EPM / Project Server can be a daunting prospect for any organisation, with up to 20 technologies involved, failure or disappointed stakeholders is a very likely outcome. Here at VorausPlan we have the experience in EPM / Project Server but more importantly we know how to integrate this into the business processes of project environments.

Microsoft has developed a great product but their business is to sell software, they have left it to the customer to then find out how to use EPM / Project Server appropriately. It can be a bewildering experience for organisations who just want to get a grip on their portfolio and find out what is actually going on.

This is where VorausPlan can assist, we can get you up and running quickly, in extreme fast-track scenarios we can do it in a week without the bells and whistles to get immediate visibility over current project plans and resources.

When time is of the essence we can deliver the EPM solution via Virtualisation using either VMWare or Microsoft technologies on to your domain with the minimum of risk. Virtualisation also greatly benefits Proof of Concepts to show your project community what can be expected and helps engagement with end users at a very early stage.

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) is the collaborative component to EPM / Project Server that project teams can use in a multitude of ways from storing project documents to embedding controls (Risks, Issues, and Change etc.). We can demonstrate how this can be used in ways that assist Project Managers in executing project start up in reduced times.

There is an unrelenting demand for Management Information in all parts of the organisation, when times are bad the demand grows exponentially. Whole PMOs with up to 15 FTEs have been established with the single aim of satisfying this appetite, where is the value-add ? The short answer is there is none.

Building on a solid Project Platform of EPM / Project Server and WSS we can implement automated reporting of both Project Status and ad-hoc analysis. By leveraging the use of Reporting Services we can provide the following benefits:

1. reduce your reporting process to 1 hour for consolidation,
2. increase the available time for the PMO to read and analyse the project status reports and thus provide robust challenge,
3. minimise the work required by the Project Manager to update project status,
4. frictionless reporting process from Project Manager to PMO to Stakeholders.
   

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