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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed vendors provide hosted solutions with out-of-the-box integrations, while integrated PPM solutions provide
the complete back-office systems preferred by many l (...)
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There are two types of project portfolio management (PPM) solutions for professional services organizations (PSO). For smaller
PSOs, best-of-breed...
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2006-01-02
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking flexible workflow and IT governance capabilities, BEN delivers functionality in the financial services,
health care, government, manufacturing, telecommunicati (...)
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking ...
Published:
2006-03-24
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This article, originally published in Engineering Times, on how companies are employing ERP is based on an interview with
Ben Spencer, TEC’s Senior Director of Knowledge Bases and Content Development. (...)
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This article, originally published in Engineering Times, on how companies are employing ERP is based on an interview with
Ben Spencer, TEC’s Senio...
Published:
2002-08-01
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Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implement an IT governance framework successfully. Pacific Edge offers a three-stage approach to implementing
IT governance, based on an organization's maturity. (...)
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Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implem...
Published:
2006-06-20
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Implementation of a radio frequency identification system is best approached in four phases to ensure its success. Discussed
here are the second and third phases, which deal with testing and validation, and the importance of setting up a pilot implementation. (...)
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Implementation of a radio frequency identification system is best approached in four phases to ensure its success. Discussed
here are the second a...
Published:
2007-09-17
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It is hard to recall the last time an ERP implementation team included an auditor as an active member. This article explores
key points in a project's lifecycle where the audit function should be involved and the deliverables to be expected. (...)
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... following phases: Project Planning and Organization; Business Process Pilot; Solution
Integration; Integrated Pilot; Go Live. The following ...
Published:
2003-09-02
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For a customer relationship management implementation to be successful, consulting firms, vendors, and users must pay attention
to user training and change management. (...)
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For a customer relationship management implementation to be successful, consulting firms, vendors, and users must pay attention
to user training a...
Published:
2005-10-22
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You are about to embark on an important project. Whether the project is software or hardware related, it is a good idea to
hold a project kickoff meeting. Don't miss this excellent opportunity to get across important communications and establish
the tone for the project. This article discusses the 10 obj (...)
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You are about to embark on an important project. Whether the project is software or hardware related, it is a good idea to
hold a project kickoff ...
Published:
2003-12-31
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Two ERP vendors recently signed agreements to resell integration software from Enterprise Applications Integration vendors. (...)
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Two ERP vendors recently signed agreements to resell integration software from Enterprise Applications Integration vendors.
Published:
2000-01-14
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Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, project-oriented organizations have special accounting needs. Find out more about those needs, along
with recommendations for what solutions you should be taking (...)
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Caught between big-vendor ERP offerings requiring heavy customization, and off-the-shelf project management solutions that
are easily outgrown, pr...
Published:
2008-09-24
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To provide useful financial insight on projects, financial managers need to think about business strategy more like a series
of options than a single projected cash flow. While the concepts of options are certainly familiar to most executives, the
trick to valuing strategic choices lies in the complex an (...)
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To provide useful financial insight on projects, financial managers need to think about business strategy more like a series
of options than a sin...
Published:
1999-10-01
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IT initiatives driven within silos, where each department maintain its own project management office, inhibits the overall
cohesiveness and effectiveness of corporate strategy. This document outlines best practices to centralize and deliver a scalable
and robust project management framework strategy. (...)
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... Programs Implementing the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration
(CMMI) is an indication of project management maturity. ...
Published:
2005-09-21
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer-related data. The type of CDI hub implemented depends on the CDI environment's maturity, requirements,
and alignment with an organization's internal processes (...)
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer...
Published:
2007-03-23
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Although technology is pivotal in maintaining a competitive edge, many smaller professional services organizations (PSOs)
have limited time and resources to dedicate to their IT infrastructure. For this reason, the application service provider
model can be a very attractive offering. (...)
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Although technology is pivotal in maintaining a competitive edge, many smaller professional services organizations (PSOs)
have limited time and re...
Published:
2006-09-13
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning themselves
to compete. This changing market is conveying mixed messages; however, users can navigate this space by separating market
messages from vendors' functional capabilities. (...)
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning themselves
to compete. This changin...
Published:
2006-09-04
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors do battle to win business and Epicor is leveraging Microsoft's technology to deliver
a mid-market solution to services industries. Despite Microsoft's competing ERP offering, Epicor continues to build a Microsoft-centric
solution with its partners' support. (...)
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors do battle to win business and Epicor is leveraging Microsoft's technology to
deliver a mid-market solut...
Published:
2007-06-04
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BEA Systems Inc., announced that twelve Business-To-Business and Enterprise Application Integration vendors have teamed with
them to provide e-business solutions, as members of their BEA Professional Service Provider Program. These new providers
span the United States and the EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Af (...)
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... "These twelve integrators and consultancies would appear on the short list for any company undertaking
an e-commerce integration project," said Barbara Britton ...
Published:
2000-07-06
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ACCPAC continues to enhance the PRO series and Advantage series product lines. (...)
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... Part Seven will cover Challenges and Part Eight will make User Recommendations. Integration
with Microsoft Project. As for the other ...
Published:
2004-06-04
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Abstract:
Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implement an IT governance framework successfully. Pacific Edge offers a three-stage approach to implementing
IT governance, based on an organization's maturity. (...)
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project integration:
Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide
strategies to implem...
Published:
2006-06-20
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In the short term, Microsoft Dynamics SL will likely follow the professional services automation (PSA) trend of extending
functionality to the Web. In the long term, its eventual absorption into the Microsoft Dynamics product line may affect Microsoft's
strategy in the project portfolio management market (...)
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In the short term, Microsoft Dynamics SL will likely follow the professional services automation (PSA) trend of extending
functionality to the Web...
Published:
2006-02-10