Case Study: Special Olympics gains portfolio visibility and saves staff time with Smartsheet
Key results
The challenge
Special Olympics International needed to coordinate projects across a global organization and give leadership visibility into a growing project portfolio. Teams were working in disconnected ways that made collaboration and reporting difficult.
The solution
The organization rolled out Smartsheet through a phased implementation, standardizing project management and building dashboards for leadership. Adoption grew from 20 projects in the first year to more than 150 projects.
“We are saving time, money, and manpower. Smartsheet is an investment that helps us save manpower by giving us the ability to look at how we collaborate.”
LJLaura JonesDirector of Project Management, Special Olympics International
The results, in context
Special Olympics reported saving hundreds of staff hours per year, including one case where three teams each saved more than 45 staff hours per month through shared solutions. Leadership gained real-time visibility into the project portfolio via dashboards.