The document proposes an interactive flight plan tool to provide a high-level view of all projects for an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office. Feedback from a survey found the current flight plan was incomplete and inaccurate. The mission is to visualize impacting projects across a company to show active projects on national and local scales, their impact and complexity, monthly/weekly trends, project summaries, and totals. Next steps include training users, marketing the tool, improving communication, and conducting roadshows to educate users on the value of the interactive flight plan tool. Benefits include easily identifying project lifecycles, reducing meetings, providing training opportunities, and allowing quick access to important totals and numbers.

2. What if I told you there was a
way for you to get a high level
view of all the projects
currently in progress for your
Enterprise Portfolio
Management Office?

3. Interactive Flight Plan
Alex Villanueva
Mission Control Intern
Summer 2016

4. Professional Roadmap
START
Chicago, IL
Being involved with the INROADS Program has
lead to multiple opportunities with several
great companies within Cox

5. Understanding how to
enhance the Flight Plan
meant surveying the
current users
Some Feedback from the Survey
• “Not sure that all teams are
providing input to the flight
plan leaving gaps …….”
• “….Not complete and doesn’t
feel accurate enough to trust.
And don’t feel leadership
makes any decisions using this
info.”
• “I think the formatting could be
improved to easier summarize
locations projects…..”

6. The Mission Was Set
Visualize a way to present
impacting projects across Manheim
to focus on, but not limited to the
following:
• Active Projects on a National and Local
scale
• Impact & Complexity Level of Projects
• Monthly, Weekly, or even Yearly Trends
• Summaries of Active Projects
• Most important: Totals
Interactive Flight Plan

7. SO WHAT’S
NEXT

8. My Impact
What’s Next for the Flight Plan
Training
Mission Control will create materials
to conduct training sessions for
comprehensive understanding of
the flight plan tool
Marketing
Use of multiple Marketing practices
to distribute appropriate messaging
about the Flight Plan tool
Communication
Leveraging platforms such as Fuel,
Email, and Informative Videos –
Mission Control plans to educate
current and new users on the value
of the Flight Plan tool
Roadshows
An example of a Marketing
technique. Roadshows provide
Mission Control face time
opportunities with users

9. SO What’s
In It For
You?

10. Impact on Cox Communications
EPMO
Updates
Life of the project would be
identified in regards to how much
money has been sent in a specific
location, department, etc.
Meetings
Amount of meetings had would
reduce allowing business to run
more efficiently
Training
This is something anyone can learn
and teach others. This may lead to
future relations with Mission
Control at Cox Automotive on how
to use an Interactive Flight Plan in
Tableau.
MOST IMPORTANT
Totals will always be a quick away.
Numbers are key to strategy, which
can ultimately save you money
down the line.

11. Questions?