Expediting Multiple Projects Timelines with State-of-the-Art Dashboard Management Systems to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Delays

A program is a collection of interrelated projects, programs, and other related activities that cannot be managed individually. One Higher Education Institution (HEI) was awarded a program worth over USD 3 million to build an education-integrated application that will serve academic and non-academic processes. The program had severe challenges since it required tight monitoring and control due to its enormous project value. This study aims to design a dashboard to reduce delays and enhance efficiency. The solution was achieved by integrating a Dashboard Management System using the waterfall method. It was developed using Google Spreadsheet due to its familiarity and usability aspect compared to other project management systems that require huge investment and knowledge to use. The study shows that the program management dashboard significantly improved overall program efficiency. The program has reached 37.29% schedule acceleration of work completion. It indicates that the simple information system and adopting the formal standard of program management will increase the success of program completion.