microsoft project and portfolio management (ppm) - solution overview

7/25/2019 Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) - Solution Overview

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Shanoop KrishnanSolution Specialist - ProjectMicrosoft India

Microsoft Project & PortfolioManagement (PPM)


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Project & Portfolio Management Value Pro

Executive alignment onstrategy

Management of risks andresources

Investment guidance to

maximize ROI

Quick, objective decision-making

Enhanced visibility andcommunications

Customer Needs

Maximize reutilization. you need.

Immediatelywith others participants

Execute stra

Reduce costcollaborative

Keep your b

and reliable

Benefits ROur SolutionMicrosoft introduces flexible online PPMand client subscription services to achievestrategic priorities and manage tacticalproject execution and everyday work.

Built on SharePoint, Project provides newchoices for teams, departments, and largeorganizations to adopt lightweight orrigorous approaches to PPM.

More secure and reliable service deliveredthrough Microsoft Office 365 or enhancedon-premises performance and managementoptions reduce IT complexity while helpingall types of people, including those withlimited PPM experience, to get started,define, and prioritize project portfolioinvestments and deliver with the intended

business value.


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The Microsoft philosophy

Comprehensive Toolset Devices Cloud & On-

A comprehensive set of tools delivered to almost any device through cloud or on-pr


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A user added every 20 seconds Used in over 10,000 organizations Leader in va

Over 20 million users of Project


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Collaboration &Reporting

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Plan

End-to-End Project & Portfolio Management

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Utilize a smarter PPM solution

Get started quickly with a familiar experience thatimproves participation and helps teams get more done

Use the new visual tiles in Project Web App (PWA) toquickly begin or flex project portfolio managementcapabilities.

Choose between devices and browsers InternetExplorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and more to view,edit, submit, and collaborate on project, portfolio, andeveryday work.

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Stay up to date everywhere withProject Web Apps (PWA)

See and act on your tasks (including business andpersonal) in one location.Effectively plan and manage tasks in PWA with the helpof new scheduling capabilities.

Keep your teams organized in one location theirproject site where they can view project summaries,documents, tasks, newsfeeds and calendars.


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Flexible project management

Align vision and effort to prioritize initiatives, selectoptimal project portfolios, and deliver on your businessstrategy.

Effectively evaluate ideas or measure the strategiccontribution of competing requests to determinealignments and streamline project initiation.

Easily create workflows in Visio and SharePoint Designerto standardize project progression or rejection andimprove governance and control.


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Manage resources effectively

See what your teams are doing even when theyre managingeveryday work or ad hoc projects in SharePoint.

Better manage your project pipeline and what your people areworking on by capturing your teams ideas in SharePoint tasklists and measuring them in PWA.

Accurately measure resource utilization and better manage

resource allocation that aligns with your strategy.

Seamlessly flow information from team member calendars inExchange to Project Server 2013, simplifying project schedulingand task status updates while enhancing task-sharingcapabilities.



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Strengthen everyday collaboration

With the social experiences of SharePoint, which facilitate

discussions, information sharing, and your teams ability to getwork done.

Easily share and curate what teams are talking about andworking on by following people, sites, tags, and documentswith newsfeeds.

Utilize the search capabilities of SharePoint to execute everydaywork and projects more effectively and find the rightinformation.

Take advantage of powerful security features to shareinformation and collaborate with trusted business partners on

projects and everyday work.



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Communicate with project teameasily

Seamlessly communicate with new ways to shareconversations across time and space to improve overallteamwork.

Hover over an individuals name in your project plan tosee if a team member is available to talk or instantmessage (IM) with Skype for Business.

Collaborate with your team quickly by dragging anddropping them into a Skype for Business meeting forgroup conferencing, instant messaging, screen sharing,and shared workspaces.



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Make data driven decisions

Equip team members and stakeholders with theinformation they need to stay informed and effective.

Optimize utilization and plan allocation for yourorganizations resource requirements through theresource center in PWA.

Use summary dashboards to help gain insights and makebetter decisions.

Quickly mine and aggregate data on many dimensionsvia self-service access with Excel Services.



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