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EPK-Suite Overview MPA Atlanta Chapter Meredith Youngblood 310.200.6497 Meredith.Youngblood@Pcubed.com. August 23, 2005. EPK-Group. Founders average 25+ years in project management Four out of five staff members are former Microsoft employees - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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EPK-Suite OverviewMPA Atlanta Chapter
Meredith Youngblood310.200.6497
Meredith.Youngblood@Pcubed.com
August 23, 2005
EPK-Group
• Founders average 25+ years in project management• Four out of five staff members are former Microsoft employees• Developed many project management systems since 1976
– Artemis, Innate, Premis, Cue, Prestige
– Focused exclusively on Microsoft Project since 1998• Enterprise Project (acquired by Microsoft in 2000)• Group Managers and Developers on Project team• EPK-Suite since December 2002
• Current Microsoft relationship– Project 2003 Sample Database
– Six Chapters of Project 2003 Online Books
– Vision Workshop Development
– Competitive Analysis
– Project Advisory Council (PAC) Member
Source: EPK-Group, January 2005
EPK-Group
• EPK Group• http://www.epkgroup.com
• Rich Murphy• (561) 310-7279• 6671 W. Indiantown Rd.• Suite 56, PMB 153• Jupiter, FL 33458• Rich Murphy (richmurphy@epkgroup.com)
EPK stands for Enterprise Portfolio
Knowledge.
Overview of EPK Group Product Line
• Full System built on MS Project Server Platform• Seamlessly integrated with Project Server/Project Web Access
– Users have a single User Interface – single DB for all functions
• EPK Modules obey all PWA security settings• EPK objects controlled by normal PWA Administrative functions
EPK-Suite
• High-level design goals– All work
– Top-down planning
– Workflow
– Level of Maturity
– Accounting
– Configurable and Customizable
• Application built on
Microsoft Office Project Server– Access EPK-Suite through Microsoft
Office Project Web Access
– EPK Modules obey Microsoft Office
Project Security
Source: EPK-Group, January 2005
EPK-Suite
• EPK-Portfolio– Project roll-up/drill-down, top-down planning, budgeting, reporting, analysis
• EPK-Resources– Resource planning and management at project “work” level
• EPK-Time– Timesheet functionality for task status and billing/chargeback/accounting
• EPK-Collaborate– WSS integration to view risks, issues, documents across project web sites
Source: EPK-Group, March 2005
Projects are called Portfolio Items in EPK
Similarly, tasks are called Work Items.
Licensing
• Number of User– Licensing is based on the number of PWA CALs: Active resources in the
resource pool, plus managers who use the system, but may not be in the pool.
• EPK-Suite– The license fee for the full suite is $125 times the number of users.
• EPK-Time– The license fee for EPK-Time is $60 times the number of users.
Source: EPK-Group, March 2005
From a licensing perspective, the suite is broken down in
two modules:
EPK-Suite and EPK-Time
EPK Portfolio
• Rollup of Milestones and Graphical Indicators• Drill down into Multiple projects via http• User defined views with advanced sorting, filtering, grouping, color
patterns• Printing with a view• Handles all efforts:
– Projects– Support/Operations– Initiatives, proposals, investment opportunities
• Stage Gate based workflow• Create projects from PWA• Top down budgeting:
– Fiscal periods– User defined cost categories– Man-hours, Headcount (FTE), $
Roadmap – Summary View
Roadmap – Alignment… View
Roadmap – Financial Benefit View
Explorer
Analyzer
PI Details
Edit Costs
Resource Plan
Project Versions
Questions and Answers
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