Microsoft Office Project & Portfolio Server Implementation and Adoption
Based on experience gained delivering over 400 Microsoft Project-based implementations, Project Assistants has developed a well-honed
implementation and adoption methodology.
Project Assistants uses its established industry standard project management best practices to document your current project and portfolio management-related business environment. After refining these requirements and translating them into specific technical configuration requirements, Project Assistants then installs the Microsoft Office Project software (Microsoft Project Web Access, Microsoft Office Project Professional, Microsoft Office Project Server) and/or Portfolio software (Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server), configuring the system to operate according to these specific requirements.
Once the technology is installed, configured and ready for deployment, Project Assistants provides instructor-led training to four suggested audiences: stakeholders, project managers, team members and server administrators. We deliver both standard and customized training based on the specific needs of your organization. Click here for more info on our training offerings.
Project Assistants utilizes its change management methodology to drive adoption so Microsoft Project Server technologies become a part of your organization's project and portfolio management culture. Delivery includes shoulder to shoulder mentoring of end-users and executives to speed the learning curve, identifying and overcoming change management hurdles as they relate to project management, and overall improvement of client bandwidth to maximize executive investment in Microsoft Project Server technology. Additional support activities that help drive adoption often include the following:
- Help Desk support for those using the Microsoft Project technology
- Hands-on Microsoft Project Server Administrator education
- Client-specific process integration, including technology adjustments that result from this integration
- Expert guidance to ensure assimilation of new technology and approach
- Provision of on-site expertise that does not exist in house, to improve the application of this technology so that projects are better managed and have greater visibility, and to ensure the necessary metrics and key performance indicators are in fact developed and supported
In addition to our implementation and adoption offering, we often also integrate the following services into the total solution:
- Application Development
- SharePoint Consulting
- Microsoft Technology Support
- Process Engineering
- Project and Portfolio Staffing Services
