Menlo Innovations: A New Approach to Workplace & Project Management

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Case Code : OPER069
Case Length : 16 Pages
Period : 2001-2008
Organization : Menlo Innovations
Pub Date : 2008
Teaching Note :Not Available
Countries : USA
Industry : Computers, IT and ITeS

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"Our project managers do all the things you'd expect from most project managers in that they maintain all of the artifacts related to status, scope, budget, and schedule, but they are also very much a part of the people-part of the equation. They are highly involved with the software developers and designers as well as the key customer stakeholders."¹

- Richard Sheridan, President & CEO, Menlo Innovations, in 2005.

"Flexibility is a strategy. We don't have flex options. We have a culture which embraces flexibility, for both employees and customers."²

- Richard Sheridan, in 2007.

"His (Sheridan's factory) is quite remarkable. There are no private offices, conference rooms, doors, cubicles, desks, or interior walls. Rather, the building is light and airy with brick outer walls and long aluminum tables with an open ceiling. Teams are paired for specific projects. And once the project is completed, new pairs are created."³

- Ken Rogers, Executive Director, Automation Alley⁴, in 2007.

A New Kind of Workplace

On August 14, 2008, Menlo Innovations LLC (Menlo), a Michigan-based software design and development company, received the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.⁵

The award recognized Menlo for nurturing a culture characterized by a high level of teamwork and flexible workplace practices that promoted work-life balance. Menlo had also received several awards earlier for its innovative work practices and creativity at the workplace.

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1] Libby Ellis, "2005's Prolific Leaders in Project Management: The PMI Power 50," www.allbusiness.com, October 1, 2005.

2] Robert L Brady, "'Extreme Programming' - A New Twist on Job Sharing," http://hr.blr.com, February 26, 2007.

3] "Emerging Leader: Richard Sheridan," http://crainsdetroit.com, September 17, 2007.

4] Automation Alley was a Michigan-based association of businesses, technology, and government that served entrepreneurs.

5] Bernadine Stallings, "Winners of Alfred P. Sloan Awards Announced," www.crainsdetroit.com, August 6, 2008.

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