How Walt Disney Imagineering is Using Technology to Optimize Major Projects (Rajeesh Agrawal - Director Management Controls, Walt Disney

Imagineering has 10,000 employees as part of Disney. 70% of work is outsourced.

Overall Process

• Blue Sky Creation Process - brainstorming - up to 6 months - 95% of ideas don't make - must be feasible
• Concept development & feasibility
• Design & Production
• Construction & Installation
• Test & Adjust
• Grand Opening - we should call our launches Grand Openings

5 advantages of using proliance

1. Standardization
2. Automation
3. Transparency
4. Collaboration
5. Historicals - cost, schedule

Hosted environment, heavy use of OBAs, use SAP & Primavera

Helping push next key feature - Workflow visualization