Listen Now: How PMTraining Helps Fujitsu Develop Best Practices Across All Levels
Updated: Jun 20, 2025
Featured on PMI's "Projectified" podcast, hear how PMTraining helps large organizations develop best practices
in Project Management across all levels. Fujitsu, a multinational services company, sits down to discuss how
they "upskill" with PMTraining.
Learning a New Way To Work
Sometimes companies think they have a pretty good system…processes and procedures that get things done in a productive way. But then they get an opportunity to participate in training that turns all their ideas upside down. This is the story of PFU America.
PFU America is a Fujitsu Company, based in Sunnyvale, California. Darien White is a Vice-President and tells their story of learning to work in new ways. He explains how this started.
“I had been at Fujitsu prior. I returned in 2017. The one thing that I had seen that kind of evolved over time is there was a lack of a project standard of how projects were submitted, how projects were approved, and even really more critical was how they were judged on effectiveness after they were completed. We really did not have a definition, or if ROI or return on investment was defined at the beginning of the project. No one ever really went back to determine if that was actually accomplished in the output of the project. Change Management didn't exist, really. Cost Management didn't exist other than a budgetary number that was a target.”
The Solution
Realizing this disorganization, the executive team went to work. They knew that they needed to create some standards around project management. They knew how critical it was to get this under control particularly on the IT front. But they also knew they needed an outside partner to help make this happen. That’s where PMTraining came into the picture.
PMTraining was able to help them determine a methodology that would work for the company. They then developed training that ensured that not only project managers would be working on the same page but also provided training for the executive team as well so that they understood their roles in project management sponsorship. Darien explains, “ It was able to put the entire organization in alignment on how projects should be run.”
Adapting to New Working Environments
Upon returning to the company, Darien also had to deal with the new work environment which included a larger hybrid workforce. Moving from a corporate culture where everyone came to the office, adapting to the communication challenges of remote work was another hurdle to tackle. No more strolling through the office to have conversations and feeling like proximity was keeping everyone connected. No more jumping on a white board to work out a problem with the rest of the team. Adding to that an acquisition of a new company in Canada and now the work wasn’t in the same office or even the same country.
The answer was found in PMTraining. According to Darien, “being able to have my overall project manager, IT project manager, accounting, project manager, that had all been through PMTraining, understanding the expectations of what we should deliver, the documentation we expected along the way. The Milestone tracking was invaluable.”
Looking to the Future
After the training and learning the new dynamics of a hybrid work environment, Darien White feels confident that the future is bright for PFU America. He explains, “We now have a year of experience under our belts, and project leaders around the world are getting a handle on what it will take to lead successful teams in the emerging hybrid world of work.”
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