Free Tool From Systemation Helps Organizations Determine Performance Improvement Opportunities

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

How much money could be freed up if you made even small improvements in your project processes? You can now answer this question in five minutes with a free new online tool called the Project Performance ROI Calculator.

Systemation, one of the nation’s oldest performance improvement firms, created this tool as a community service, and it’s available to all businesses and project management professionals at no charge. You can access the calculator by visiting http://www.systemation.com/roi-calculator.

Many enterprises suffer from less-than-perfect project results. “Though slipped deadlines, blown budgets and feature creep damage the bottom line, organizations often are reluctant to mess with their project processes,” says Ben Snyder, Systemation’s CEO. Their rationale? “We are too busy getting work out the door to spend time on this” and “due to tight budgets, we need to live with what we’ve got.”

Companies keep re-using project methods that aren’t working well and repeatedly end up with stressful results.

The Systemation calculator will help you determine whether there’s a business case for change. You simply enter some rough information on:

The estimated number of projects your company completes in a year. The general complexity of those projects. The average percentage of deadline slip you experience. The amount of extra resources (overtime, etc.) you have to pour in to get your project results. The completeness of the work you deliver.

It then asks you to pick an increment of improvement. What if you improved your project processes by a meager five percent? (Your inner skeptic may be asking, “How in the world would I be able to measure that?” For the purpose of this tool, assume you can and just pick a number. Even a tiny number.)

Once you submit your information, you receive an immediate report—both on screen and via email—with an “Improvement Value.” This is the amount of money you would free up for other business activities. You could invest this money in new projects you’ve been postponing or purchase long-needed equipment.

You might even decide to spend a little on project management, business analysis, and agile development training as a way to unlock even more money for building your enterprise.

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