Case Study: Leading Aviation Trade Organization achieves on-time, on-budget project delivery with Planview LeanKit

How One Global Pmo Solved the Spreadsheet Challenge

The PMO for the world’s leading aviation trade organization—supporting three project delivery teams across Canada, China and Switzerland and managing about 45 projects a year—struggled with spreadsheet-based tracking that gave only periodic snapshots and required the Head of IT Project Delivery to spend hours each week compiling updates. With teams across three continents and 12 time zones, they needed a real-time, low-friction way to stay synchronized and surface risks quickly.

They adopted Planview LeanKit’s visual, customizable Kanban boards so team leads could update progress directly, use tags and filters for location-based views, and model complex processes without central gatekeeping. The change cut executive reporting time by 30% (saving ~40 hours/year), halved weekly meeting time to about 20–25 minutes, and helped the PMO consistently deliver projects on time, within scope, and on budget, boosting internal customer satisfaction.