Project Abstract

This office reported directly to the CIO and was challenged to coordinate all Information System activities within the corporation.  This helped ensure that all Information System projects were proceeding on schedule and there were no barriers to successful completion.

 A major accomplishment of the Program Office was the successful coordination of a “bundled” project that saw four different project teams, working concurrently, implement significant enhancements to the single instance of the corporate SAP ERP system.  During this “bundling” project, a team based in Europe was enhancing SAP and converting data that allowed the EURO to be used as the house currency.  At the same time, a U.S. based team was integrating 47 new plasma collection centers into SAP.  Additionally, a global team successfully implemented SAP enhancements that were required because of the corporate acquisition of 5 new products from its parent company and a team performed the modifications necessary to relocate a sales office from Singapore to Hong Kong.  The Program Office scheduled weekly status meetings and facilitated project team to project team communications that helped ensure that all projects could coexist in the established development, testing, and quality assurance computer environments.