Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) Selects EPM Live to Manage Their Projects ‘In The Cloud’

CARLSBAD, California - EPM Live, the leading Enterprise SharePoint Project and Work Management
solution, announced today that Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG)
selected EPM Live to manage their projects “In The Cloud” or a Software +
Service (S+S) hosted online environment.

Situation

PPDG selected EPM Live to manage their projects through an online
deployment using a S+S model. Some of the challenges the PPDG team faced
included inadequate communication & collaboration among teams and a lack of
visibility to changes & impacts of schedule updates.

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Challenges

- Lack of project workload visibility to program team
- Need for roll-up reporting from individual projects to the
program level
- Varying process and procedures, and program management maturity
across the organization

PPDG on Software + Service (S+S)

Andy Pettigrew, ICT Director: PPDG Ltd., commented, “Adopting an EPM
solution via the S+S model permitted us to run a cost effective pilot in
order to gain buy-in from the business without the initial capital outlay of
an in-house implementation. Once successful, the EPM Live S+S model gave us
the added ability to rollout to our user base at our own pace. In addition,
not only have we been able to leverage the benefits of a leading EPM solution
provider like Microsoft but we have also benefited greatly from the value
added services of EPM Live as our S+S provider.”

Solution

eNable Consultancy Ltd., who specializes in Project Management and best
business practices in Project Implementations, worked with PPDG to establish
their requirements for a technical solution. PPDG used the services of eNable
Consultancy Ltd. to help ensure that the process of selection and adoption of
an EPM solution went smoothly and was in line with the cultural needs of PPDG
Ltd. eNable Consultancy Ltd. is a strategic partner with EPM Live and uses
the EPM Live product to help their clients with implementations that require:

- Individual Project Sites become principal status update
mechanism
- Dashboard reporting for immediate project status
- Web based project planning and updating
- Risk management and custom reports
- Document management for contract deliverables
- Multiple levels of roll-up reporting (Geographical,
Organizational)
- Program Management roll-up reporting for management decision
support

EPM Live identified a solid solution leveraging Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007 and EPM Live. The combined solution provides tools to
manage projects at varying levels of the enterprise while layering strategic
project decision-making functionality. Since collaboration is one of the most
important aspects of their projects, EPM Live identified a simple way that
would allow multiple organizations, contractors, and suppliers to collaborate
on all PPDG wide projects and programs.

In addition, this solution provides advanced visibility and control of
program wide project portfolio investments. Executives, Program Managers, and
Functional Managers have access to business critical information that they
require to make strategic business decisions and manage project portfolios.
Using this solution, PPDG’s decision-makers can monitor project performance,
visualize trends, and manage resources across the organization.

Sean King, Project Manager: eNable Consultancy Ltd., said, “Working with
a forward thinking client like PPDG and a solution focused supplier like EPM
Live has made the EPM Implementation Project a pleasure to work on.”

Results

“Through the use of EPM Live, the Project Implementation Department is
able to focus their time on using their skills, experience, and expertise
rather than their leg work in having to continuously micro-manage the
administration side of projects. We are experiencing significant benefits in
time saving, decision-making, and progress reporting across the whole of our
Project Portfolio when conducting project reviews with our teams,” said, John
Downing: Project Implementation Director, PPDG Ltd.

- Centralization of planning and execution data for consistent
portfolio reporting and analysis
- Increased collaboration and accountability among teams
- Visibility into key projects and resource utilization across the
organization
- Flexibility to meet unique management & business requirements
- Control of projects and resources as business and conditions
change
- EPM Live’s Online/S+S deployment option allowed PPDG to leverage
Microsoft Office SharePoint; Cost Effective, Low Risk, and Increased
Adoption and Success Rate

About PPDG

PPDG is a member of the ESH Group - one of the world’s leading providers
of Welfare to Work, training and recruitment services to an extensive number
of Government and private companies across Australia and the United Kingdom.

Established in 2003, PPDG delivers an extensive portfolio of employment
initiatives and skills development programmes, from an expansive network of
38 Advancement Centres across three major regions of the UK - North East,
North West and West Midlands - employing 800 people.

PPDG provide professional preparation and diagnostic solutions, together
with advanced job-matching technology, that delivers cost effective, tailored
recruitment solutions. PPDG’s dedicated Employment Coaches have assisted in
excess of 100,000 long-term unemployed individuals into sustained employment
and trained over 130,000 people in vocational skills - with more than 175,000
people benefiting from the professional information, advice, and guidance
services.

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PPDG Highlights

- Recognized as one of the top 100 companies in the UK to work
for in the prestigious annual Sunday Times contest (23rd out of the 100
selected- 997 entrees)
- PPDG received Two Star Status in the Best Companies Accreditation
2009 (selected from 795 organizations)
- Supported over 60,000 people into job and training opportunities
- Advancement Centres located within the heart of the communities
they serve
- learndirect courses to help clients to gain nationally recognized
qualifications
- A free, time-saving recruitment service to offer businesses

About EPM Live

EPM Live empowers organizations to manage their work, how they work. By
allowing groups to work in multiple environments at the same time, EPM Live
provides complete flexibility by integrating different processes,
requirements, and methodologies. EPM Live gives executive level visibility
across these sites through enterprise level dashboards, extending the reach
of Project Management to provide a complete solution for your entire
organization.

EPM Live is an easy to use and affordable software and services solution
that helps organizations manage work more efficiently. EPM Live is an easy
solution to implement. We offer pre-built “best practice” templates to get
you started today. EPM Live is lower in risk than other software
implementations because we give you the power to choose how you will deploy
EPM Live; online or onsite. EPM Live is also 100% built on Microsoft
SharePoint-Based Software, which is proven to facilitate ease of use and
implementation in any environment.

EPM Live (www.epmlive.com) is a leading provider of project and
work management solutions built on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. EPM
Live’s mission is to provide cost-effective, collaborative tools that help
teams work together effectively, increase their efficiency, achieve higher
levels of ROI, and drive success. EPM Live is privately owned and
headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

For additional information: Please contact Kourtney Kennedy at
+1-866-391-3700 x419 or kkennedy@epmlive.com

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Source: EPM Live

Kourtney Kennedy of EPM Live, +1-866-391-3700, x419, kkennedy at epmlive.com