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Agenda

• Company Background• Northrop Grumman StartIt! Case Study• Six Sigma Concept Operations• Six Sigma Solution• Summary


Company Profile

• Headquartered in Anaheim Hills, CA• Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Business

Intelligence• Deep Aerospace Domain Expertise; Member of AIA,

SCM & PMI• 3 Time Finalist of the Industry Solutions Awards • Applied for 8(a) Certification

• Implement Information Management and reporting systems for aerospace executives to improve internal decision making, program and supplier management, operational performance, and strategy execution.

• Core solution are web based dashboards providing real-time performance metrics to Executives desktops

• Dashboards deliver performance metrics in custom reporting views to management desktops through anInternet browser

• From their desktop dashboards provide management greater visibility into an organizations processes and activities


Representative Solutions

• TRW Mission Systems – Executive Dashboard– Used by the TRW Executives and divisional VPs– Developed the architecture and developed the application– Currently in use all through the enterprise

• Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems – Six Sigma Application

– Six Sigma Web Application (Startit!) – Over 10,000 users worldwide; over 1,500 projects– Currently in use all through the enterprise

• Northrop Grumman Mission Systems – Supply Chain Quality

– Supplier quality assessments– Cross division reporting and analysis– Trending of performance metrics

• SAIC– Systems integration and eCommerce solutions

The system that was developed by Unlimited Innovations, Inc. is by far superior to anything else I’ve seen to help manage the programs- Aerospace Industry Vice President

An enterprise program management system provided an aerospace customer with an ROI of over 1,600% in the first year of operation


Agenda

Company Background• Northrop Grumman StartIt! Case Study• StartIt! Concept Operations• StartIt! Solution• Summary


Northrop Grumman Case Study- Background

• An infrastructure for managing enterprise-wide initiatives at Northrop Grumman:

– Mission Systems– Space technology– Enterprise Wide process improvement and knowledge management system

• Developed in 2001• Enterprise-wide deployment in 2002

– Integrated with other enterprise systems– All aspects of project management for over 1,500 projects– All aspects of training management for over 5,000 employees– All aspects of program management for all 6 sigma initiatives– Currently 15,000 users

• Proven applicability to other sectors


Implementation Case Study

Number of Users

• Initial CONOPS• Initial policy and governance models• Internal Use by about 15 Sector

Program Office Executives & Users

20

1,000

5,000

15,000Enterprise Wide Project Management Solution

Tier 1 Aerospace OrganizationJune 2001 - Present

• CONOPS updated based on experience• Updated Policy & Guidelines• Other internal constituent users within all

divisions of two sectors

• Institutionalized across multiple sectors• Finalized procedures, policies,

guidelines and governance model• Opened to all employees

• Over 10,000 Users• Over 1,500 projects• Schedules, Financials,

Deliverables, Knowledge Management, Training

TimelineJune ‘01 December ‘01 June ‘02 Present


Agenda

Company BackgroundNorthrop Grumman StartIt! Case Study

• Six Sigma Concept Operations• Six Sigma Solution• Summary


Six Sigma Concept of Operations

Program Teams:

Money Belts

• Charter Submission• Business Case Analysis• Project Team Formation• Employee Training • Financial Forecasting• Phase Scheduling• Tollgate Review• Control Phase Analysis• Oversight Repository

UI Six Sigma Project Management SolutionConcept of Operations

Program Teams

Strategic MappingExecutive Dashboards

Charter and Business Case DevelopmentFinancialsTraining

Scheduling

Six Sigma

Lean CMMI

Champions, Master Black Belts

Program Office Executive Review• Risk Analysis• Baseline Assessment• Financial Review• Performance• Oversight• Milestone Achievements

• Financial Analysis• Forecast Approval• Project GAP Analysis

Project Mentors, BBs, GBs

Project Mentors, BBs, GBs


Agenda

Company BackgroundNorthrop Grumman StartIt! Case StudySix Sigma Concept Operations

• Six Sigma Solution• Summary


Key Features - Six Sigma

• Life cycle infrastructure support for enterprise-wide process improvement and knowledge management initiatives for Six Sigma

– Strategic Mapping– Area Dashboards– Enterprise-Wide Process Improvement Dashboard– Proactive Knowledge Share– Charter and Business Case Development– Financials– Scheduling


Key Features - Charter & Business Case Development

• Allow division/business areas to submit project proposals in a decentralized fashion

• Allow centralized steering committee/program office to review and approve based on project benefits

• Project teams collaborate and execute on projects

• Central steering committee, project office to review overall progress and adjustment


Key Features – Financial Forecasting

• Allow individual projects to enter costs/benefits for projects

• Allow authorized finance personnel to approve project financials

• Allow project line of business, sector reporting of financials

• Allow consolidated financial reporting of projects

• Allow financial archiving and reporting


Key Features – Scheduling

• Allow projects to define schedules for various phases

• Allow projects to define steps within the phases

• Notify projects of missed and upcoming milestones

• Allow steering committee/project office to review overall status, trends, upcoming project completion & associated benefits


Key Features – Proactive Knowledge Share

• Get access to resource, cost, benefit & project description for similar initiatives

• Contact participants in the initiatives to obtain first-hand information

• Subscribe to alerts on new initiatives within the enterprise

• Search and review charters/case studies of similar initiatives


Key Features – Area Dashboards

• Personalized dashboards based on the user’s role

• Contains alerts, notification, financials, schedules and goals

• Depicts actionable information and trend information

• Identify and collaborate with member of same or similar initiatives


Key Features – Strategic Mapping

• Define enterprise-wide strategic themes

• Associate projects/initiatives to themes

• Review resource allocation and financials by strategic themes

• Identify gaps in organization where additional initiatives are required


Key Features – Deliverables

• Central repository to store and share project scheduling, financials, best practices and lessons learned

• Allow projects to submit any electronic files as part of deliverables

• Allow authorized staff to approve the submission of deliverables

• Allow project/individuals to search through and review deliverables from related projects


Agenda

Company BackgroundNorthrop Grumman StartIt! Case StudySix Sigma Concept OperationsSix Sigma Solution

• Summary


The UI AGC Advantage

Very strong track record with our customersRecognized value to the organizationExcellent technical and business domain expertiseLeveraging your existing systems and processesCompelling solutions providing value to you and your customers


Contact Information

UI AGCAerospace & Government Consulting

A Division of Unlimited Innovations, Inc.

Peter FreitagPhone: (949) 278-5764

[email protected]

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http://www.uiagc.com/

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