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Cloud Computing can help project managers to improve collaborative work, communication, efficiency and productivity. By choosing Software as a Service applications, like Google Apps and Smartsheet, project managers will successfully manage their projects and will highly reduce the cost of project management tools.
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How Cloud Computing can help Project Managers?
Cloud Computing can help project managers to improve collaborative work,communication, efficiency and productivity. By choosing Software as a Serviceapplications, like Google Apps and Smartsheet, project managers will successfullymanage their projects and will highly reduce the cost of project managementtools.
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Avoid errors and increase productivity
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With Outlook, Word and Excel With Google Apps and Smartsheet
• The PM improves collaborative work.
• The all team win up to 25% of productivity.
• The PM avoids mistakes.
• The PM * sends/receives 80 emails per day in
average.
• Coworkers loose 25% of their time by finding
information.
• The PM makes mistakes due to duplicate
documents.
* PM = Project Manager
Team-working with Google Calendar
Each coworkers can display the project calendar in his personal calendar.
Connectors also exist between Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange or Outlook.
Meetings are displayed on Marie’s, John’s and Paul’s agendas
MarieJean
Paul
Agendas are broadcasted on the project intranet
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All documents are online 24/7 and are backupedwith Google Documents
Google Documents repository (Digital Asset Management)
Templates management (Google Document)
Synchronization with Microsoft Office
All documents are managed and shared with Google Docs.
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Improve communication with Google Sites
Project managers can create projects intranets with Google Sites, thus they can quickly share all information related to their projects.
Gantt chart managed with Google Document and broadcasted with Google Sites
Gantt chart managed with Smartsheet and broadcasted with Google Sites
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Improve efficiency with Google Sites search engine
Documents are published on the project intranet
Powerful search engine
Each coworker can improve his productivity by 25% with the search engine (Google study).
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Share Gantt charts in 2 clicks with Smartsheet
Project Managers can quickly create and share Gantt chart with Smartsheet (existing MS Project or Excel files can be uploaded)
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Manage Burndown Charts with Google Apps
PM can create and share charts very quickly with Google Docs and Google Spreadsheet. PM can publish charts with Google Sites very easily.
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Follow-up deliverables, roadmaps, To Do lists with Smartsheet
Smartsheet is 100% collaborative, PM can manage tasks lists, To Do lists, dashboards… With Smartheet PM can link documents or comments to each record. Smartsheet is fully integrated with Google Agenda, Outlook and Google Documents. Coworkers can receive reminders by emails. PM can publish their Smartsheet on the project intranet.
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Track changes with Smarsheet
All changes are historized (e.g. : roadmap)
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Publish project data with Smartsheet and Google Sites
PM can easily publish information and data via Smartsheet and Google Sites
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Manage change requests and time tracking with Google Apps and Smarsheet
PMO can create web forms (e.g. change request) with Smartsheet or Google Spreadsheet and can publish it on the project intranet with Google Sites.
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Organize workshops and meeting with Smartsheet
PMO can request coworkers availabilities in a very smart way with Smartsheet. Coworkers can fill in the online spreadsheet. All project members will see coworkers availabilities online and can add comments if required. It is much more powerful to do this way instead of sending dozens of emails.
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Your intranet with Google Sites
Smartsheet
Share your data with an unlimited number of coworkers
http://votre-intranet.espace-projets.net
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