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Overview of EPK-Suite © 2002-2005 EPK Group LLC. All rights reserved. billo@epkgroup.com
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EPK Group LLC Overview Founders average 25+ years in PM Developed many PM systems since 1976: Artemis Views, Innate, Premis, Cue, Prestige Focused exclusively on MSP since 1998 Enterprise Project (acquired by Microsoft in 2000) PGMs and Devs on Project team EPK-Suite since December 2002 Current Microsoft relationship Project 2003 sample database 6 chapters of Project 2003 Books Online TAPS program Vision Workshop development Competitive analysis PAC member
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Project Server is an extensible “platform” “If all we did was get the current business that our competitors have in some of these high-end spaces, we would be very disappointed… …we won’t think that the Project team has succeeded unless 80 percent of the people involved in IT projects are sitting in front of tools like this one.” Bill Gates March 13, 2002 Project Leadership Conference
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Design Goals Handle ALL work Handle range of PM maturity levels included mixed Value for each user role in business process On Project Server 2003 platform in PWA Not dependent upon assignments – performance gains Customizable and extensible
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Account for ALL work Reports from Standish, Forrester, et al on IS/IT work breakdown are consistently in this range
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Implementation Roadmap Initial payback in 90 days as well as foundation for EPM
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Value for Each Role C-level, Senior Management Align effort with business objectives Capacity management Business process thro stage gates Top down planning Resource and project managers Resource planning Parallel TS approval Budgeting Team members Plan non-working time Actuals and progress on one page Collaboration Accounting Locked down actuals by account code Aggregate and extract for interface
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Integrated into Project Server Full system built on MS Project Server platform Seamlessly integrated with Project Server/Project Web Access Users have a single User Interface and single DB for all functions EPK modules obey all PWA security EPK objects controlled by normal PWA Administrative functions Performance/scalability improvements
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Project Managers Architecture Documents, Issues, RisksProjects, Tasks, Resources Portfolio Items, budgets, resource plans, stage-gates, workflow rules in EPK All Other Users Line of Business Systems with EPK extensions
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EPK-Suite™ Portfolio - through your business process from wish list item to close out, align efforts with corp objectives, top-down planning and budgeting, benefits management, reporting Resources - resource planning and management at item/project level, capacity management Timesheets - full functionality timesheet for task status and billing/chargeback/project accounting Collaborate - WSS integration across items and projects for views that can be filtered and grouped on PI/project attributes
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Some Users AIMCO Barclay Capital Carnival Cruise Lines Cox Communications Fidelity Harcourt Kosan Mazda USA Mercy Medical Center Sunbeam Yellow Roadway
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Portfolio Handles ALL effort Projects Support/Operations Initiatives, proposals, investment opportunities “Stage-gate” based workflow Custom metadata such as alignment with corporate objectives Roll-up of milestones and graphical indicators “Drill-down” into multiple projects via http User definable views with advanced sorting, grouping, filtering, color patterns, symbology Create projects w/o Windows client Top-down budgeting by hours, headcount (FTEs), cost
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Timesheets Timesheet covers all effort, not just “projects” Can report task status and actual hours independently Allows charge of hours at project/phase level rather than only detail tasks Charge time w/o task assignments = improved perf Fiscal period reporting/interfacing of actual hours/costs True dual approval: RM+PM for hours, PM for task status Vacation/non-working time planner Interface with external systems (accounting, chargeback, billing) Both “lock-down” of individual/department timesheets and administrative “close out” Delegation of approvals
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Resources All work including non-working time, admin, operational and support projects “Contract” between RM and PM at PI level Spreadsheet metaphor for resource planning Planning of future non-working decrements availability Can compare with rolled up MS Project assignments Assists the “negotiation” process of staffing work
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Pricing Full Suite - $125/ resource and user Timesheet only Suite - $60/resource and user Includes all support and new versions for 1 year Then support and new versions at 20% annually Licenses based on total number of active resources and users Discount schedule 500 users 10% 1000 users20% 2000 users30% 4000 users40%
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Demo v3.2 released April 1
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