Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Public agencies are under considerable pressure to manage capital projects to successful completion, both on time and within budget. The odds of success improve significantly when managers can track project costs and status in real time and can share vital information with all agencies and individuals involved in the project.

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The Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution provides critical assistance to capital project managers at each major stage of the process. Using this solution, organizations can manage capital project portfolios to maximize value and ensure that constituents, contractors, and stakeholders receive clear and accurate progress reports on a regular basis.

Project selection: Successful organizations align investment decisions with clearly defined priorities. Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 provides the systematic support you need to identify the capital projects that will deliver the highest value to your constituents, taking into account your budget and resource availability. Using this solution, you can capture standardized business cases and evaluate each potential capital project against them, factoring costs, benefits, and risks into the prioritization process. The result is smart, defensible project selection.

Project management: Managing a project to completion is a complex, multifaceted task that includes solid planning, deft execution, and ongoing resource management and progress tracking. Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 provides powerful tools for scheduling, tracking, and updating projects that help you optimize resources, minimize costs, manage scope, and deliver on time. Team members can enter labor and status directly to keep project information continuously updated.

As the project moves forward, it's important to update and monitor progress and to keep participants, constituents, and senior management apprised. The Microsoft EPM solution provides a wide range of reporting and analysis that you can deliver in almost real time. For example, if earned value management (EVM) metrics are required across the portfolio, you can produce them accurately and with minimal effort. Rapid reporting capabilities provide you with the information you need, when you need it, to respond quickly to changes and minor issues—before they become major problems.

Portfolio/project evaluation: In the final project phase, the Microsoft EPM solution provides advanced reporting and analysis of the capital project portfolio using Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. You get a clear picture of where value has—or has not—been realized.

Key features of the Microsoft EPM solution include:

Program and project dashboards that provide status-at-a-glance reports and digital alerts keyed to performance indicators, such as budget, schedule, and risk, that help you identify problems before they become critical.
Powerful scheduling tools that support schedule, resource, and cost management using the methodology of your choice. Team members enter details directly so project managers have more time for planning, managing, and tracking projects.
Collaborative project management and communication tools that streamline delivery of continuously updated project information to project stakeholders and other constituents.

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The following Microsoft partners have experience implementing the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Capital Projects solution:

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LMR Solutions is a full-service program and project management firm that helps organizations evaluate and standardize on program and project management processes, training, Microsoft Project technologies, and staff augmentation. LMR Solutions developed the Microsoft EPM Capital Projects solution and can help you apply it to improve management of your capital projects programs.

QuantumPM LLC is a leader in project, program, and portfolio management consulting and solutions, creating pragmatic and valuable solutions that address real-world problems. They have helped hundreds of clients develop creative solutions that fit the way they work. Whether your organization performs operational work, project work, or a combination, QuantumPM can help you address your capital projects problems with the Microsoft EPM Capital Projects solution.

Robbins-Gioia, Inc.'s leverages 25 years of experience and custom program management methodologies to successfully deliver projects on budget and on time while managing significant change, optimizing business processes, and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Robbins-Gioia provides business results to non-profit organizations, large government agencies, and major commercial companies, and can help you get control of your capital projects with the Microsoft EPM Capital Projects solution.

Microsoft Services' exists to help Microsoft customers and partners maximize the potential of their Microsoft technology investment. They offer architecture, implementation, and sustainment services—with a level of vision, expertise, and insight that only Microsoft can provide. Together with partners, they match agency requirements with a safety net of support and direct access to the Microsoft teams that develop the products and understand future product direction. Contact Federal Services at AskUSPSS@microsoft.com.

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