DRI Consulting uses Microsoft® Project as a valuable planning tool for all aspects of its business. It has proved to be highly effective for the planning, design, and implementation of professional training programs.
Vital Statistics:
DRI Consulting
Edina, MN
Dr. John Fennig, CEO
Industry:
Organization and Management Consulting
Employees: 5
Software Programs:
Microsoft Windows® 95
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Schedule+
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint®
Hardware:
Pentium 120 notebooks
Results of Using Project:
"Microsoft Project integrates the three key
ingredients for a successful business (strategy, people, and technology) and ensures fast and consistent
results from the entire team."
DRI Consulting is a management and organization consulting firm based in Edina, MN, that provides a wide range of services, including training for management development and organization development.
A large Midwestern food company asked DRI Consulting to develop a three-day training program in the fundamentals of project management software for a group of 200 members of a trade marketing department.
DRI Consulting CEO Dr. John Fennig explains that the client company had several objectives in mind for the training session. The client’s trade marketing group was rapidly expanding and adding staff members who were unfamiliar with the standardized company procedures they needed to perform their jobs.
The client’s marketing department used a three-step model as its primary mechanism for developing and implementing new marketing programs for packaged food products.
The verbal instruction method used to teach new employees this model was slow and inconsistent. The company wanted to automate the process by teaching employees how to use the three-step model and implement it by using project management software.
The challenge for Dr. Fennig was to develop a course curriculum that taught participants the principles of project management software, as well as how to use the company’s three-step marketing model.
Dr. Fennig used Microsoft Project to develop all aspects of the training program. He used the program to teach students how to use the company’s three-step model, to teach principles of project management, and to instruct them in the use of project management software.