UK MOD

Defence Digital and Army HQ were looking for an efficient Project and Programme Management tool that is scalable to Enterprise-level and allows easy integration with the existing IT infrastructure. With an annual budget of over £2 billion and a team of around 2,400 personnel, some of the areas within its remit include:

• Leading on defensive cyber strategy, capability development and policy
• Supplying IT to 200,000 users across defence via the MODNet infrastructure
• Supporting global military operations
• Improving innovation and digital information exploitation across defence
• Integrating strategy, planning and performance management
• Supporting over 2,000 defence sites across the UK and globally.

Microsoft’s 365 Project Online solution was the obvious answer for several reasons:

• Microsoft 365 is already used by the MoD’s 200,000 MODNet users.
• Microsoft 365 Power BI has become the primary reporting tool across MoD and easy integration with Project Online.
• Microsoft Project is widely used across the MoD with the licences entitling to use Project Online at no extra cost.
• Defence Digital was already using Microsoft EPM (the on-premise version
  of Project Online) and built up significant skills and expertise.

Defence Digital worked with CPS and its associate Michael Diekmann to support the transition to Project Online. Leading implementation specialist for Microsoft PPM technologies in the UK and a Global PPM Microsoft Partner of the year, CPS has worked with the MoD for nearly 20 years.

Following the successful implementation of Microsoft Project Online onto the MODNet environment, other departments with a heavy PPM workload have chosen to use the same solution. CPS has now helped Army and Defence Business Services to go live with Project Online and is supporting the Navy as it makes the change.