Data in Program Management
Program management is very challenging. It requires collaboration from a wide range of stakeholders, with information flowing rapidly across a broad landscape of systems. Project plans, progress, milestones, and pathways are crucial for project data management, and if these data are not well-managed, projects can be delayed, costs can increase, and critical deadlines may be missed. However, if data is combined and structured correctly, it is very possible to meet deadlines and avoid potential obstacles in project plans.
Synchronization of Project Data at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Wind engineering company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy builds wind farms, and its projects span long periods with many involved parties. Constructing a new wind farm requires close collaboration, alignment, and constant synchronization of plans and progress among product development, manufacturing, and construction employees. In practice, this can be a complicated task: The required information is dense, complex, and stored in different systems, making information exchange manual, tedious, slow, and error-prone. Siemens Gamesa needed a solution to ensure that all stakeholders shared the same information quickly and effectively: “What we wanted to do with the synchronization report was improve information flows throughout the organization.” (Marianne Nicolaisen, Project Director, SYNC Program).
Simultaneous Visualization and Planning of Data in Progress with Power BI
Devoteam Data Driven created a Power BI report for the issue presented by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. This report combined data from all relevant source systems and displayed them in a single view, as shown in Image 1. The report provides an overview of different projects, their details, and milestones, while also highlighting any potential missing data for continuous solution improvement. All stakeholders have easy access to this report, ensuring the speed and quality of information. The report was developed in 2021: “We consider both the program and the report a success, as we can see increased collaboration throughout the organization.” (Marianne Nicolaisen, Project Director, SYNC Program).
Choose Devoteam Data Driven to guide you on your journey to data.
Throughout the project, Devoteam Data Driven has played the role of data experts and advisors while facilitating the development of the solution. Our consultants worked closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements, propose a suitable technical solution, and develop the entire solution in close communication with Siemens Gamesa. “If I analyze the collaboration we have had with Devoteam Data Driven, we can see that they have provided us with results much faster than we could have achieved ourselves, basically through the skills and approach they brought to the creation of these reports.” (Marianne Nicolaisen, Project Director, SYNC Program).
Are you also having difficulties consolidating data from different systems within your organization? Do you also lack transparency in your information flows or wish for information to be more quickly and automatically accessible?