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From Excel, Asana, and Monday to edison365! See first-hand how global HR solution ADP is streamlining project portfolio management all in one app for improved collaboration, total transparency, valuable reporting, and end-to-end delivery!
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Named in Fortuneยฎ Worldโs Most Admired Companiesโข list for 18 consecutive years, we sat down with ADPโs Director of Strategic Planning to find out why they chose edison365.
Summary
Challenge
With different teams using different tools, from Microsoft Excel to Smartsheet and Asana, it was difficult to truly optimize and streamline project and portfolio management. This led to a decrease in project communication, transparency, and coherence, while increasing manual and time-consuming updates and tasks.
Solution
An end-to-end solution was needed for widescale harmony across ADP's project and portfolio efforts; a customizable platform that could manage different projects, provide valuable reporting dashboards, and rid the need for various tools.
Results
ADP has established a solid foundation for project portfolio management in edison365, bringing structure to its wider team, and gaining better transparency over the entire PPM lifecycle. As they move away from a static, Excel-based strategy, edison365โs modular tools and the level of customization and templates make is easier to deliver unique customer experiences.
New PPM Beginnings ๐
In the past couple of months, ADP has laid the foundation for project and portfolio management in edison365, with their team busy customizing new templates and building processes. โPeople are beginning to realize the value of a tool like edison365. From leaders to associates, bringing more formal structure to our teamsโ.
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This customer has introduced both short-term and long-term change, something that has proven to be very rewarding, while also reiterating that it is still early days. โWeโre not at the end, weโve just begun [with edison365], so we will continuously improve, and so far, it has been a very successful launch.โ
On the topic of support, ADP praised the quick turnaround and dedicated level of support edison365 has provided, explaining how the people behind edison365 has been tremendousโฆ
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Itโs safe to say ADPโs project and portfolio management is in good hands, and their comment on the level of support as they roll out edison365 is a real testament to everyone in our customer success team!
โThe people part of this relationship has been really good for us, having collective support from you guys.โ
Benefits of choosing edison365โจ
One thing we love to hear how edison365 has transformed the way businesses work. The moments that add value to their team, projects and portfolio, and what it means for them moving forward!
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For this global HR giant, a big win was visibility and transparency over every project across their portfolio. No longer is work taking place in different apps without harmonious transparency.
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The team can access all their projects, and the data that steers their portfolio all in one place. But that wasnโt the only unexpected benefit. โThe team also loves getting out of Excel and using a cloud-based platform.โ
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To further drive home this point, ADP said โEveryone was frustrated with the templates in Excel. edison365 works and is a better tool that makes our lives easier.โ
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Their Strategic Planning Director also explained turning โDetractors into promotorsโ. In the months leading up to their decision to choose edison365, some executives were reluctant to move on from existing tools and processes.
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However, since launch, many of those previous detractors have come to realize the vast benefits, with edison365 showing that projects can move seamlessly through business cases, and from planning to execution.
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Accountability has also been a huge plus for this customer, as they described โhaving a tool helps delegate; whose working on what project, where do individual checklists live. It was an added win.โ
โWeโre turning detractors into promotors! Our wider team are beginning to realize the benefits of edison365.โ
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Project to Project, Strength to Strength โญ
Looking ahead, ADP has a lot of exciting plans! โFrom a portfolio standpoint, we want to see everything happening with our 70-or-so associates in edison365.โ There are high hopes to migrate it all into one place, from roadmaps and product releases to program management.
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To drive home this desire to bring everything into edison365, their Strategic Planning Director said, โFrom a big body of work that presidents can access to small tickets, it should all be in edison365. Thatโs the journey weโre on right now.โ
โEveryone has read access and given the nature of our business and the way itโs set-up, it expands across different HR functions.โ Playing such an important role in the entire employee lifecycle, means many HR professionals have access to edison365 to see what work is going on.
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Finally, ADP also praised the toolโs rich reporting API, saying โEverything we capture in edison365 can be reporting on, and we can pretty much pull up anything for auditing and reporting needs.
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Although it is still early days into this customerโs roll out of edison365, things are looking positive! As we continue to release exciting new features, and further support this global HR provider, we hope to see more project and portfolio success soon.
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We want to take this opportunity ADPโs help in putting this story together and are keen to highlight their success story more in the coming months!
โThrough these business cases and projects, weโre showcasing the monetary and non-monetary values of all our work.โ
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