A standardized and practice-oriented project management system was introduced in order to increase planning reliability and strengthen the management of follow-up work. At the beginning, existing best practices in the company were identified and suitable project management methods were presented, tested and selected in workshops. The selected combination of best practices and methods was documented in a practice-oriented project management guideline and scaled to different project sizes. In order to establish a uniform level of knowledge and wording, the project employees were trained in accordance with the GPM standard and passed the examination for the basic certificate.

The most important success factor in establishing project management in companies is anchoring the working method in the company. To achieve this, the project managers were provided with a sparring partner to support the practical application of the guidelines. In addition, the project managers set up a knowledge team to derive further improvements from the experience gained during application. This resulted in a lively project management system that was able to keep pace with Kliewe's growth.