1. Program Control

2. Managing projects … Alok K Sinha - SE PROJECTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTA-TION CONSULTING ONSITE OFFSHORE PRODUCT INTEGRATION QA ORGANISATION WIDE ROLLOUT/ UPGRADES MULTI LOCATION PROCESS MAPPING & BPR TRAINING ERP/CAD

4. Companies use project mgmt tools to track tasks or show status in individual projects… Alok K Sinha - SE but they still use spreadsheets and other work-arounds to manage multiple project… and these approaches are not scalable, and there is no project-to-project continuity Time Cost Deliver- ables Time Cost Deliver- ables Time Cost Deliver- ables Tasks Tasks Tasks Resour- ces Resour- ces Resour- ces Project 2 Project 3 Project 1

5. Disparate project mgmt leads to many issues that have a severe impact on one or more projects Alok K Sinha - SE Should we create a new project? We are about to have a cost over-run! What impact will a delay in Project 1 have on Project 3? Will we have enough people?

6. In addition to tracking, Companies need scalability and consistency Alok K Sinha - SE Teams Locations Countries Regions Global Operations Visibility at all levels, projects and teams Bird’s Eye View Internal External Staff Partners Customers & Other Stakeholders Resour- ces Resour- ces Resour- ces Time Cost Deliver- ables Tasks Time Cost Deliver- ables Tasks Time Cost Deliver- ables Tasks Project 3 Project 2 Project 1 Business Functions Productservices

7. A Program management Platform Alok K Sinha - SE A Collaborative Platform Within the Enterprise – Employees, Business Groups, Project Teams etc. Across Enterprises – Business Partners, Vendors, Customers etc. A Knowledge Repository Provides data and files in several formats Provides Checkin/Checkout, Version and Change Management Manage Lifecycles From Inception to Obsolescence Define & Track Phases, Deliverables with Dashboard, etc. Manage Project Deliverables Manages Deliverables as against Efforts Hierarchical access rules and roles ensure tracking across teams

8. And specifically for software projects … Alok K Sinha - SE Effort Logs and Resource Utilization Synchronized Timesheet & Task Management Change Control Provides Change Management integrated with Impact Analysis Defect Logs and Management Defect Reporting and Tracking Tracking Software Project KPIs Dashboards specific to Software Development Projects

9. Effective Delivery means … Alok K Sinha - SE Managing Programs Maximizing Profit and Innovation across Global Teams with Minimized Risk and Time while

14. CMMI Process Areas & Categories Alok K Sinha - SE

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