Originally presented at the Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit 2013, Ulrich Aigner from Austrian Airlines discusses driving innovation via advanced PPM.

1. Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit
How to drive Innovation
via Advanced
Project Portfolio Management
Ulrich.Aigner@austrian.com
2013-06-04, LON
Austrian Airlines

2. Agenda
Brief Company & PMO Profile
Methodology
& Project
Management
Project
Portfolio
Management
• how to do it
• doing
projects right
• what to do
• doing the
right projects
www.austrian.com
Tool
facilitate PM
work, control
(content,
progress,
budget)
• are we doing
well
• delivering the
outcome?
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3. Austrian Airlines Profile
 We fly to 130 destinations worldwide
thereof 41 destinations to Central & Eastern Europe
 Our home base is the hub Vienna
 We carried 11,5 million passengers
in 2012 in total
 Our turnover in 2012 was 2,2 bn EUR
 We operate a fleet of 74 aircrafts
• 64 short and medium haul aircrafts
• 10 long haul aircrafts
 We’ve been part of Lufthansa Group since 2009
www.austrian.com
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4. Process Owner for PM & PPM
Strategic Services
 PM-Governance
 Project Portfolio Management
(Strategic Alignment, Priority Management, …)
 Executive Reporting
Operational Services
 PM-Methodology
(Guideline); IPMA-Standard
 Quality Assurance/Audits
 Project Management
 PM Tool Support/Admin
Competency Services
 PM-Training
 PM-Coaching
▫ Resource Management
PMO in business since 2001
www.austrian.com
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5. Agenda
Brief Company & PMO Profile
Methodology
& Project
Management
Project
Portfolio
Management
• how to do it
• doing
projects right
• what to do
• doing the
right projects
www.austrian.com
Tool
facilitate PM
work, control
(content,
progress,
budget)
• are we doing
well
• delivering the
outcome?
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6. A to B without Innovation?
A
B
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7. PMO Goals & Requirements
 Drive innovation via project management
 Support top management to make the right
decisions regarding projects and project portfolio
 Help management to get relevant information
regarding their projects
 Help to focus on company not business units
 Support the project managers through project
coaches
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8. Hard Facts to Select
 Idea derives from Business Unit
 PMO checks:
Strategy
Allignment
Earnings
+
NPV
(40%P)
Priority
=
ROI
(20%P)
40%
60%
100%
 PMO checks further on parallel projects
 PMO filters non relevant projects
 PMO provides projects for approval by top mgt
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9. PPM-Monitoring Cycle
Project Controlling
Project Manager + PM-Coach + Controller
Action
Tracking
Clarifications
on Actions
PMO
Coach, PjMgr,
Project Owner/VP
Controlling
Project Portfolio
Prepare
Project Portfolio
Board of Directors
 every trimester
with according VP
PMO
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10. Agenda
Brief Company & PMO Profile
Methodology
& Project
Management
Project
Portfolio
Management
• how to do it
• doing
projects right
• what to do
• doing the
right projects
www.austrian.com
Tool
facilitate PM
work, control
(content,
progress,
budget)
• are we doing
well
• delivering the
outcome?
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11. Be a fool without a tool…
PMO assures:
plan
monitor
select
RIGHT
Projects
control
measure
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12. - PM/PPM all in one
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13. Thank you!
&
any
questions?
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