"Once in a while, we receive positive feedback about how we’ve transformed a job—and the lives of the people who do it—from difficult to straightforward. That’s a great feeling. It’s what digital transformation is all about."

"We have a better overview of project timelines and resource allocation. With Project Online, we can see exactly how employees are already resourced and how much time they will need to finish their current project."

"Having a standardized way of working with a cloud solution like the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) platform we built with Project for the web speaks to the new ways of working."

"All key pieces of information are structured in one place now, making it possible to control costs, manage risks and issues, and plan our resources. We are now resolving issues three times faster than before.”

“Across ITM projects delivery, we are in the process of moving away from the waterfall model and bringing agile practices into our project delivery framework."

"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."

“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.”

"With Microsoft Project Online, we can better prepare project schedules, see the progress of projects, anticipate and resolve problems, and facilitate communication among the teams. This tool is, without a doubt, an important factor for improving project and portfolio management."

“By implementing new processes with Project Online, we have generated a new culture across the entire organization. With one truth, the focus has shifted from searching for data to solving problems. It is hard to imagine how this would have been possible otherwise.”

"By using a cloud-based solution, we got the agility we were seeking. We can scale the use of Project Online from 20 people up to 10,000 users. It is easy to use and satisfies nearly 100 percent of our business needs."