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Presented byPresented by
Jacques Cusson, Adm.A., FCMC, PMPJacques Cusson, Adm.A., FCMC, PMP
Executive Vice-president, Strategy and PlanningExecutive Vice-president, Strategy and Planning

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FactsFacts
 Your reality
 Are we working on the right deliverables?
 Little visibility on projects health and on resources
utilisation
 More projects to deliver than our team’s capacity can
manage
 Your needs
 Have a global vision on the projects and the resources
utilisation
 Have a mechanism to simulate the need of resources
 Haver a portfolio management tool

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EPM Cloud 360, isEPM Cloud 360, is
 A Microsoft Project Server environment totally WEB-BASED,
PRECONFIGURED AND READY TO USE
 It allows for:
 A simplification of projects start-up and the elaboration of
trade related scripts
 A projects publication tool for the stakeholders, the project
teams, etc.
 Automated generation of a collaboration Web site for each
projects
 Resource availability and assignment management based on
resources profile
 Project dashboard feed and broadcast
 Electronic updates of the projects plans depicting the hours
worked
 Creation and management of projects portfolios

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Enterprise Project Management — EPMEnterprise Project Management — EPM
Is an end to end collaborative
environment used for portfolios,
programs, projects and resources
management. It helps organisations to:
have a clear vision of issues
optimize the decision making process
harmonise enterprise strategies with
projects initiatives
have an optimal use of the resource pool
to reach the operational efficiency.

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Financial
Management
Portfolio
Management
Work
Management
The six dimensionsThe six dimensions
of the EPMof the EPM solutionsolution
Resources
Management
Integrated
Reporting
Process
Standardization

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Why?Why?
 Problems encountered
 Determining priorities is hard
 Little data on projects status of the projects and of the utilisation
of the resources
 Projects overwhelm teams capacity
 Difficult to know resources overload or underutilisation
 Information on the status of the projects are not standardized
 Why choose EPM Cloud 360 ?
 Control the progression and management of projects risks
 Know resources utilisation
 Simulate the needs of resources
 Manage the projects portfolio
 Create a collaborative space for project teams

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EPM Cloud 360 offersEPM Cloud 360 offers
 Preconfigured Dashboards and regroups all projects at
one place
 A daily work tool for delivery teams
 An essential tool to
manage projects
portfolio
 Real time projects
update
 Access to planning
details and
progression of each
projects.

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EPM Cloud 360 offersEPM Cloud 360 offers
 A Web site for each projects containing detailed
informations
 Working documents
 Deliverables
 Risks
 Problems
 Discussions
 Information organized
 by projects, phases,
owners
 based on financial
aspects by
projects portfolio
 based on resource
utilisation, work
to be done

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Resources ManagementResources Management
 A clear and global view on resource utilisation
 the « Resource Center »
 resources updates
 assignments
 avalability
 Real time Information
of work to be done
and to complete by the
resources, regardless
of the project.

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Functionalities SummaryFunctionalities Summary

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OverviewOverview

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Commissioning - 5 weeks cycleCommissioning - 5 weeks cycle

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EPM Cloud360°EPM Cloud360° - Level of services- Level of services
Support services
Support
Utilisation - software optional
4 working
hours
Configuration consulting
optional 4 working
hours
Migration support optional 1 working day
Problems
resolution
Critical anomaly optional
2 working
hours
Major anomaly
4 working
hours
Minor anomaly
2 working
days
Demands for
improvement
Personalization
2 working
days
New
functionality
2 working
days
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Solution available 24/7 offering a guaranty of service:

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EPM Cloud 360, is …..EPM Cloud 360, is …..
Easily managingEasily managing your workyour work andand
your employeesyour employees tto understand theo understand the
past, control the present andpast, control the present and
change the futurechange the future..

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Thank you!Thank you!
Jacques Cusson Adm.A, FCMC, PMP,
Executive Vice-president, Strategy and Planning
jcusson@siriusconseils.com - www.siriussoftware.ca

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AppendicesAppendices

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EPM Cloud 360°EPM Cloud 360°
Bronze PackageBronze Package
Services Offer
Environment
•Licences, support,
configuration and
processes
MS Project Professional (MS Pro) licences
Project Web Access (PWA) licences
Configuration based on best practices including dashboard, OLAP views and
utilisation processes
User documentation
Project Management Processes associated to the utilisation of the environment
Deliverables of this package are:
•Configured System (30 project-entity fields, Calendars, Basic Security, Basic
Reports)
•List of the personalised fields
•List of values inserted in the personalised fields
•Prototyping report
•Description of the processes used in the prototype
Are excluded from the solution :
Email Server
Training on EPM administration
Personalised Reports
Timesheets

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EPM Cloud 360°EPM Cloud 360°
Silver PackageSilver Package
Services Offer
Environment
•Licences, support, configuration and
processes
Bronze Environment
+
Personalisation of the dashboard, OLAP views and their
utilisation processes

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EPM Cloud 360°EPM Cloud 360°
Gold PackageGold Package
Services Offre
Environment
•Licences, support, configuration and
processes
Silver Environment
+
Configuration of portfolio functionalities
+
Documentation of assisted functionalities

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EPM Cloud 360° OfferEPM Cloud 360° Offer
 Performing and secure technological environment.
 Managing the project in the highest confidentiality.
 Preconfigured environment based on the expertise
from multiple implementations
 Proven and performing infrastructure which consists
of:
 Windows 2008/R2 Server;
 SQL Server 2008/R2;
 Project Server 2010;
 Project Professional 2010;
 Project Web Access 2010;
 SharePoint Server 2010.

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EPM Cloud 360°EPM Cloud 360°
Secure EnvironmentSecure Environment
Physical Security:
 complete electrical protection;
 air-conditioned environment with over capacity;
 firewall system at the entry of the SIRIUS environment;
 daily backups;
 24/7 site access by SIRIUS network administrators;
 Almost unlimited capacity to absorb the environment growth due to the
availability of several sites.
Logical Security:
 Microsoft Active Directory environment with users authentication;
 distinct EPM environment for each client:
 sharing of SQL server, BUT a distinct database for each client;
 distinct EPM server for each client;
 sharing physical server as virtual servers (VMWARE) or possibility of
setting up a dedicated EPM server.
 possibility to offer a completely dedicated environment.
 secure client access in VPN mode.

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Diagram of the installationsDiagram of the installations

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Frequntly Asked Questions (FAQ)Frequntly Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is the name of the Firewall?
The Firewall is a Cisco SecurePIX that acts as a Firewall and VPN communication router.
When you talk about VPN access, can you give me a little more details, VPN IPSEC, SSL, Terminal services… Do we need to
install a client software on the work stations?
The Cisco Firewall allows a VPN connexion in Ipsec mode. You need to install a VPN client on each workstatikons that requires access
to the application
Are all servers (EPM & MS-SQL) in the same DMZ zone?
There is a terminal server in one DMZ zone, the EPM and SQL servers are set up in another zone which is not DMZ type.
Within a proposal, do you consider the specific needs in bandwidth? If yes, what they are?
Terminal server access decreases the need in bandwidth. Also, the needs in bandwith for the hosted SIRIUS EPM environment take
into consideration multiple clients services, and the server and network infrastructures are delimited according to the needs.
Does the MS-SQL infrastructure have redundancy? What are the SLA (availability) for the whole whole service?
The SQL server on which the environment in resides is set up with redundancy (RAID1, double power supply, double CPU…) which
allows a high availability. The service parameters are described in the proposal.