Introducing a Fast Lane to Multi-Project Environments in Factories to Focus on Digital Transformation

Abstract

In today’s highly dynamic and volatile market, the need for change increases steadily in companies induced by megatrends like globalisation or digitalisation. To keep up with current developments and to meet ever higher customer demands ensuring their satisfaction many companies initiate a digital transformation process. Digital Transformation (DT) processes might change products, processes or entire business models in an organisation, to ensure staying competitive. For realising constant adaptation and change, companies are forced to initiate projects in their factories on a regular basis. Multi-project management (MPM) models are used to plan and control projects efficiently. In this article, digital transformation projects are described, an approach for multi-project planning and control (MPPC) in the factory is presented and a way of categorising projects is shown. By combining knowledge from those segments, a fast lane for MPPC is introduced that enables companies to standardise certain tasks in project management to focus on disruptive digital transformation projects.