Wellingtone Project Management

1. Wellingtone Project Management Real-time visibility across all projects, resource needs and availability and efficient task allocation …in 10 days! …impossible? Vince Hines BSc MAPM MACostEMIoD PRINCE2 Practitioner & P3O Practitioner Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist Managing Director

2. Who are Wellingtone? • Specialist Project Management company • Microsoft Certified Partner with PPM Specialisation • Established 1995 • UK wide, based Windsor • Clients in all industries • Sponsor research at The Centre for Project Management, LMU

3. Our Clients • EDS • GE Money • Serco • Johnson & Johnson • Westinghouse Rail • The Collinson Group • London Underground • Parsons Group International • UCB Homeloans • Maginus • Interserve • Salford County Council • Dept for International Development • The Environment Agency • Land Securities • Cheshire Constabulary • Monsoon Accessorize • Ladbrokes • Sonus Network • BT • Clarks • Roche • Places for People • News International • The Boots Company • Save The Children • Oxford University Press • Columbus Insurance • NSPCC • NHS

4. What Do Our Clients Say? “We contacted Wellingtone plus a few others to see if they could assist with our deployment of Project Server – Wellingtone came back with the best proposal. We are very impressed with their technical knowledge of Project Server and Project Professional plus their Project Management skills as well.” Infrastructure Manager, Roche “Wellingtone provided exactly the right level of guidance and support through the entire Project Server implementation; from creating processes to training. Excellent.” IT Project Manager, Maginus • “We brought in Wellingtone on an ongoing critical and complex project. We would not have achieved the timescales we did without Wellingtone. Thank you!” Managing Director, Columbus Travel Insurance

5. Addressing Business Issues Common Business Pain Points Addressed By Microsoft Project Server 2010

6. Typical Project Management Issues 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 63% Inconsistent Approaches Allocating Resources 60% 2 48% 3 Too Many/Wrong Projects 1 37% Project Manager Competency Project Visibility 37% 36% Economic Pressures 22% Late/Over Budget SOURCE: Project Management—The State of the Industry (The Center for Business Practices)

7. What is Project Server 2010? Top Down Portfolio Management Bottom Up Project Management Manage Plan Create Select Resource Management Business Case Definition Project Reporting Demand Management Portfolio Prioritization Project Scheduling Team Collaboration Portfolio Reporting Time Reporting Portfolio Optimization Issues and Risk Management Capacity Planning

8. Microsoft Project 2010 Solution Set

9. Example PPM Process • Project approved & PM appointed • PM uses generic template to quickly build project schedule • PM Publishes project to Project Server / Project Site • Work is allocated to team members • Project Site enables collaboration • Team members manage their workload and report on progress • Senior managers access real time dashboards • Line managers review resource needs and work allocation

10. Benefits of Microsoft Project Server (1) Quicker & Consistent Project Start-up Projects based on pre-defined schedule templates Project site automatically created & populated with documents for Project Managers Workflow ensures projects complete approval process (2) Improved Work Allocation Team members have live visibility of their allocated work across projects Team members can provide progress updates through PWA or Outlook Visibility of workload across all projects (3) Improved Team Collaboration Project team have one location for all project documents Team site provides online communication, discussions & blogs Email alerts keep team members updated

11. Benefits of Microsoft Project Server (4) Better Resource Management Assess demand for resource across all projects Assign work to individuals or teams Assess impact of adding new projects to portfolio (5) Informed Decision Making Senior Managers access real-time dashboard reporting at any time RAG status reports based on quantitative data, not what the PM says “Slice and dice” data analysis and powerful BI reporting (6) Portfolio & Demand Management Structured approach for submission of proposed projects / ideas Achieve consensus on strategic goals & their relative priority Align each proposal with strategic goals, level of risk, cost & benefit Enables apples-to-apples comparison

12. PPM in a Box • Pre-Configured packaged service solution for Microsoft Project Server 2010 • Fixed Price Deployment: £9,950 • Enhanced Project Server 2010 Configuration: reports, views, project site design • Requirements workshops & process design • Customisation to support your processes • Installation locally OR 60 days FREE hosting • Administrator & user training • Post deployment benefits review & support

13. Value Add of PPM in a Box™ (1) Base installation of Project Server 2010 or provision of Hosted environment Project Server 2010 and its associated products are installed in order to provide the base system on which to install the PPM in a Box databases (2) PPM in a Box pre-configured databases Pre-configured databases installed on top of the standard Project Server solution provide a rapid start to configuring Project Server (3) Workshop driven configuration A two day workshop driven by our Project Server Consultant enables us to capture your specific configuration needs, while participants gain a solid understanding of the solution capabilities (4) Customised SharePoint Project Site Collaboration is a key area of project management; the PPM in a Box SharePoint Project Site has a number of enhancements over the generic solution based on our expertise and knowledge of typical client requirements

14. Value Add of PPM in a Box™ (5) Best practise templates A series of project management document templates, derived from our extensive practical experience, for example; Project Brief & PID (6) Pre-configured views and status indicators Additional Project Centre Views include a range of indicators and KPIs to provide clear visibility of project status; by project and by task (7) Training Our dedicated Microsoft Certified Trainers provide a suite of training as part of the PPM in a Box package, includes; 1 day Administrator course, 2 day Project Manager course (8) Post-Deployment Review Our focus is ensuring you gain maximum benefit from your deployment. We will conduct a thorough review of the installation, configuration and user experience, including a user client

15. What Do Our Clients Say? “…I’ve been involved in several PPM deployments and this was by far the smoothest and quickest!” Manager, Medical Technology Company • “…we have been very satisfied with both Wellingtone’s professional approach to the deployment of PS and with the hosted environment” Managing QS, Colas Ltd “They have approached the project professionally and effectively. The installation and initial training has been completed successfully” Programme Manager, Hamworthy Moss AS, Norway

16. What Now? Deployment Options & Next Steps Microsoft Project Server 2010

17. Improve Your Project Management • What areas of Project Management are you looking to improve? • What are your key business drivers? • Opportunity to develop project management maturity • Define a roadmap for PPM improvement • Phased deployment to deliver value against identified drivers

18. Next Steps • We can: • Arrange a demo / webinar for your decision makers at your offices • Help you develop a business case for deployment • Send you hardware & software requirements guidelines • After further discussion, we can: • Define a recommended approach to deployment based on your business drivers • Provide a detailed costed proposal for deployment • Provide a detailed costed hosted solution quote

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