Aerospace & Defense (A&D) companies are faced with challenges on multiple fronts and recognize the value and importance of systemization, efficiency, and scalability. The A&D companies are realizing that programs such as new airplane technology development are becoming more prohibitively costly and time-consuming, it is critical for A&D companies to be able to rapidly develop new design and technology innovations, capture and reuse product and process knowledge, and substantially shorten the overall IMP to IMS lifecycle. To make it even more complicated, A&D companies must operate within a globally disparate environment, and must be able to collaborate with partners, suppliers, and customers.

EPM Live Workgroup is subscription-based software that combines effective project management tools and processes with online team collaboration environments. 

EPM Live Workgroup brings Enterprise Project Management (EPM) collaboration to the workgroup level of the company empowering individuals to more effectively work together on projects. The EPM Live Workgroup solution combines the powerful desktop project management tools of Microsoft® Office Project 2007 with online interactive workspace technology of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

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Utilizing a unique Build-To-Order (BTO) process for  Microsoft® Office Project Server 2007, organizations can leverage best practices to get Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 up and running in a matter of days. With the Software + Service delivery model, configuring and deploying Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 is not only faster it’s more cost effective than on-premise deployments. 

Aerospace & Defense (A&D) companies are faced with challenges on multiple fronts and recognize the value and importance of systemization, efficiency, and scalability. The A&D companies are realizing that programs such as new airplane technology development are becoming more prohibitively costly and time-consuming, it is critical for A&D companies to be able to rapidly develop new design and technology innovations, capture and reuse product and process knowledge, and substantially shorten the overall IMP to IMS lifecycle. To make it even more complicated, A&D companies must operate within a globally disparate environment, and must be able to collaborate with partners, suppliers, and customers.

The ePMO solution integrates comprehensive process flows, templates, online tools, and collaborative techniques to standardize IT project selection and management throughout the organization, driving innovation through governance and high performance.

To implement the ePMO, Pcubed delivers the processes and tools by creating an enterprise-wide governance portal consisting of an online deliverable repository based on Microsoft SharePoint technology. In support of the overall Project Management and approvals process, the portal leverages Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) suite to provide a Web-based project management and collaborative environment. Capabilities of the ePMO include such elements as project dashboards, project plan management, issues and risk tracking, and management reporting.

Business Productivity Optimization focusses on the automation of (office) business processes and makes you benefit from more efficient and effective processes.

Campana & Schott is a full service provider in this area, offering professional process consulting, functional specification and the realization/ implementation of the IT solution at the customer. By the use of Microsoft Technology we ensure that our customers achieve a highly integrated IT platform with Microsoft Office tools as the main user front-end.

Exemplary for a business productivity optimization project at an IT Service Desk, it is described below how Campana & Schott introduced processes based on the ITIL framework and set up the necessary IT application.

CS Project Portal helps organizations centrally manage all projects in progress in their enterprises. The Web-based solution provides a user-friendly, integrated, and flexible infrastructure based on Microsoft Office Project 2003 and up.

CS Project Portal helps organizations centrally manage all projects in progress in their enterprises. The Web-based solution provides a user-friendly, integrated, and flexible infrastructure based on Microsoft Office Project 2007.

Pcubed's Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Solution integrates the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and the earned value management methodology into a single user-friendly solution.  Additionally, the system integrates third party financial software, and earned value reporting software, such as wInsight, for a fully customizable and robust EVMS solution that government contractors can use to meet the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ANSI-748A requirements.

DecisionCharts for Microsoft Office Project adds over 100 new multi-project charts to Microsoft Office Project 2007 (it does not include tabular reports).  Embedded as a new toolbar button within Office Project, managers can quickly understand their project portfolio better with new multi-project charts that help them plan resource allocation, keep stakeholders informed, track and compare project status, and measure project performance with earned value.

DecisionEdge provides the charts and tabular reports managers need to understand and share key project information. By clicking a toolbar button in Microsoft Office Project, managers can quickly access over 100 new charts and reports, including project health scorecards, stakeholder dashboards, resource look-ahead reports, S-curves, stoplight reports, and more. They can also avoid manual copying-and-pasting with custom charts based on specific visibility requirements.