"Sticking with an on-premises solution would have generated hardware costs and the need for external consultants. [W]e saw real advantages in using Project Online to access the latest and greatest features without the need to upgrade and maintain servers."

"We have more time to spend on value-added efforts around assurance, keeping delivery on track and managing risk. Since the firm’s adoption of Project Online, the focus of the P3O office has definitely changed for the better."

"Our 30 percent cost savings comes from improving staff productivity, eliminating the licensing, training, and maintenance costs of older third-party and homegrown management tools, and creating code using Agile ALM methodologies."

“Data is one of the vital assets of any car company. We probably create more data now in a year than the company generated in the previous 103 years."

"The IT tools we choose for employees have to deliver a sustainable return on investment. At Aston Martin, we’re using Microsoft cloud technologies, including Office 365, to help navigate the road ahead."

“Managing timing is crucial. We use task dependences in Project Online to ensure that everything stays on track, even if a supplier suddenly can’t make a delivery date. That way we know that our critical compatibility points among different design elements are always aligned, which means we get a more …

“We consider Project Online absolutely critical to the new way we do business. Within our 10 programs, internal resources—between 20 and 30 percent of total costs—ebb and flow over time. As we look at the whole portfolio, we can tweak resource allocation and timelines across programs. We use the same …

"To help deliver every car on time and on budget, Aston Martin runs its business on Office 365."

“We use Microsoft cloud productivity tools every day to make sure the teams have the right information, exactly when they need it. That maximizes their creative energy, which translates into the visual excitement you see in the car’s design—and that’s what our customers respond to.”

"We’re becoming more agile by using a hybrid version of agile and classical project management methodology. With Project Online, we’re not only changing how we measure progress, but also how people are working."

"Project Online is a robust and easy-to-use tool. Our team uses it to improve project portfolio management."

"In three days, we were able to move from a traditional office environment to remote collaborative work using Microsoft 365, while preserving the integrity of our workforce."

“Thanks to Microsoft technology, we now have the perfect project management tool so we can easily track progress, manage project budgets, and analyze workloads.”

"It didn’t even feel like we’d moved, because it had a familiar look and feel. That was the best part—there wasn’t much of a learning curve for the new workflow."

"If we don’t have the resources for a project, we need to discuss with the business which projects to prioritize, or what to outsource. With Project Online and Microsoft Power Platform, we have the tools to make that conversation much easier."