Enterprise Project & Resource Management (EPRM) How the Regional IT Infrastructure Program Management team uses MS Project Marc Fullman, IT Program Manager, Microsoft
Agenda Team Background EPRM background EPRM configuration Life of a project EPRM structure How we use EPRM Project Web Access (PWA) Reporting Q&A
Team Background 17 Program Managers Financial Year ‘ projects Year To Date – 196 projects PMI certification
EPRM Background PPM – 3 rd party product Microsoft based solution required - Project 2003
EPRM Configuration Lookups – IO and location Project stages – Draft, new, approved-queued, approved-active, delivered, closed Responsible IT department Requesting department Project location Internal/external Push/pull Planned/unplanned Custom/standard Account Manager (AM) – effectively the IT sponsor of the project Project requestor Dates – client requested, start, delivery and close WSS site for documentation to AM to Group Program Manager (GPM)
EPRM Configuration cont.. Project Guide Focus on managing a project rather than being an expert in MS Project
Life of a project Draft, Review, New Project details such as title, requested date, IO, location, project documentation Approved-queued – 14 calendar days Planning phase Documents reviewed Schedule built/revised Dates set – start, delivery and close Approved-active Delivery phase Close – 14 calendar days Closure phase Final tasks Post Project Review – lessons learnt
Draft, Review, New
EPRM Structure 3 stages of a project – planning, delivery, and closing
Approved-Queued
How we use EPRM Schedule templates Terminal Server Windows SharePoint Services LiveMeeting used to review schedule Post Project Review (PPR) SQL
PWA
Weekly status report
Q&A
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