in the waterlines views
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Analysis of the resource impacts
o Based on the data you entered into the targets, you can now see resource needs based on the projects above the line that are causing demand
o Since we plan on roles we look at this by how many headcount of that role do we lack or exceed capacity
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Opportunities
Next areas of opportunityo Use the system to calculate the
basework percentages. We still maintain this in a spreadsheet
o Maintain complete financials in the system – today many of the financial calculations are maintained in separate spreadsheets
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IDEXX is greenPlease project (don’t print) this presentation.
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