Financial Services

Implementations within the Financial Services sector involve complex decision making structures, privacy and security imperatives, and coordination among many lines of business. Managing change throughout the deployment is vital to ensuring that both confidence and service levels are maintained.

We identify all of the immediate and downstream effects resulting from an implementation. We then provide options and/or solutions for ensuring that continuity in operations goes hand in hand with facility, information technology and organizational changes. This holistic approach allows us to ensure a successful implementation from the perspective of all stakeholders.

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The Client: CIBC

The Objective: To upgrade 22,000 workstations across 1,200 geographically dispersed branches in one year.

The Solution: Project Control developed the strategic plan, implementation process and proprietary control applications to manage the deployment. Through concurrent delivery to the branches, speed of execution was maximized, and the aggressive timeline was met.

The Result: Project was completed on time and on budget, as featured in the October 2003 edition of PMI magazine.

The Client: Scotiabank

The Objective: To plan and implement the retrofitting of the mechanical and electrical systems of Scotiabank’s 44 King Street head office building.

The Solution: Project Control developed a relocation plan that minimized interim leasing costs, and optimized the use of swing space to accommodate affected departments during the retrofit. Halfway through the project, Scotiabank changed its organizational structure. These changes affected the location of several departments and sequence of construction.

The Result: Despite the client reorganization mid-project, Project Control was able to accommodate the resulting changes, and the project was successfully completed on time.