Case Study: LSI/Agere Systems
The Company: Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors and software solutions for storage, mobility and networking markets. Agere’s Mobility Division designs and develops next-generation handsets for mobile phones and other consumer devices.

The Problem: Manual import of resource information into Microsoft Project; major IT system performance difficulties resulting from people simultaneously opening all linked projects one after the other.

The Solution: Agere upgraded to Microsoft Office Project 2003 while complementing it with TPG add-in products. TPG ResourceLink automatically imports resource data from an external HR database into the Enterprise Resource Pool; TPG MilestoneLink communicates milestone dependencies across projects; TPG MTA Client shows Agere’s project managers how their milestones are progressing over time; TPG MilestoneRollup provides an overview of all milestones in the project portfolio; and TPG AssignmentRollup show all the tasks of a given team member.

The Benefits: TPG’s solution delivers a dramatic increase in user acceptance, and significant time savings and efficiency improvements by automating manual tasks and providing management with valuable information on projects and milestones in an easy-to-read way. Productivity has improved and project participants are always on the same page concerning projects, resources, milestones, and capacity.

Project duration: May-October 2006

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