Microsoft Project Server Maestro
When looking for a Microsoft Project Server consultant; look for consultant that understands all aspects of the tool. Someone who understands the whole picture of a PMO and can pull together all the pieces for implementation. The project server maestro understand project management, business strategy, technical requirements for installation and configuration, engineering processes and training staff for implementation. Pulling it al together that promotes cultural adoption within the organization.
Wharton Computer Consulting, Inc. has been serving the Triad community providing project management and software consulting services for large and small companies since 1997. We have been helping companies implement project server 2003, 2007 and 2010. Our expertise includes all phases of deployment from requirements gathering to configuration and deployment. We guarantee to get your company up and running in 10 days using the following method.
Standing up Project Server in Production in 10 Days! Guarantee!
Day 1: Audit and general business requirements gathering. Day one I meet with key people and discuss high level requirements, business objectives and strategy. Talk with IT department to understand architect of network and servers for hosting project server. And finally determine SharePoint strategy for implementing Project Server.
Day 2: Installation of Production and Test Project Server. Work with IT department to install both development and production SharePoint and Project Server environments. Load training project server database for training.
Day 3 thru 5: 3 days of Microsoft Server training. During the training we learn all the features of project server and continue to gather requirements of how the tool can be configured for your organization. These three days require that decision makers are included in the training, so as your organizations learn how the tool works, decisions can be made on how project server is to be configured to meet your needs.
Day 6: I document four basic PMO cycles for your organization, which include the Project Life Cycle, the Assignment Cycle, the Approval Cycle and finally the Project Management Cycle. The Project Life Cycle is how your company currently develops projects and is used as the foundation for snapping in project server. The other three cycle are new cycles that are used for managing projects.
Day 7: A prototype is configured based on previous requirements gathering meeting. We build prototype based on how many companies have configured project server. We can tweak this during the prototype validation.
Day 8: Walk thru of project server configuration prototype and validation. Key personal determine that processes are acceptable for their organization.
Day 9: Using the project server prototype, key members walk thru a 4 hour simulation of using project server and validate with real hands on experience. The four hour simulation we represent four weeks of all the cycles discussed in day six.
Day 10: Final touches and begin production (or pilot) of Microsoft Project Server. Identify projects, import projects and provide two hour overview for team members on how they will enter time into project server.
Are you Project 2010 ready?
We are Project 2010 ready! Project 2010 is more powerful and with many more new features. We have been learning, testing and customizing the next version of Project. We are Ready! Are you?
Managing COSTS, SCHEDULES and RESOURCES is more critical now than ever with today's economy. Project server 2010 provides tools and process for companies to perform better with their planning, execution and monitoring of projects. When used properly management can make informed decisions on how to manage costs, keep projects on schedule and balance the workload on resources.
To learn more about Project 2010, call and schedule for a demo.
Project Portfolio Management
We are currently looking for companies and cities interested in implementing portfolio management using Microsoft Project Server 2010. This is a great opportunity for organizations to get up to speed with concepts of portfolio management and be part of the new book that I am writing. Contact me for a demo of portfolio management using Microsoft Project Server 2010 beta.
Remote Project Coaching Services Announced!
Project managers need to spend their time managing projects. They don't have to be experts in using Microsoft project and you don't need to have hire support staff. Our remote project coaching services allow you to have an expert available at all times. We coach you thru the different processes for managing your project using Microsoft Project Professional. A great way to learn-as-you-go! Call for details!
Microsoft Project Server Consulting Services
Take your company to the next level with managing projects. If your Project Management Office (PMO) is mature and ready, then a Microsoft Project Server can automate your project processes. Microsoft Project Server manages your project plans, resource management and processes in one central location. Over the past years, Microsoft Project Server 2007 has become a leader in PMIS systems. Call for a demo of the product and see how project server can help your company manage projects, resources and costs.
Microsoft SharePoint Consulting Services
SharePoint and Project Server go hand-in-hand. SharePoint is an integrated part of project server. Once you step up to project server, you will want to take advantage of all the features in SharePoint. We provide SharePoint Architecture and consulting for both MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Services) and SharePoint Foundation. Office automation, document management, team collaboration, search engines, blogs and wikis are some of the many portals that help your company with manage and find its business data. Call for a demo and see how they can be used to make your company more efficient.
Microsoft Official Curriculum and Training
We use Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) for training. MOC provides the curriculum, lectures, labs and book for the best training experience. All the MOC can be customized for your company needs. 25 years of teaching experience, along with real work experience to answer questions not found in the text books. We can also create custom training for SharePoint users. We use other project training materials from other training such as MSProjectExperts, Scheduling Dynamics and The Lost Manual series.