Case Study: Newell Brands achieves 50% faster project planning and saves 8,000 annual hours with Planview AdaptiveWork

Newell Brands - Customer Case Study

Newell Brands, a global consumer goods company behind brands like Sharpie, Rubbermaid and Coleman, reorganized its IT organization and rolled out a single help desk and SharePoint-based project process, but still faced program and portfolio management problems. Project velocity was slow, processes were manually intensive and confusing for new managers, the user experience was considered “clunky,” and reporting was difficult — all of which hampered planning and execution.

After evaluating options, Newell implemented Clarizen for its workflow capabilities, single source of truth, customizable templates, resource visibility and dynamic reporting, with rapid rollout and broad adoption. The result: project preparation and planning time was cut in half (from 89 to 45 days), request/definition/planning stages saw steep reductions, the company saved 8,000 hours/year in meetings, active projects grew from 42 to 100+ and portfolio value tripled — with centralized documentation, automated deliverables and 100% Clarizen adoption.

Newell Brands

Tom Leonard

Director of IT