Instantis and ISSSP to Host France Telecom / Orange Webinar
"Driving a Multi-Billion Dollar Project Portfolio at France Telecom
From a Top-Down Corporate Vision and Strategy"
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - November 13, 2007) - Instantis, the
number one provider of enterprise software for managing top-down
strategy execution and business process improvement initiatives,
announced today that France Telecom's Pierre Dunoyer de Segonzac will
lead an ISSSP focused session next week entitled "Driving a
Multi-billion Dollar Project Portfolio at France Telecom from a
Top-Down Corporate Vision and Strategy." Mr. Dunoyer de Segonzac is
the head of group project management and a certified Master Black
Belt at France Telecom. France Telecom is a world leading telecom
services provider that operates in 220 countries with over 158
million customers, 200,000 employees and $58 billion in revenue.
The Webinar represents the final installment of the ISSSP Thought
Leaders Fall Webinar Series which had previously featured Instantis
clients Cameron and Abbott. The Webinar will take place on Tuesday,
November 20, 2007 11AM-12 Noon ET/3PM-4PM GMT/4PM-5PM CET. Interested
participants can register to attend this online event by visiting
www.instantis.com or www.isssp.com.
At France Telecom/Orange, Six Sigma and Lean project portfolios are
managed side by side with New Product Development, IT Project
Portfolio Management, CapEx and other strategic initiatives and
project portfolios. All project portfolios are driven by a single
corporate-level strategy called NExT (a New Experience in Telecom
Services). Mr. Dunoyer de Segonzac will describe the France Telecom
top-down model of multi-initiative project portfolio management and
governance. Attendees will have the opportunity to glean insights
into the role of Six Sigma project portfolios in a world driven by a
corporate-level Project Management Office (PMO). In addition, lessons
learned and best practices will be shared on how to:
-- Prioritize operational excellence projects in a multi-initiative
context
-- Use strategy alignment to drive project selection and to share and
drive a common vision
-- Balance "local" priorities in a top-down multi-organization and multi-
country deployment
-- Leverage a software platform to centralize multi-portfolio management
-- Identify critical success factors like establishing a strong
governance model and single common model for financials and KPIs
About Instantis
Instantis is the leading provider of on-demand software for managing
top-down initiatives to improve financial performance and achieve
operational excellence. Leading global corporations like Cigna,
Cardinal Health, Credit Suisse, DuPont, France Telecom, Eli Lilly,
McKesson, Motorola and Xerox rely on Instantis software to manage
strategy and project portfolio execution for initiatives like Six
Sigma, Lean, IT, CapEx, New Product Development and others. With over
$30M in funding from leading venture capital, investment banking, and
Silicon Valley investors, Instantis has experienced a sustained 70%
CAGR over the last 4 years.
Press Contact:
Marc Gendron
MarComm PR
marcg@marcommpr.com
(559) 326-2037