The Client

Our client is one of the leaders in the petrochemical industry, has an annual revenue of over US$ 300 billion, operates in more than 145 countries, employing more than 115,000 people.

Business Challenges

• Our client wants to increase the success rate of the implementation of its major IT projects in the business
• It has therefore started a central organization, the Project Management Shared Services, that aims at improving project management qualifications, certification, project management methods, planning & control, and sourcing
• After a careful selection project, two partners have been selected that are able to deliver senior project managers and lead project managers on a global scale; Atos is one of the two preferred suppliers

Our Solution

• The World-class IT Project Management solution of Atos Consulting has been offered to support the client in reaching its goals
• The Dutch Atos Consulting organization is responsible for the global delivery
• A special client project management curriculum has been designedto give Atos project managers a head start in the client environment. This curriculum includes courses on the specific client methodology, the client culture and the Oil & Gas sector

The Results

• Worldwide, a team of over 50 senior project managers and lead project managers is working to deliver World-class Project Management success
• We are working for all major client divisions, in the USA, UK, Netherlands, Malaysia and, to a lesser extent, in Nordic, Germany, Poland, Russia and Nigeria
• Successful projects have been carried out in diverse areas such as security certification, record management compliance and standard package implementation
• Typical projects exceed the value of 5 million euro