Case Study: Microsoft achieves greater consistency and lower costs with Technology Associates' Project Server 2010

Microsoft IT Cuts Costs, Gains Greater Consistency with Project Planning Software

Microsoft Corporation worked with Technology Associates to address inconsistent project planning processes, fragmented tools, slow manual reporting, and difficulty tracking benefits across its IT portfolio. Microsoft IT needed a more unified way to consolidate project planning, simplify governance, improve data visibility, and reduce both tool and training costs. A key platform in the effort was Microsoft Project Server 2010, along with related Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and reporting technologies.

Technology Associates helped Microsoft Corporation implement a solution centered on Microsoft Project Server 2010 to standardize planning workflows, centralize data, and improve portfolio optimization and reporting. The result was reduced costs through tool consolidation, lower support needs, better tracking from demand through execution, and a single source of truth for project data. Microsoft also reported that it could reallocate its training budget and use more real-time, executive-ready reporting, with nearly 500 employees using the new planning process in the pilot.

Microsoft Corporation

Katherine Olson

Program Manager