Case Study – Haag Wonen

Case Study – Haag Wonen
An increase in project workload results in the implementation of Project Server Plus (PS+) to gain visibility
and control at Haag Wonen.
Based in The Hague, Dutch housing corporation Haag Wonen, is one of the largest in the city owning
more than 22,000 homes and 2,500 corporate premises. The organisation has an active policy focussed
on improving the living space of all its residents by providing adequate, well maintained and affordable
housing. By working in partnership with its residents and other third party organisations, Haag Wonen
aims to provide sustainable housing to meet the challenges faced within the city.
The toolset has allowed Haag Wonen to gain visibility of its project portfolio so that they can take
informed management decisions, effectively deliver against the corporate priorities and instantly
track progress in terms of benefit realisation.
The Issue
An unexpected influx of organisational change projects put immense pressure on the project delivery
function of Haag Wonen, causing a drop in the number of projects successfully delivered. The team at
Haag Wonen realised that with more organisational change projects to deal with and many larger sized
programmes of work coming online, they needed a toolset to help them to control and track their ever
expanding portfolio.
The Solution
The search for a tried and tested technology
solution to quickly become operational led Haag
Wonen to CXS. CXS delivered a best practice
based toolset that instantly improved the project
management capabilities at the organisation. The
implementation of PS+ rapidly progressed with
a live environment that was ready within 8 weeks.
CXS worked in partnership with Haag Wonen to
ensure skill sharing and continual communication
throughout the technology install, process design
and on-going support. Additionally, through training
CXS helped the team prepare for the management
of change, user adoption and new project
management processes.
Our fear concerning the creation of additional bureaucracy was removed the moment we saw that
the tool made our project management methods simple and easy to use.
~ Hans Lussing, Manager I&A at Haag Wonen
01628 895600
[email protected]
www.projectserverplus.com
Case Study – Haag Wonen
The Benefits
Haag Wonen currently has over 60 PS+ users, including project and team leads, managers and directors.
The Project Management team has achieved their goal of optimising their processes, portfolio and
technology to handle the increased work load and drive greater project delivery results.
The toolset has allowed Haag Wonen to gain visibility of its project portfolio so that they can take informed
management decisions, effectively deliver against the corporate priorities and instantly track progress in
terms of benefit realisation.
Next Steps
PS+ provided the organisation with standardisation and transparency. Furthermore, they plan to continue
taking a staged approach to updating the way they manage projects to ensure a continual increase in
the number of projects successfully delivered. Haag Wonen can now focus on their portfolio composition
based on business drivers where PS+ serves as a source for support and insight.
About PS+
About CPS
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solution for Project Server and Project Online.
PS+ takes the unknowns away from
implementation enabling organisations to be up
and running in less than fifteen days using a tried
and tested solution utilised by thousands of users
across the globe. PS+ adds significant value by
providing pre-configured views, reports, access
control and templates such as Prince2 and Agile,
as well as award winning Apps from the authors.
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The organisation combines unparalleled
technical expertise and deep understanding in
solving business challenges. CPS is the UK’s
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Online implementations and is an accredited
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