Case Study: GlobalConnect cuts project-management hours by 84% and runs more projects simultaneously with Microsoft Project

Technology and Data Communications Provider Reduces the Hours Teams Spend on Project Management by 84 Percent With Microsoft Project

GlobalConnect, a leading technology and data communications provider across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Germany, embarked on a two‑year digital transformation with dozens of concurrent IT projects but lacked the visibility and speed to deliver on time and on budget. Struggling with PRINCE2 workflows, slow manual approvals and limited executive oversight, GlobalConnect selected Microsoft Project to provide clear project visibility and to support the Half Double delivery methodology.

Using Microsoft Project (Project for the web) built on Microsoft Power Platform — with Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps and Outlook integrations and implemented with partner ProActive A/S — GlobalConnect digitized gated approvals, resource pooling, pulse‑check surveys and live dashboards in Teams. The Microsoft Project solution reduced project management hours by 84%, let the company’s 25 project managers handle three projects instead of two, eliminated monthly evaluation meetings, and enabled faster, data‑driven decisions across the portfolio.

GlobalConnect

Peter Kjaer Sørensen

Head of Project and Portfolio Management