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Project Management
  • Almost any human activity that involves carrying out a non-repetitive task can be a project
  • So we are all project managers!
  • We all practice project management (PM)
  • But there is a big difference between carrying out a very simple project involving one or two people and one involving a complex mix of people, organizations and tasks
  • Enterprise Optimus comes into rescue here
Enterprise Optimus helps automate project management activities.
 
Why Project Management?
  • To deliver projects on time
  • To deliver projects within budget
  • Transparency across functional areas
  • Reduce development-cycle time
  • Expedited conformity with schedules
  • To identify and act upon unsuccessful projects
  • Prioritize projects, services and deliverables
  • Design a scalable project management system
  • Allocate right people on right tasks at right time
Features
Project Definition
  • Project Definition – Scope, Duration, Business Rules and Policies
  • Schedule Estimation and Effort Estimation
  • Plan Confirmations/ Approvals
In addition…
  • Project Plan Initiation against a Customer Proposal
  • Definition of Re-usable Project Templates
  • Imports and Exports from and to Microsoft Project
  • Automatic creation of document directory structure based on the Life Cycle model chosen
Project Planning
  • Work Breakdown Structure Definition
  • Provision to add unlimited number of tasks
  • Powerful Scheduling Engine for optimal resource utilization
  • Definition of Milestone activities
  • Mapping of Deliverables to Milestones
  • Organization Structure Definition
  • Project and Non-Project Activities definition
  • Plans for functionally and geographically dispersed business units
In addition…
  • Pro-active Picture Planning
  • Decorative Plans – Budgeted Vs Actual
  • Plan Reuse
  • Project Plan Templates
  • Centralized resource pool deployable across projects
Project Cost Estimation
  • Cost Estimation using Activity Based Costing
  • COCOMO II for Cost Estimation
Project Scheduling & Work Allocation
  • Powerful Scheduling Engine for optimal resource utilization
  • Scheduling based on Constraints, Dependencies, Work Hours etc
  • Resource Search Algorithms for Work Allocation based on various search parameters
  • Analysis of Resource Overload and Under-Utilization
  • Gantt Charts
  • Critical Paths
Project Evaluation
  • Real-Time information on Project Slippages and Project Progress
  • Earned Value Analysis to show project progress and slippages in terms of cost and schedule
  • Variance Analysis to show the difference between actuals and estimates
  • Project Performance Analysis
Project Monitoring
  • Multiple Baselines to compare actuals against estimates
  • Time & Status Reporting of Resources
  • Automatic Routing of Time Sheets, Status Reports etc. to the corresponding Approval Authorities
  • Real-time Project Status Computation
  • Provision to view Project Status based on privileges
  • Generation of Invoices & Bills to the Customers when a Project is initiated based on a Customer Request
Project Workspace
  • Enterprise Optimus acts as a one-stop shop for project management
  • Stakeholders get access to all project related information based on the privileges given to them
  • Various Project views – Tabular, Gantt and Tree views
In addition…
  • Zero-Latency Alerts and Notifications to inform all stakeholders about Project Slippages and Progress
Configurability – Process Management
  • Configurable Life Cycles
  • Process Standardization through Life Cycle Models
  • Life Cycles in Enterprise Optimus serve as knowledgebase
  • Facility to add any number of phases in a Life Cycle
  • Life Cycles can be used for Project creation and Execution
  • Automatic creation of directory structure based on the Life Cycle model chosen
Metrics Management
  • Configurable Project Performance Scales and Performance Goals
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics for measuring Performance
  • Multiple Baselines to compare actuals against estimates
  • Calculation of Project Progress based on Project Progress Indicators
Project Closure
  • Auto verification of all Dependencies during Project Closure
  • Capturing and maintaining Lessons Learnt Repository
  • Zero-Latency notifications to all stakeholders about the Project Closure
  • Knowledgebase of closed Projects
Meetings Management
  • Capturing project-related as well as organizational meeting minutes
  • Adding deviations found during the meeting to the work breakdown structure/ program breakdown structure
  • Converting action items to tasks/ projects
  • Centralized Meeting Minutes Repository
  • Meeting Closure
Release Management
  • Release Repository for deliverables
  • Locking / Unlocking of deliverables for updating
  • Deliverable Update Requests routed through Configuration Approval Authority
Benefits
  • Provides Enterprise-wide Visibility and Control
  • Plans, monitors and controls Projects
  • Brings efficiency and effectiveness through knowledge with Knowledgebase
  • Captures complete information on scope, cost, schedule and performance with Baseline Management
  • Identification of project slippages
  • Determines project progress
  • Helps assess effectiveness of current methods
  • Reduced life cycle time and cost
  • Zero-latency communication and collaboration between functional units
  • Identification of projects where return on investment is less/ unproductive projects
  • Correct estimation of resources, identifying skilled resources and allocating resources on right tasks at the right time
  • Standardizes Project Management Practices with Life Cycle Management