Products Overview
Leverage What You Already Own and Are Already Familiar With
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EPM Live has built upon the Microsoft application stack and has created a more comprehensive and integrated Enterprise Project/Work Management system. Building on the familiar tools that many people already know, the EPM Live solution includes web parts, Microsoft Project Add-ins, SharePoint Features, SharePoint Applications, and Industry Best Practices & Process templates designed to work together to help you address your Enterprise Project/Work Management needs. This diagram shows how EPM Live and Microsoft applications work together to offer you enhanced SharePoint Work Management functionality.
What is included in EPM Live?
EPM Live delivers SharePoint-based Enterprise Project/Work Management (EPM) tools such as: SharePoint templates, web parts and applications that empower teams to more effectively work together. EPM Live utilizes a centralized pre-built SharePoint solution so teams can publish and share Microsoft Project schedules, documents, identify issues, risks, manage action items, and create dynamic reports for informed decision making on all business and project critical activities.
Pre-built SharePoint Workspace Templates
Manage all project work in one central location using EPM Live's pre-configured templates. EPM Live has pre-built templates for several verticals and Project Management Methodologies. For Example: PMO, IT, Facility Management, Construction, Sales and Marketing, SCRUM, PMBOK, MSF, Prince2, and more. View Screen Shots
Multi-level project and program level hierarchy
- Customizable project attributes for sorting, grouping and filtering
- Cross project reports (or drill in for specific project reports)
Project Publisher Add-in for Microsoft Office Project
Project Publisher connects Microsoft Office Project and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) to make working together on projects easier. By publishing Microsoft Office Project .mpp files to SharePoint, all team members can access and update their own tasks and key project information. Learn More
- Task or Assignment based Publishing
- Capture Project Attribute Information
- Publish any Microsoft Project Field
- Choose Editable Fields
- Map Resources
- Upload Project Files to SharePoint
- Approve or Reject Task Updates in Microsoft Project
- Task Delegation
- Import New Tasks from SharePoint
Work Planner Application
The EPM Live Work Planner allows managers to create and manage dynamic web based SharePoint tasks using a Work Break Down (WBS) structure. The Work Planner is built into the standard SharePoint Task List and is easily customizable to meet multiple schedule methodologies (i.e., Waterfall, Spiral, SCRUM, etc.). View Screen Shots
- Maintain work plans online in SharePoint
- Modify Microsoft Project plans online
- Manage Sub-Action Items in a Microsoft Project Schedule
- Synchronize Work Plans with Microsoft Project Server
Gantt Web Parts
View SharePoint Data through Dynamic Gantts and DHTML Grid Controls.
- Dynamic Gantt Chart controls allows you to interact with the schedules online
- Zoom-in and Out capabilities
- Collapsible and Expandable tree views
- Control click through behavior
- Roll-up multiple SharePoint List Data
Resource Planner Application
View and manage Resource Workload across multiple SharePoint workspaces and multiple SharePoint lists from a single view.
- View and Manage Resources Assignments Across All Work Items in SharePoint (i.e., Tasks, Actions, Issues, Risks, Work Orders, Service Requests, etc.)
- View Resources Upcoming & Overdue Work
- Accept or Reject Resources Work Requests
My Work Web Part
Manage all work items assigned to you in SharePoint across multiple workspaces and across multiple list types in a single view.
- View and Manage Multiple Work Items in a Single View (i.e., Tasks, Actions, Issues, Risks, Work Orders, Service Requests, etc.)
- View and Manage Upcoming & Overdue Work
- Accept or Reject Work Requests
Other Dashboards and Web Parts
Utilize several pre-built Web Parts and Dashboards for greater visibility and faster decision-making. The following Web Parts are included in the EPM Live: Screen Shots
- My Summary Web Part- Quickly gain an overview of your new tasks, overdue tasks, active issues, and active risks.
- Project Center Rollup List- Configure the EPM Live Project Center Rollup List to roll up the columns and information from sub sites that meets your organization's specific needs.
- Dashboard- A very configurable summarized view of all active projects where schedule status, issue status, and risk status highlight potential problem areas. Filter the list of projects based on status or project name to view more detailed project information. Use the EPM Live customizable Indicator Columns to create your own indicators and thresholds.
- Custom KPI Indicator Columns- Create your own KPI indicators based on customized thresholds.
- Project Summary Web Parts- The Project Summary Web Parts graphically represent the number and percentage of the Task, Milestone, Issue, and Risk statuses.
- Project Schedule Web Part- The Project Schedule Web Part displays project schedules in a hierarchical format.
- Reports Web Part- This custom Reports Web Part provides links to SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports that have been created.
- Issue Rollup Web Part- This custom Web Part is meant to be placed on a top level site and rolls up the Issues from Sub sites into one central Web Part with various views.
- Risk Rollup Web Part- This custom Web Part is meant to be placed on a top level site and rolls up the Risks from Sub sites into one central Web Part with various views.
Custom Email Alert Notifications
Go above and beyond the standard SharePoint notification engine with EPM Live's customized project specific email alert notifications. As a project team member, sign up to receive daily email alerts with the following optional email sections: Overdue Tasks, Tasks starting within the next 14 days, Overdue Issues, Overdue Risks. Screen Shot
Reporting
Get more from your SharePoint data by leveraging Microsoft's SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) along with EPM Live's reporting pack to deliver several pre-built reports designed to provide visibility and decision making information to your project team. The following are some of the reports from the EPM Live Reporting Pack: Screen Shots
- Issues by Project
- Risks by Project
- Overdue Tasks by Project
- Planned vs. Actual Cost by Project
- Planned vs. Actual Work by Project
- Project Milestones
- Project Status Report
- Project Tasks
- Task Status by Project
- Work by Project
- Work by Resource
- And more…
Security
EPM Live extends SharePoint standard security and view based permission capabilities.
Administration and Content Management
EPM Live extends SharePoint from unstructured to a structured administration by managing all site content information across multiple SharePoint workspaces from a single location.
- Site Content Management Features
- Master Workspace Templates
- Centralized Site Configuration and Controls
- And More...
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