Eurofound

Future-proofing Cloud Project Management with Microsoft Project.

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Eurofound (The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions) aims to improve the living and working conditions of EU citizens through the provision of information, advice and expertise to support policymaking across EU institutions, governments, employers, trade unions and civil society organisations.

As an EU agency and public body organisation Eurofound adheres to strict operating procedures and project management methodologies. Therefore, the technology systems selected must support the enforcement of these procedures and methodologies from a regulatory perspective. A critical tool for Eurofound was the project management system needed for detailed reporting on their work's project-based nature.

As a research agency with a relatively small IT Team, Eurofound sought to harness the benefits of the cloud with a cloud-first ICT strategy. Already using Project Server 2010 for the past 6 to 7 years, the move to a cloud-based Project Management solution would deliver increased flexibility and scale. Eurofound set out to find the right fit cloud solution and implementation partner to help maintain the intricate level of detail and advanced functionality offered by the on-premise solution.

Partnering with Storm, Eurofound harnessed the power of Microsoft Project to transition to cloud project management. Maintaining all critical features while improving integration with existing technology and enhancing project reporting, saving time and streamlining working processes across the organisation.

Business Benefits

Microsoft Project allowed Eurofound to harness the power of the cloud while still upholding the same high standards of operating procedures and project methodologies.

Time-Savings

Through digitising paper-based reporting processes and providing access to real-time data for reporting, employees can save time reporting and focus more on analysing data to empower better business decisions.

Boost Productivity

Eurofound's new system integrated with exisiting technology allowing them to get better value from all technology investments. For example, auto-replicating of project groups in Microsoft Teams for easier collaboration.

Future-Proof

Moving to a cloud-based project management solution allowed Eurofound to address not only current but future needs with increased scalability, flexibility and on-demand access for the team regardless of location.

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“The introduction of Project Online represented both a technical and business evolution. From a technical perspective in terms of enhancing system integrations and working processes and from a business perspective providing flexibility to respond to incremental improvements in the project management methodologies applied at Eurofound”

Pietro Malacalza, Project Management Officer, Eurofound

“With Project Management critical to our day-to-day operations and regulatory compliance, Project for Web was not yet mature enough for the complex nature of our requirements. Working with Storm, we were able to leverage all of Project Online and Project Server’s functionality while putting one foot into Project for Web”

Dave Pritchard, Digital Workspace Analyst, Eurofound

"Paper-based processes, such as management reporting, have been digitised. The days of having something printed out are gone, with our management team now able to access real-time reports, all presented in an easy to digest visual dashboard."

Pietro Malacalza, Project Management Officer, Eurofound

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