Generating Business Value Through Strategic Planning
Computer World has been Microsoft Gold Certified Partner since 2002. Microsoft GOLD Certified Partners represent a high degree of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies. |
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Computer World has demonstrated and certified their proficiency in multiple Microsoft competencies, including Microsoft Information Worker Solution. As Microsoft Certified Partners, we have access to a rich set of |
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benefits to provide the best solutions. This close relationship with Microsoft helps us to stay on the cutting edge of the latest technology and pass that on to customers.
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| Computer World Enterprise Project Management Consulting |
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| Computer World offers consultancy service covering all aspects of enterprise project management. We combine specialist knowledge with practitioner experience and our experiences range from planning and managing information technology development efforts to the development of custom methodologies. |
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| Computer World EPM Proof-of-Concept |
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Business Need: Many companies have limited project management industry knowledge or don’t have the organizational infrastructure to successfully design and implement an enterprise project management (EPM) solution without assistance. Common organizational goals, processes, standards and training are needed to make a solution effective and useful. The Computer World EPM Proof of Concept provides these capabilities to ensure a successful Proof of Concept.
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You get to know the technology that enables you to get organization's wide Insight, visibility and control on your projects. |
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You validate the product before investing on the software. |
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Your key professionals get exposure to the way project management best practices are mapped to technology. |
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| Computer World EPM Jump Start |
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Business Need: A JumpStart is an offering that builds a rapid prototype to demonstrate the value and power of a technology to meet a specific business need. It is delivered for a customer specific environment, demonstrates a good fit between the business need and the technology, reduces the risk involved with a decision to move forward with a solution for the enterprise and provides a customer-specific basis for estimating the effort to develop a complete, production-ready solution.
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Optimize Resources
Analyze and Report Project Status
Share Information
Integrate and Standardize Best Practices |
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| Computer World EPM Pilot Deployment |
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Business Need: Implementing an Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) solution involves not only the technical deployment of the tool but the integration with the project management practices and business processes of your organization. There is a significant cultural change process the organization will inevitably undergo, and by opting for a phased rollout approach, as opposed to a big bang style, gives the time for the organization to adapt to these changes. It also allows for feedback from user testing to be used to refine the solution so that it definitely meets users’ and stakeholders’ expectations. Taking a pilot approach to implementing an EPM solution ensures that wide-scale deployment is controlled and clean with minimal risk.
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Quickly getting the solution up and active. Implement an operational solution customized to the requirements of your organization for a pilot group. |
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Optimizing the solution. Use feedback from the pilot group to maximize the effectiveness of thesolution, and provide a foundation for further deployments. |
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Transfer of solution knowledge. Provide your organization with the know how to use, support, deploy, and maintain the solution. |
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| Computer World Enterprise Wide Rollout |
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Business Need: Recently EPM has taken on a different perspective with tools like Microsoft Project Server leading the pack of new technologies that have created a far broader interest in the topic. As a result, the last few years have seen many companies implementing these tools within their organizations. But, what we are hearing is that many have experienced less than satisfying results.
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Quickly getting the solution up and active. Implement an operational solution customized to the requirements of your organization for a pilot group. |
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Optimizing the solution. Use feedback from the pilot group to maximize the effectiveness of thesolution, and provide a foundation for further deployments. |
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Transfer of solution knowledge. Provide your organization with the know how to use, support, deploy, and maintain the solution. |
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| Enterprise Rollout steps |
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Requirements Gathering:
This involves confirming the business objectives, and documenting the business and functional requirements (may also include high level technical requirements), as well as providing high level assessment of current project management practices and proficiencies. |
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Prototype:
This involves setting up a “Prototype” to demonstrate capabilities & limitations of system (test adherence to requirements & fitness for use specific to your organization & business expectations) - includes completion of analysis and production of business case or recommendations report. |
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Project Definition and Initiation:
Bringing the business requirements and the knowledge gained from the prototype together to finalize an implementation strategy. This includes establishing a pilot area and deployment strategy; confirming the project structure and sponsorship; finalizing the project scope and producing the project schedule and budget along with the rest of the project plan materials. |
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System & Process Design / Build:
This involves assessing current project management environment, gaining an understanding of the people that will be using the system, how they will be using it, and their current level of skill (experience + product knowledge). Assessing current PM processes, procedures and forms/templates and defining the ‘to be’ processes will also be done at this point. |
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Pilot Program:
This pilot must be limited to a logical and manageable group and must address all the functionality required in the enterprise wide version. |
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Roll Out & Training:
This involves the training and roll-out of the solution to all identified participants as per the deployment strategy identified. |
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Support:
The project team provides support from the pilot until a set period of time after the completion of the roll out. This also includes working with the operational groups to transition ongoing management of support from the project team to the operations group(s). |
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Computer World EPM Implementation Methodology |
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