4 Ways COVID-19 is Effecting PMOs

Some of our customers have had to shift their priorities due to COVID-19. Here are some stories that highlight the challenges they were faced with and how they were able to overcome them using KeyedIn's capacity planning, portfolio prioritization, portfolio analysis and Agile capabilities to react quickly.

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Business Agility

A healthcare organization is experiencing a major shift requiring all employees, not just frontline workers, to help take shifts at their hospitals and clinics. Even IT team members end up being on the front lines helping with projects to ensure social distancing, sanitization, and other regulations which required the business to quickly adapt to changing demands.

 

Read more about how KeyedIn enables organizational agility.

 

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Resource Allocation

Equipment manufacturer and reseller had to pivot and figure out how to handle resourcing with forced furloughs. Everyone in the company was required to take 2 weeks off and they used strategic capacity planing to figure out how to schedule  resources and ensure coverage to get through the month in which employees were off.

 

See how real-time resourcing insights in KeyedIn provided this company with the tools needed to adapt.

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Portfolio Prioritization

A large manufacturer and distributor of restaurant supplies were faced with a new challenge to help the company re-plan not only their people but equipment and supply chain. They quickly were able to reprioritize their manufacturing to take-out materials, disposable and on-time use packaging for their customers.

 

Learn how KeyedIn's latest release helps identify the most valuable projects to prioritize.

 

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Portfolio Analysis

As all storefronts were required to shut down for this large global retailer, they had to pivot to online. They needed to manage a shift in business priorities to increase their online presence and distribution completely changing their portfolio, but with real-time insights they were able to adapt fast and deliver value.

 

Learn more about how KeyedIn provides crucial portfolio analysis information for strategic decisions.

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Reprioritizing Your Portfolio During COVID-19

As many organizations were challenged to reprioritize their portfolio of projects due to COVID-19, Ruth Bedingfield, PMO Manager at Office Depot, and Mike Stone, Director of Portfolio Mgmt. at Universal Electronics, were faced with doing just that. Watch this short video to hear how they were able to reprioritize their portfolios quickly to respond to the shift of demands COVID-19 brought to their organizations.

 

Adopting Agile Principles During COVID-19

Hear from KeyedIn's Tom Raper as he talks about his interactions with companies looking to adapt/adopt Agile principles during the challenging times of COVID-19. Watch this short video to hear how he suggests organizations approach the transition to Agile at the enterprise level.

 
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