sharepoint for project management

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SHAREPOINT FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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How did I get involved with SharePoint and PM?

Global integration project

SharePoint for global collaboration

Global R&D project management

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How many people here:1. Have run projects?

2. Are familiar with SharePoint?

3. All of their projects have been a success?

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Only 30% of projectsare a successOnly 30% of projectsare a success

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Why are projects not more successful?

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29%

34%

35%

39%

57%

0% 20% 40% 60%

Major Challenges To Success

Source: The Bull Survey (1998)

Poor Communications

Poor Scheduling

No Quality Control

Milestones Not Met

Poor Resource Coordination

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Whatdoes it take?

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Managing the Details

Communications

Tasks and Dependencies

Issues

Risks

Scope Creep

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SharePoint – A Great Tool Kit

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SharePointTeam Site

3rd Party SharePointApplications

MS ProjectServer

MS Project

The Continuum

Excel

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CriteriaSP

ListsProject

SitePM

CentralEPMLive Project

Server

- View resources across projects

- Manage project costs

- Track project issues

- Auto generate new project from a template

- See impact of schedule changes

- Capture and compare actuals against baseline

- Track project risks

- Track project changes

Standard Functionality Needs further investigation

NA or heavy customizationRequires customization

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Project Tasks in SharePoint 2010

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EPMLive’s WorkEngine

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Portfolio Visibility

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Many configurable

views

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Cost Analyzer

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Resource Workload by Roles

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Reporting Services is used for report

development

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Reporting

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Portfolio Management

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Performance25

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Recap – Project Management Ain’t Easy

SharePoint Is a Great Toolkit

That Can Lead To Project Success,

If You Have The Right Discipline!

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Hank Edwards

27© Hank Edwards

•Hank has served as the CIO for several Atlanta based international firms

•Hank is a SharePoint strategy consultant with Abel Solutions, Inc.

• Abel Solutions, Inc. is the premier SharePoint  consultancy group in the Atlanta area.

hedwards@abelsolutions.comPhone: 678‐467‐9259Twitter: @hankedwards

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Questions

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