Our Work
These testimonials emphasize IMS’ professionalism, flexibility, and expertise in project management, particularly with tools like Primavera P6. Our clients from diverse industries such as construction, biotechnology, and government highlight IMS’ ability to meet deadlines, provide tailored solutions, and adapt to complex project requirements.
IMS consistently earns high praise for its technical knowledge, responsiveness, and commitment to delivering results on time and within budget.
Empowering Trinity River Vision Authority with Project Controls for Effective Portfolio Management
Business Challenge TRVA had the requirement to manage $1B+ of projects in their portfolio and no organic capability to plan and tract cost and schedules. They needed assistance in managing these projects. Solution IMS provided Project Controls services to TRVA. Hosted Primavera P6 for TRVA users. Provided Primavera P6 training to partner and contractor personnel.
Enhancing Project Management for Virgin Galactic with Primavera P6
Business Challenge Virgin Galactic has historically let each project team manage in their own way, with little uniformity among the teams. They have used Microsoft Project to manage their projects with no visibility into the way scarce resources are allocated across the enterprise. The information generated by each team was not as timely or reliable
Enhancing Project Management for Carbon America with Primavera P6
Business Challenge As an organization, Carbon America is relatively new to managing projects. Challenges range from having little in the way of documented processes and tools to having a team of project managers who, while very strong in technical skills, are new to managing projects. Couple that with a limited number of highly specialized staff
Streamlining Project Management for Primoris Services Corporation with Primavera P6
Business Challenge For years, Primoris Services Corporation has been a growing concern. Much of this growth has been achieved through complimentary acquisition. As the company has grown, it became apparent to management they did not have any uniformity in business practices, and the project management information was siloed by company. Furthermore, they had fifteen P6
Strengthening Project Controls for INEOS Capital Projects
Business Challenge INEOS Oligomers had three significant Capital Projects to perform. These were the Redstone LAO- started at Detail Design, EPC through Start-Up - $541.5m, Mercury PAO- Starter to FEED, Detail Design, EPC through Start-Up - $98m, and Barge Dock & Common Off-Plot Pipelines – FEED through Start-Up - $98m. The total value of
Enhancing Project Management for Indian Health Service with Primavera P6
Strategic Goals: to ensure that comprehensive, culturally appropriate personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indians and Alaska Natives to promote excellence and quality through innovation of the Indian health system into an optimally performing organization to strengthen IHS program management and operations Project Allow IHS’ Project Managers the ability to
Optimizing the T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program with an Integrated Master Schedule
Project The T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program for the United States Air Force consists of designing and installing an updated avionics and weapons suite for the T-38 Talon Advanced Trainer. The purpose of this upgrade is to raise the sophistication of the T-38 avionics to better match the capabilities of current front-line aircraft, as well as
Supporting Northrop Grumman’s JASSM Proposal with an Integrated Master Schedule
Business Challenge Submit a proposal for Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) to the United States Government. As major sub-contractor, Northrop was responsible for submitting detailed schedules for Aft Module, Assembly, Integration & Test and Support Systems for the two major phases of this program. The AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is a low observable
Standardizing Project Management at Idaho National Laboratory with Primavera P6
Business Challenge INL’s management team is responsible for planning and executing a large portfolio of projects, stemming from multiple business units and growing demands for major projects. The laboratory has faced issues related to inconsistent processes and lack of standardization across four separate instances of Primavera P6 EPPM, as well as excessive manual effort due
Enhancing Software Development Maturity at the Federal Reserve Bank
Business Challenge The FRB asked IBM to help them achieve a level 3 software development capability as defined by the Software Engineering Institutes Capability Maturity Model – Integrated. This initiative was in response to a recent federal audit that required the FRB to be SOP 98 compliant (Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed
Optimizing Project Management for BWXT Pantex with Primavera Solutions
Business Challenge BWXT Pantex was managing their large portfolio of projects for the NNSA using a combination of Primavera software and a legacy financial system. Given the number of complex projects, BWXT needed to replace the existing financial system and current Primavera software with a solution that would be easily supported long-term. In addition, BWXT
Enhancing Project Coordination for the Department of Veterans Affairs with Primavera
Business Challenge Veteran Health Administration (VHA) provides more than 25 million veterans and their families with patient care and health benefits through 1,264 facilities nationwide. The VHA enrollment process is faced with a growing number of ever-changing regulations that, when combined with the large number of constituents served, created a process too complex for the
Upgrading the U.S. Coast Guard’s Enterprise Project Portfolio Management System
Business Challenge The IPMS Project was an endeavor to upgrade the Coast Guard (USCG) Enterprise Project Portfolio Management system and auxiliary systems. Due to the complexity of the technical configurations required, the prime Contractor, DMI called upon IMS for our expertise in making all the moving parts fit together. The implementation consisted of conducting an
Enhancing AFLAC’s IT Project Management with Primavera TeamPlay
Business Challenge To support AFLAC in the successful implementation of Primavera’s TeamPlay IT project management suite for 650 Information Technology Group users in their U.S. headquarters. The requirements for the implementation effort were to replace the existing time entry system, provide an enterprise project management tool, provide portfolio management capability, leverage existing methodologies and implement
Optimizing Boeing’s Engineering and Manufacturing Project Management with Primavera
Business Challenge IMS’ challenge was to take the existing implementation that had been accomplished incrementally over a period and to restructure and stabilize it so that it would: Provide a basis for scheduling and managing design and manufacturing engineering activities Facilitate BCAG’s Performance Management practices Interface seamlessly with existing legacy systems Pass Federal Aviation Authority
Standardizing Project Management for BNSF Railway with Primavera TeamPlay
Business Challenge The Technology Services Project Office at BNSF was searching for a means to standardize project processes, increase project efficiency, and improve product quality while paying strict attention to cost-effectiveness and time. In addition, the railway company needed to define a consistent approach to developing and maintaining software systems. Primavera’s TeamPlay was selected as
Enhancing Project and Portfolio Management for CSX with Primavera
Business Challenge CSX Transportation (CSX) has identified the need to improve its project and project portfolio management processes. This implementation will satisfy the need to begin deriving value for the CSX D&C organization by leveraging the acquisition of technology solutions from Oracle (Primavera Project Management and Contract Management). This project management solution implementation is divided
Streamlining IT Investment Project Management for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Business Challenge VAAAC had a need to upgrade its labor hour accounting package and a need to support multiple customers overseeing VA IT investment projects. Several significant differences necessary to support the VAAAC’s franchised services and special security requirements were addressed. VAAAC also required that an interface be developed and implemented between TeamPlay version 3.5
Supporting the VA’s Health Administration Center Migration with Primavera
Business Challenge The Health Administration Center (HAC) is migrating applications and databases for claims processing and supporting systems for tracking beneficiaries, vendors, claim payments, and authorization from a legacy system to an Oracle database and Java application system. The migration will include a redesign of the data structures, business process reengineering, addition of new processes
Streamlining Contract Management for Houston METRO with Primavera
Business Challenge Lack of a single source for all contract documents. Dispersed contract documents across multiple versions of Primavera Contract Management. Inconsistent and inefficient business processes for contract management. To provide internal and external access to Primavera Contract Management for all parties through an independently hosted system. Solution Upgraded and consolidated all existing Primavera Contract
Enhancing Project Management Efficiency at Idaho National Laboratory with Primavera P6
Business Challenge INL has experienced issues around disparate processes and a lack of standardization across four distinct instances of Primavera P6 EPPM. In addition, the use of numerous spreadsheet manipulations has resulted in unnecessary manual effort. They also recognize that a portfolio, program and project platform has the potential to provide the data necessary to
Advancing Project and Portfolio Management for Integrated Drilling Equipment with Primavera P6
Business Challenge Provide a tool to enable IDE-RIG to increase the maturity level of the project management culture. Create processes and procedures as a guide to accomplishing the appropriate project management requirements. Replace the existing stand alone project scheduling tools (MS Project) Provide training to all project managers and project team members. Solution Replace existing
Enhancing Enterprise-Wide Project Visibility for Jeppesen with Oracle Primavera P6
Business Challenge Jeppesen has been managing projects using Primavera since 2003. Due to changes in personnel and changes in requirements, the company compared the benefits of upgrading their Primavera system or switching to another project management solution. Ultimately, Jeppesen made the decision to upgrade its existing Primavera system and roll it out across the enterprise
Optimizing Project Management for Nichols Brothers Boat Builders with Primavera P6
Business Challenge Prior to engaging IMS, NBBB had purchased Primavera P6 and was being supported by a less experienced consultant and an application hosting company with no expertise in Primavera P6. Their P6 configuration was not optimized to their needs and they had a difficult time keeping their P6 running. Their consultant and hosting provider
Enhancing Project Management Efficiency for NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage with Primavera P6
Business Challenge Centralize project data, while standardizing project management across the engineering offices Re-enforce adherence to common business processes Introduce standard methodologies across project types Minimize the level of effort for reporting status Improve capacity planning and forecasting Solution Objectives Worked with Oracle Platinum Business Partner to implement Oracle’s Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Management Increased
Supporting Northrop Grumman’s JPATS Proposal with an Integrated Program Schedule
Project Proposal development for the U.S. Government's Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS), a multi-billion dollar development and production program including organizational, technical and facility development as well as long term logistical support. Business Challenge Northrop was required to submit a fully networked and integrated CPM schedule, using unfamiliar software, as part of the proposal.
Enhancing Project Visibility and Collaboration for Oncor Electric Delivery with Primavera P6
Business Challenge Limited visibility into projects and need for collaboration between numerous projects Minimal accountability and multiple schedules without a centralized database Lack of internal expertise to build or manage project schedules Solution IMS was initially engaged on a staff augmentation basis to manage the master schedule and serve as the in-house subject matter expert.
Modernizing Project Management for Orbital Sciences’ Taurus Launch Vehicle Program
Business Challenge Respond quickly with evaluations and recommendations for innovative and practical solutions to outdated and inefficient project management processes and practices, and then upon review and validation with management, implement them. Also, analyze and maintain current program schedules to regain program visibility. Solution Implement Oracle’s Primavera P3 software and develop a detailed schedule to
Enhancing Project Management Efficiency for the Texas Department of Transportation with Primavera P6
Business Challenge In recent years, the TxDOT has experienced a significant increase in demand for its services. Simultaneously, there has been an increased demand for visibility into Project performance. TxDOT required a solution to support 600 project managers and 7200 projects. Prior to partnering with IMS, TxDOT used Primavera P3 in conjunction with Project Tracker
Driving Success for Toyota Motor Sales’ Claims Processing System with Expert Project Management
Business Challenge IMS was engaged to provide professional project management services for Toyota’s mission critical Claims Processing System development project for the past two years. The purpose of the five year seventy-five million dollar Raven Project is to develop a flexible, state of the art, web based Claims Processing System that efficiently processes vehicle warranty
Modernizing Project Management for the US Army Corps of Engineers with P2
Business Challenge The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under took an extensive development initiative in 2003 to upgrade the technologies and processes that the Corps uses to manage their various contracts and work efforts. This initiative, titled P2, addressed three key areas, technology improvements, business process development and people training. Solution The P2 System
Enhancing Project Coordination for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ PFSS Initiative
Business Challenge The VHA faces a growing demand for health care services. The functionality of several of VHA’s Veterans Health Information Systems & Technology Architecture (VistA) applications do not provide sufficiently robust data elements needed to support automated billing as commonly practiced in private sector hospitals. VHA’s VistA Clinical applications, VistA Integrated Billing (IB) &
Optimizing IT Project Management for Weyerhaeuser with Primavera TeamPlay
Business Challenge To support the Weyerhaeuser Company in the successful implementation of Primavera’s TeamPlay IT project management suite for 1200 Information Technology Group users in the U.S. and Canada. Solution Innovative Management Solutions, Inc., is currently working closely with the EPM project team to clearly define the business requirements, develop and maintain project controls, define
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