ePro Project Management
Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (ePro) is a highly
configurable project portfolio management product that provides visibility
across the organization into all projects planned and in progress.
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Provides tracking and monitoring capabilities for managing
details of projects at the individual project level and at a higher level
treating a series of projects as a portfolio.
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Provides a single source of project administration as the
corporate repository allowing tracking of projects at all levels of an
organization.
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Provides a means for prioritizing projects to ensure effective
use of resources and delivers a robust mechanism for managing project details.
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Configurable to meet specific organizational process while
maintaining key components of process established by the Project Management
Institute (PMI).
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Allows project assignees and managers a means to manage their
respective projects.
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As the single source for managing all projects, ePro
delivers a strategic means to allowing proper prioritization of projects to
ensure resources are being used for the right purposes for the given objectives
of the organization. Its robust capabilities allow the organization to alter
priorities as appropriate to support the shifting demands and needs of an agile
entity.
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Complementing the effective management of projects, ePro
enables managing the details of specific projects so as to provide the right
information at the right levels and at the right time. Users will be able to
provide relevant details to support organizations positioning them to provide
better and timely support.
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Creates a framework for process that ensures customer
expectations are met or exceeded.
In summary, ePro delivers a complete solution for
tracking and managing projects treating them as portfolios to ensure proper
resource utilization and increasing overall corporate productivity. Staff
productivity will increase with information being more readily available while
following a defined process across the organization. This increase in
productivity should reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.
My Project Page:
The My Projects page is a dashboard style presentation of
all projects relevant to the User currently logged in. If the CIO is logged in
all active projects for the IT organization will be presented. The projects
displayed, are filtered as you move down the management chain all the way down
to individual project owners and contributors.
Project Planning Module
The Project Planning module delivers several planning tools
to help plan, prioritize measure Return On Investment (ROI), and create new
projects.
Cost/Benefit Review
This reporting page is provided as a valuable tool for
decision makers to evaluate the value proposition of projects. It is available
via the Cost/Benefit Assessment sub menu within the Project Planning
module/menu. The portion of the page presented below provides a comparison in
graphical format of the costs and the benefits. In addition to this critical
information, the page also provides an ROI assessment, Risks that may have been
identified for the project, and an itemized listing of all costs and benefits.
Quality Management Module
The Quality Management module provides critical
functionality for managing project quality. Using the features in this module,
QA analysts are able to report defects and monitor progress of solutions to
defects reported.
While there are several features in this module, three of
them are key the Quality Management function:
Defect Discovery: Used to report new defects.
Defect Review: Used to peruse defects and select one
for action. Drilling further into this capability the analyst is able to
add/edit details about the defect including tracking rework and attaching other
documents for illustration purposes.
Defect Metrics: Provides a view of all of the defects
categorized for defect inventory assessment.
In this module, the analyst is also able to go directly to
the quality management page for the project and update QA completion
information.
Delivery Management Module
The Delivery Management module addresses all project
management needs between the Planning/Initiation phases and the Quality
Management function and Implementation. This includes a multitude of features
ranging from Capacity Planning to Objects (Hardware and Software) required for
successful Implementation. Some examples are below.
Resource Capacity Planning:
Select this menu option to access the Capacity Planning
pages to manage resource capacity allocations. Provides multi-level drill-down
capability for managers of multiple teams. Screen shot segment is shown on
right.
Release Forecasting:
Select this sub-menu to access the Release Forecasting page.
This function provides release managers a view of what is to come and allows
preparation for effective release management.
Release Portfolio Summary:
Select this sub-menu to access metrics on the release with
the allocation to various functional areas and a summary of projects in various
statuses.
Reporting Module
The Reporting module provides a means for communicating
information to stakeholders. Current features include status reporting
capability for a single project or multiple projects.
