Learning Objectives

• Understand methods to influence management and project managers on the importance of professional scheduling.
• Learn best practices used by Intel IT to simplify the deployment of a scheduling solution.
• Understand how reports and metrics can be used to bolster the success of a scheduling system deployment.

Quality scheduling and resource leveling is complicated. Add to the mix a complex scheduling system such as Microsoft Project Server and most project managers do not have the skill, patience or desire to be successful. Despite the barriers, quality schedules are critical to efficient resource utilization and schedule forecasting. But how do you implement an advanced scheduling tool and ingrain quality schedule management into your organization's culture?

Spencer Lamoreaux is the scheduling product manager for Intel IT and has implemented and managed a very successful Microsoft Project Server environment for the last three years in the large 6,000 person IT organization. This presentation will focus on his key learnings and what helped him make schedule management a focus for hundreds of large-scale IT projects. Spencer will share his experience and insight from implementing schedule management; he will cover key topics such as:

• selling the value of a scheduling system and process to management;
• raising the bar for schedule management with PMs;
• increasing competency and desire on the scheduling tool;
• tracking the success of professional scheduling in the organization;
• delivering value to PMs and management; and
• present key reports and measures used for successful schedule management and compliance assessment to IT scheduling standards.