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Bank Gets Quick Start Merging Companies

Fast-paced growth fueled by mergers and acquisitions can take years to integrate. Different operations, systems, approaches, priorities, and people can produce a litany of landmines in the way of creating a single company that operates efficiently and effectively. A mid-sized regional bank faced just this challenge when they brought in e-brilliance.

e-brilliance was tasked with creating a "QuickStart" Project Management Office that would plan, manage, and oversee all aspects of the company's move to one, streamlined IT infrastructure and systems. With every day meaning money, we had to work quickly to establish the right team that could identify and institute best practices across departments and work groups. The goals included cultivating strong coordination and standardization between projects and project managers, centralizing resource management, deliberating reporting around projects and resources, and defining the appropriate project lifecycle from approval to implementation.

In just 10 days, e-brilliance had completed all the initial steps to form a long-lasting, reliable, and clear Project Management Office through the "QuickStart" process.

The results were sustainable. In the subsequent months, the company was able to take on a variety of important projects that integrated existing and new systems efficiently and effectively. The decision-making process was not wrought with frustration over time or cost; the guidelines for project acceptance had been clearly defined and followed from the beginning. Ultimately, the bank was able to assume the other companies it had acquired easily and was quickly back on track for growth.