SOLUTION

Our team began by partnering with Con Edison’s Central Operations division, as well as Con Edison’s affiliate Orange & Rockland Utilities, to build schedules and reports for project management. As value was quickly realized, the client then extended the scope to full PMO implementations for its Gas Operations and Electric Operations divisions sequentially, followed by Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling services for the Substation Operations division.

With the processes and operations of each division differing widely, we focused on establishing consistency across the entire enterprise while maintaining flexibility to meet unique needs. Therefore, the overarching PMO services implemented — risk management, scheduling, cost management, estimating, training, stakeholder management and more — translated seamlessly across all divisions. This allows any project manager in any division to use and view similar tools, procedures and playbooks to execute projects, and maintains common reports for Con Edison’s upper management.

RESULTS

The project scope was completed in 2020 after establishing enterprisewide PMO services across four Con Edison divisions in less than five years. Since the project began, the client has experienced ongoing benefits to its bottom line by significantly boosting the number of projects it can complete on schedule and on budget. In some cases, project delivery was improved by up to 40% while reducing division-level capital budget variance to less than 2%. With marketable improvements across all divisions, Con Edison can rely on more accurate capital budgets for years to come as it pursues more complex and vital projects.