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Accelerating Product Accelerating Product Development with Development with
EPMEPM
www.psgus.com
PSG ServicesPSG Services
• 25 public & private enrollment courses
• PMI Registered Educational Provider
• Partnership with University of Wisconsin Madison Executive Education Center, School of Business
• Certified Microsoft Partner
• Over 150 EPM implementations
• Custom software development
• Custom reporting
• Custom systems integration
• Microsoft Certified Professionals
• Project portfolio management
• Methodology & process development
• Staff augmentation
• PMO development
• Project audit & recovery
• Earned value management
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Experience PSG has assisted over 100 firms in the development of project and portfolio management process, training and automation. We leverage our experience to ensure fast adoption of our programs for immediate and lasting return on investment.
Holistic Training ApproachPSG is the only PMI (Project Management Institute) registered education partner that offers university accredited training programs that are integrated with Microsoft Project and Portfolio Server.
Microsoft Certified Earned Value SolutionPSG has the only Microsoft approved solution built on Microsoft Project Server to build and maintain project scope, cost and schedule baselines. The solution comes with ten pre-built standard EVM reports most commonly used in government.
Proven Microsoft Project and Portfolio Server Implementation Methodology PSG has implemented Microsoft Office Project Server over 150 times. Our unique methodology saves time, incorporates industry best practice and is proven to work in almost any environment.
100% Success Guarantee PSG is the only project and portfolio management company that clearly defines success at the onset of a project and guarantees that success criteria will be met within the scope, time and budget agreed upon with our customers.
Why PSG?Why PSG?
The Challenge – Industry The Challenge – Industry EvidenceEvidence
75% of new product launches fail75% of new product launches failSource: AMR Research Report, June 2005
According to the American Productivity and Quality Center only only 1 in 101 in 10 new product concepts succeeds; 44 percent fail to meet profit objectives and 49 percent are launched late to market!
The Core IssuesThe Core IssuesProducts are late to market because of schedule slips and delays.
The impact of features and releases and interdependencies is not fully considered.
Product development organizations are trying to do more with less – resource constraints cause delays and impact quality.
Needs and requirements are not properly communicated and socialized.
Globalization has complicated the product development process
What Needs to Change?What Needs to Change?Integration—of data, of people, of internal and external organizations—is critical, according to nearly 80 percent of the CEOs surveyed by IBM.
Yet fewer than half say their organizations Yet fewer than half say their organizations have adequate technology integration to have adequate technology integration to support innovation.support innovation.
Aberdeen has found that automating product development reduced product costs by 17.5 percent, cut design cycle time by 25 percent to 30 percent and reduced product defects 12-fold
PSG’s Product Development PSG’s Product Development AcceleratorAccelerator
Based on Microsoft’s world class Based on Microsoft’s world class Enterprise Project Management 2007 technologyEnterprise Project Management 2007 technology
12 preconfigured dashboards, views, templates and reports that accelerate implementation time, lowers costs and enforces industry best practices.Over 10 custom fields and cost/budget categories.Customized executive portal and team dashboard.Developed with Fortune 500 product development organizations PSG’s PDA has ‘out of the box’ support for Stage Gate and Product Lifecycle Management methodologies.
PDA Milestone TrackerPDA Milestone TrackerPreconfigured dashboard and set of reports that give instant schedule status on critical milestones across projects and matrixed resources.
Drill down capability to track specific resource and task issues for quick resolution.
Automated alerts notify project managers and senior management about ‘at risk’ milestones.
PDA Resource TrackerPDA Resource TrackerA preconfigured ‘Dashboard’ that dynamically tracks shared resources across the portfolio.
Resolve resource bottlenecks before they cause unnecessary schedule delays.
Understand resource demand and dependencies across multiple projects.
Account for both project and non-project time.
Capacity vs. Demand views show resource constraints prior to taking on new work requests.
PDA Cost TrackerPDA Cost TrackerA preconfigured ‘Dashboard’ that dynamically tracks multiple cost categories for accurate and complete cost accounting.
Drill into the dashboard to get specific details on cost overruns and gain visibility into potential cost overruns.
Proactively develop mitigation strategies to get budgets and schedules back on track.
PDA Bug and Issue TrackerPDA Bug and Issue TrackerA preconfigured report that dynamically tracks bugs, issues and hotfixes. Drill into the bugs and issues to see real-time status and progress of each issue and the overall impact to the project schedules.
Email alerts allow users to monitor the status of the bug in real time so you know exactly when critical fixes have been updated.
PDA SummaryPDA SummaryProduct Development organizations require a unique approach to improve time to market and quality.
PSG’s PDA is a pre-configured solution that gives Product Development organizations portfolio-level visibility to improve efficiency, resolve resource bottlenecks and get products to market faster.
Product development organizations leverage the PDA’s pre-built dashboards, templates and reports to get a faster ROI from Microsoft’s EPM 2007 solution.
On-Site Executive Briefing: PD On-Site Executive Briefing: PD AcceleratorAccelerator
12 Preconfigured dashboards, templates and reports that accelerate implementation time, lower costs and enforce industry best practices.Over 10 custom fields including cost and budget categories.Customized executive dashboards.“Out of the Box” support for Stage Gate and Product Lifecycle Management methodologies.Developed with Fortune 500 Product Development Organizations.
In this interactive session we will discuss how your organization can take advantage all the benefits that the PD Accelerator has to offer:
*To schedule an on-site or virtual executive briefing, please contact:Tod Monchecourt
[email protected] 617.448.5674
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Upgrading to ‘07 or Purchasing New Upgrading to ‘07 or Purchasing New Licenses?Licenses?
Free Programs for Qualified Microsoft Customers
Training Vouchers for on-site Project 2007/Project Server 2007 Project Manager Training
RoadMap/Envisioning Workshops for Customers Considering Project or Portfolio Server
Upcoming Educational Webinars on Microsoft Project, Project Server and Portfolio Server 2007
*For more on these, or any other PSG or Microsoft program, please contact:Tod Monchecourt
[email protected] 617.448.5674
