By Eric Schoeniger

What if you are doing things right—but not doing the right things? At agere system, effactive project management is keeping IT aligned with bussiness goals.

You'd think Chris Morris would be frazzled. As senior manager in charge of IT project management for Agere Systems Inc., he has up to 2,000 projects in his portfolio. But while Morris is certainly busy, he seems relatively calm.
    However, the situation wasn’t always so ideal. Major initiatives were stalled. Project plans were more historical record than future projection. And there was no ability to clearly see interdependencies among projects. “Everybody had Microsoft Project on their desktop and a Gantt chart on their wall,” Morris says. “The problem was, we weren’t making project decisions based on what was affordable or good for the company.”

STRAIGHTFORWARD SOLUTION
    The solution for Agere was straightforward: Start taking full advantage of the Primavera project portfolio management software that was already installed, but not being fully used.
    Establish a dedicated program management office. And apply its hardwon lessons and methodologies to every IT project in the portfolio. As a result, IT can now better meet the needs of the business units – while operating under a drastically reduced budget.......

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