Case Study: Mentor Graphics achieves 94% on-time project delivery and unified project visibility with Planview

Mentor Transforms IT to Achieve Project Visibility and Improved Communication Across the Business

Mentor, a global leader in Electronic Design Automation with ~5,500 employees across 29 countries and 86 locations, faced chronic IT delivery problems: projects were over budget, late, and poorly prioritized—105 projects were forecasted while only 40 finished that year. Disconnected tools (spreadsheets, SharePoint, email) and no formal governance left initiatives without clear objectives, ROI or resource visibility.

Mentor adopted a three‑phase program—establishing IT governance, standardizing on Projectplace for collaboration, and deploying Planview Enterprise for portfolio and resource management—to create a single source of truth and synchronize work across tools. The result: on‑time delivery rose from 50% to 94%, better prioritization and cost visibility (including internal resource costs), fewer ad‑hoc tools, and improved credibility and alignment between IT and the business.

Mentor Graphics

Brian Tharp

IT PMO Manager