This presentation gives you an overveiw of the AMI Platform and the application APO that can be run on it.

1. Discover the Solution!
Auditing & Compliance Risk Identification
Visibility Knowledge
& Control Enablement
Issue
Management Communications &
Morale
Process Enforcement
& Management
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2. Presentation Take-Away
At the end of this presentation you will
understand about Automated Project
Office (APO):
• What APO does
• Where APO fits
• What APO will do for you
• What APO costs you in time and money
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3. Executive Questions
• Are you comfortable that IT can
successfully deliver the projects your
business needs?
• Do you experience surprises of
significance in your business?
• Are you being told everything is OK
only to find out later otherwise?
• Do you receive inconsistent
information from your organization?
• Are your processes being followed
consistently?
• Do you have open and frequent
communication with your stake
holders and project team?
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4. What Do Successful Projects Mean
to Your Business?
• Job security from performance excellence
• Control projects through real-time
knowledge (No one can BS you.)
• Market share
• Growth
• Top line revenue
• Cost cutting
• Competitive advantage
• Customer satisfaction 3
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5. What Does APO Do?
• Visibility
– See all of the project information needed
– View performance outcomes AND participant feedback
on key conditions
• Control
– Reinforce expected behaviors
– Monitor exceptions to expected behaviors (procedures,
processes, interactions)
• Optimization
– Identify conditions that impact productivity
– Incorporate productivity improvements into future planning
– Predictive analytics drive improved project outcomes
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6. Where Does APO Fit?
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7. Levels of Project Portfolio Planning
and Tracking
Strategic Goals, Financial Constraints
Business Management
Business Plans, Budgets
Portfolio Management
Cost, Schedule, Quality
Project Management
Participant Feedback
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8. Products Supporting State of the
Practice Project Management
Strategic Goals, Financial Constraints
HP PPM Center, Planview
Business Management
Enterprise, etc.
Business Plans, Budgets
Portfolio Management
MS Project,
Cost, Schedule, Quality
Primavera, etc.
Project Management
Participant Feedback
Nothing!!
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9. APO Provides Effective, Efficient
Participant Feedback
Strategic Goals, Financial Constraints
Business Management
Business Plans, Budgets
Portfolio Management
Cost, Schedule, Quality
Project Management
Participant Feedback
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10. APO Consolidates Backward-
Looking Project Data with Forward-
Looking Project Data
Strategic Goals, Financial Constraints
Business Management
Business Plans, Budgets
Portfolio Management
Cost, Schedule, Quality
Project Management
Participant Feedback
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11. APO Provides Results on Dashboard
Configurable to Meet Individual Needs
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12. APO Offers Deep-Dive Capability
Revealing Actionable Conditions
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13. APO Predictive Analytics
• Predictive measures of project success
• Based on published IT industry studies of project
performance research
– Leon Kappelman
– Mary Sumner
– Capers Jones
• Four Key Measures:
– RPL – Rework Prevention Level
– SMART – Clarity of Task Assignments (Specific, Measurable,
Accountable, Relevant, Timely)
– PAL – Process Adherence Level
– SMPL – Senior Management Participation Level
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14. APO Predictive Analytics Overview
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15. RPL - Rework Prevention Level
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16. SMART – Clarity of Task Assignments
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17. PAL – Process Adherence
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18. SMPL – Senior Management
Participation
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19. Automated Project Office:
Comprehensive Project Management
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20. APO By The Numbers –
You Can Achieve:
• Reduce rework by up to 40%
• Reduce time spent on status reporting and analysis
by up to 2 hours per person/week
• Improve productivity up to 30% through process
optimization
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21. How Does APO Do It?
• Enables you to manage your staff to realize
the value. Specifically:
– Drives early visibility of potential issues,
risks and root causes
– Enforces defined processes
– Leverages historical trends, data, and
metrics to spot anomalies
– Accelerates the implementation
of enterprise standards / best practices
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22. What Does APO Cost?
• $5,000 per month for first 10 named users and 100
concurrent projects, volume discounts apply
• $5,000-$25,000 one-time implementation fee
(depending on scope)
• 2-4 hours of your time for requirements definition
• 2-4 hours of your team’s time for training
• 5-10 minutes/week per team member/stakeholder
• 1-2 hours/week for your system administrator
• CAI will do all administration, follow up & basic
status reporting for additional $1,500 per month*
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23. APO Implementation
• Typical implementation 30 days
• Software as a Service Offering (SAAS)
• 2-4 hours of your time to define requirements
• 4-8 hours of your team’s time per interface
• 2-4 hours of your team’s time for training
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24. Next Steps
• Business case:
– ROI discussion
• Begin implementation
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