Program Number: C020-20092005
Project Administration within Pepsi New Product
Commercialization
Category Type: 3
Subject Areas
Knowledge: 10
Process: 06
Application/Specific Interest Groups: 10
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.5
Strategic - 0.5
Technical - 0.5
This talk described the fast paced, complex
world of domestic and international beverage
commercialization at the Pepsi Cola company and how Project
Administration enhanced the efficiency of project managers,
provided portfolio management and data warehousing for over
60 projects, satisfied the reporting requirements of upper
management and the communication needs of project teams and
their bottler customers. This talk reviewed the
cost justification for management to implement formal
project management discipline, the cost justification for
the project administration function within the project
office, and provided a detailed description of the project
administration process implemented at Pepsi with supporting
illustrations of the planning, tracking, reporting,
communication, repository, and backup processes.
John Ellingham
Bio:
John Ellingham: Senior Manager - Commercialization, Pepsi
Cola R&D
John has over 20 years experience in Product
Commercialization and Technical Support for consumer
products with Fortune 500 organizations. He is
currently in charge of 7 technical professionals involved in
over 50 domestic and international beverage product
rollouts, and is responsible for improvement and training of
the New Product Commercialization and Launch process for
Pepsi-Cola North America and Pepsico International.
Previous jobs at Pepsi include Principal Process Engineer
and Pilot Plant Supervisor. Prior to Pepsi John was
Principal Development Engineer for Household Products
Process Development at Unilever U.S. and Technical Service
Engineer for Personal Products & Surgical Dressings at
Johnson & Johnson. Inc. John has a B.S. in Chemical
Engineering and a A.A. in Applied Science
Ed Mahler, PMP - President of Project Administration
Institute & President PMI Westchester
Founder and President of Project Administration Institute, a
consulting firm providing project office and project
portfolio management services and training with focus on
planning, tracking, and reporting control systems (Project
Administration) for Fortune 1000 companies involved in large
complex project efforts. Ed has presented at PMI
Seminars/Symposiums, Project World, Boston University
Frontiers in Project Management, IPMA (International Project
Management Association) conferences, and at PMI and other
organization chapter meetings. Prior to founding PAI,
he worked 23 years with IBM on customer and internal
projects as project manager, consultant, member, and
participant. He is founder and president of
Westchester chapter of PMI since August 2002 and was Vice
President of Programs for New York City PMI chapter from
1994 through 2001 helping to build that chapter from less
than 50 to over 1200 members with 7 years of monthly
programs. Ed lives in Larchmont and sails a Cape Dory
25 on Long Island Sound
