Kern Health Improves Project Visibility

Kern Health Systems Improves Project Visibility and Tracking

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Project Visibility

A centralized system with a portfolio approach improves project visibility.

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Time Tracking Improved

With a centralized repository, team members can easily track time.

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Reduced Budget Drain

Improved project governance and risk tracking decreases budget drain.

Project Visibility and Tracking

The 330,000 members of Kern Family Health Care, a Medi-Cal managed care health plan serving residents of Kern County, California, rely on high-quality service for their patient care. Delivering on this promise isnโ€™t possible without an efficient project management team to administer the 30-plus active projects that Kern Health Systems has going at any given time.ย Before Velentix, Kern Health Systems was using another project management tool, but it wasnโ€™t meeting the organizationโ€™s needs. For instance, the software did not offer the ability to manage projects within a portfolio.ย  As project visibility and tracking were top initiatives, the team set out to find a more suitable solution.

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LaVonne Banks, director of Kern Health Systemsโ€™ enterprise project management office (EPMO), wanted a flexible yet affordable project portfolio management (PPM) platform that could do both, without requiring separate software systemsโ€”and Banks and her team have discovered that Velentix is just what the doctor ordered.

Outcomes

  • Improved project visibility with a centralized request system
  • Decreased project risk with improved tracking and governance
  • Better transparency to resource allocations and project risk

Keeping Projects on Course

The 330,000 members of Kern Family Health Care, a Medi-Cal managed care health plan serving residents of Kern County, California, rely on high-quality service for their patient care. Delivering on this promise isnโ€™t possible without an efficient project management team to administer the 30-plus active projects that Kern Health Systems has going at any given time.

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Before Velentix, Kern Health Systems used another project management tool, but it wasnโ€™t meeting the organizationโ€™s needs. For instance, the software did not offer the ability to manage projects within a portfolio.

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LaVonne Banks, director of Kern Health Systemsโ€™ enterprise project management office (EPMO), wanted a flexible yet affordable project portfolio management (PPM) platform that could do both, without requiring separate software systemsโ€”and Banks and her team have discovered that Velentix is just what the doctor ordered.

Project Intake

Align resources and budgets to the projects with highest impact.

Improve Project Visibility

Improve transparency to timelines and risks for better project outcomes.

Project Portfolio Management PPM
With Velentix, I always have a source of truth on project data."

Tracking Project Requests

Now, EPMO staff leverage Velentix to manage the project requests and intake process.

With a simple and intuitive user interface, Velentix makes it easy for project managers to evaluate project requests, approve and prioritize initiatives, assign resources and track and report on progress. Velentix helps EPMO staff keep projects on course, establish clear expectations, and allocate resources more effectively.ย  โ€œWith Velentix, I always have a source of truth on project data,โ€ Banks observes.

Powerful Project Dashboards

Give stakeholders visibility to project requests, timelines, milestones and resources for improved enterprise transparency and alignment.

โ€˜Incomparableโ€™ Value

Using Velentix brings greater transparency to the project management process. It also saves Banks and her staff a great deal of time when they want to understand the status of projects and report this to organizational leaders.

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โ€œI love the platformโ€™s reporting features,โ€ she says. โ€œTheyโ€™re super easy to use. Being able to pull reports and quickly see real-time data is wonderful.โ€

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Another key benefit of Velentix is that it helps EPMO staff get out ahead of potential issues before they become full-blown problems. While some challenges are beyond the control of project managers, having greater insight makes it more likely that projects will be completed on time and under budget.

Identify Resource Constraints

โ€œWe can quickly identify resource constraints and make adjustments when unexpected circumstances arise,โ€ Banks says. โ€œBecause we can identify these issues earlier, we have a better chance of staying on top of resource management.โ€

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Better transparency leads to more accountability and, ultimately, a higher success rate on projects.ย When you consider that project portfolio management tools can cost several times as much for similar features and functionality, โ€œthe value of Velentix is incomparable,โ€ Banks concludes.

We can quickly identify resource constraints and make adjustments."

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