At the end of the day, implementing effective, portfolio, resource and project management systems in new product development is all about change (doing things differently) and continuous improvement (doing things better). For almost a decade, mc2solutions has helped clients change and improve through our full-service capabilities:

Training: we offer seminars and workshops to introduce teams to powerful, breakthrough mc2solutions to their problems. Facilitation: we help teams build a bridge from how they do things today to how they will do them in the future. This helps them through the change and allows us to put proven, successful processes in place. Consulting: at all times, we provide assessment and guidance to make sure that you are getting maximum value and performance improvement from your mc2solution.

Some problems we solve...

Some solutions we provide...

PORTFOLIOS: We have tons of projects, but no priorities. Marketing says it’s important, so we’re working on it. Every project is top priority. Look, this the President’s pet project! Our priorities are changing constantly. RESOURCES: Our resources are overloaded and burned out. Our people have a lot of other work besides project work. We’ve got too many projects and not enough people. We are always in firefighting mode. People can’t stay focused on project work. PROJECTS: Our projects always finish late. We don’t have time to plan. We just need to get on with it. Our project plans are obsolete within a month after we start the project. Project cycle times are too long.

PORTFOLIOS: Portfolio problems typically revolve around VALUE: How do we maximize it? How does the value of one project compare to another? How does it fit our strategy? Click here for the mc2solution... RESOURCES: Resource problems typically revolve around ACHIEVABILITY: What is our project WIP (work-in-process) level? What is our supply-demand balance look like? Are we using LEAN and FLOW techniques to improve project throughput? Click here for the mc2solution... PROJECTS: Project problems typically revolve around EXECUTION: How are we eliminating WASTE in planning? How are we creating FOCUS and URGENCY during execution? Click here for the mc2solution...

Have you looked at your WHOLE system??? Is it sick??? In most organizations, the problems described above are inter-related between Portfolios, Resources and Projects. For example, project cycle times may be too long because resources are overloaded from too many active projects which may be the result of a lack of priority setting at the portfolio level by the management team. Yikes! In such cases, a point solution may not be enough. You need a system level solution to bring your portfolio back to good health and performance. Fortunately, mc2solutions has especially toiled long, hard and successfully in this area and is pleased to offer the VAX System. Click on the icon below to learn more.