Tom Hughes
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From Chaos to Order
The Story of a Resource Planning Triumph
How about a Resource Planning set of system deliverables that (1) produces a vehicle that management can use to instill a disciplined planning process, (2) can act as a galvanizing communication device for stakeholders and execs, (3) replaces spreadsheets with data integrity and accuracy, (4) provides strategic resource planning ratios that show you what projects you can do and can’t do, and (5) supports the sustaining maintenance cost information required for compliance with SOP 97-2. Tom Hughes, SVP of Engineering at Emulex, a network components manufacturer, has done just that.
Arriving in 2003 via an acquisition, Hughes recognized that Emulex’s numerous acquisitions and growth had yielded weak processes that left the executives unclear about what and where they were spending their dollars. Tom developed a simple spreadsheet that helped, but only provided information on who and what programs resources were working on. Soon, he found himself “owning” the Resource Planning problem at Emulex, involving a constantly changing pool of 300-500 resources, with a mission to provide a “consistent oar” in steering toward a solution. With the assistance of PRTM and armed with process and the PDWare product, Hughes developed a capacity planning system that is a crowning achievement in his career, and a major contribution to Emulex.
In his presentation, Tom Hughes will review his approach that allowed him to discovered ten Ineffective Programs that consisted of 40 projects and were costing Emulex $30-$50M.
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