A quick overview of how SharePoint can be used to enable successful project management.

1. SHAREPOINT FOR
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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2. 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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3. 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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4. Only 30% of projects
are a success
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5. Why are
projects not more
successful?
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6. Major Challenges To Success
Poor Communications 57%
Poor Scheduling 39%
No Quality Control 35%
Milestones Not Met 34%
Poor Resource Coordination 29%
Source: The Bull Survey (1998)
0% 20% 40% 60%
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7. What
does it take?
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8. Managing the Details
Communications
Tasks and Dependencies
Issues
Risks
Scope Creep
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9. SharePoint – A Great Tool Kit
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10. The Continuum MS Project
Server
3rd Party SharePoint
Applications
SharePoint
Team Site
MS Project
Excel
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11. SP Project PM EPMLive Project
Criteria Lists Site Central 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
Requires customization NA or heavy customization
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12. Project Tasks in SharePoint 2010
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13. EPMLive’s WorkEngine
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14. Portfolio Visibility
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19. Many
configurable
views
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20. Cost Analyzer
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21. Resource Workload by Roles
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22. Reporting Services
is used for report
development
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23. Reporting
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24. Portfolio Management
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25. Performance
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26. 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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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.com
Phone: 678‐467‐9259
Twitter: @hankedwards
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28. Questions
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