Parm AG

parm ltd. is a Swiss Software company headquartered in St. Gallen. It was founded in 1996 and focused primarily on project accounting and risk management, thus its name "parm".

Today the company offers consultancy, education, IT-outsourcing and various own business software solutions which are based on Microsoft Silverlight application framework.

Philosophy: myPARM Premium Integrated Framework™

Prof. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton investigated a large number of companies and organizations in order to find out what the prerequisites for effective strategy management are. They came to the conclusion that only 54% of the companies they investigated use an integrated management process for strategy implementation, and that the great majority - 73% - of these best practice users achieved above-average results. Of the remaining 46% of the companies, which do not have a strategy management process, only 25% can show exceptional results. This means that an anchored strategy management process brings a three-fold increase in the probability of success. PARM has gone even further, and linked the closed 6-phase management system postulated by Kaplan and Norton (see myPARM Integrated Framework™, upper circuit) with the globally proven project management system myPARM (see myPARM Integrated Framework™, lower circuit). Strategic management is thereby seamlessly connected with operational business activity. This means, in practice, that initiatives defined within the framework of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) are implemented with no system break by means of established project management methods such as PMBOK or PRINCE2. The early warning indicators and critical success factors connected via cause-effect chains (strategy influence map) allow early feedback from the implementation process to the strategic goals set. The ongoing operational activities in day-to-day operations are planned, conducted and monitored in the same system, which prevents a one-sided and restricted view of business activities.

Software Solutions

Related business topics

• Risk-based Leadership
• Strategic Management
• Portfolio Management
• Multi Project Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Management

Further concepts the solution is based on

Due to their academic background, continuing education and ongoing cooperations with universities and institutes as well as participations in research projects and publishing scientific papers at congresses or via webinar, PARM is in position to derive best practices and provide state-of-the-art solutions based on concepts like:

• Balanced Scorecard (D. Norton, R. Kaplan, HBS)
• Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (R. Bayney)
• Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (E. Triantaphyllou)
• Stochastic / deterministic Simulation (e.g. Monte Carlo)
• Project Management Standards (PRINCE2, PMBOK, ICB, Scrum)
• Soft Factors in Project Management (A. Huber et.al.)
• Sustainable Development (G.H. Brundtland, WCED)
• International Accounting Standards (IFRS, IAS)
• Risk- and Opportunity Management (ISO 31000, ONR 49000)
• Getting Things Done (D. Allen)
• Capability Maturity Model Integration (SEI)
• Compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley-Act)
• IT Governance (COBIT)
• Scenario Technique (H. Kahn)

Extract from customer references

• Amberg Engineering AG
• A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy
• AXA Winterthur
• BG Bonnard & Gardel Holding SA
• Civil Engineering Office and the Department of Construction, Transport and Energy of the canton of Berne
• Comatec Oy
• CSD Ingenieure AG
• ISS Group
• Finnmap Consulting Oy
• pkag Paul Keller Ingenieure AG
• Pöyry Plc
• Rintekno Oy
• Rowa Tunnelling Logistics AG
• SAV Oy
• Widmer Ingenieure AG

Extract from previous participations at congresses

• PMI Congress (Venezuela - 2013)
• 7. Clinic Symposium (Munster - 2013)
• Congress Clinic Marketing (Cologne - 2013)
• 4. Swiss Forum Clinic Marketing (Zurich - 2013)
• EVA Europe Conference (Ghent - 2010)
• GPM Forum (Friedrichshafen - 2010)
• EVA Europe Conference (Geneva - 2009)
• PMI Chapter (Guatemala)
• PMI Congress (Columbia)
• PMI Conference (Washington)
• IPMA World Congress (Helsinki - 2009)
• EVM World Congress (Florida - 2008)
• GPM International PM-Forum (Berlin - 2009)
• GPM International PM-Forum (Wiesbaden - 2008)
• IPMA World Congress (Rome - 2008)

Extract from research projects and cooperations

• Sustainability Performance Management (Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research + University of Applied Sciences)1
• WTT Young Leader Awards (University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen - 2013) 2
• PMI Consultant accreditation (PMI Consultant Registry – 2012) 3
• Member of GPM (2012)
• Swiss made software accreditation (2012) 4
• Member of PRINCE2 Deutschland e.V. (2013)