Pinnacle Insights

The field of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Earned Value Management (EVM) is littered with failed, underperforming, or non-sustainable implementations.  

We've been asked many times to evaluate implementations that are in progress or that have been recently completed. We see 4 typical and costly things that are forgotten, not considered or undervalued (by the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) software vendors) during an implementation.  

You don’t need to look far to find examples of underperforming or failed Enterprise Project Management (EPM), Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Earned Value Management (EVM) Systems.  Studies show that 30-40% of senior management view their current Enterprise Project Management as being unsuccessful, or not delivering the expected Return on Investment. 

Implementing Enterprise Project Management is about Adopting a consistent set of core project management practices across an organization. Typical “off the shelf” generic training for project management techniques or project management software tools is very ineffective in promoting Adoption. It can enhance an individual’s resume but has little impact on an organization’s ability to implement Enterprise Project Management and manage their projects more effectively. 

Project Portfolio Management, or PPM, is a project management discipline aimed at managing project investments in a way that maximizes results, or return, to the organization. 

Pinnacle offers staff augmentation services delivered by our PMTalent Solutions business line.  

Oracle Primavera’s P6 product is a high-end, sophisticated portfolio, project and resource management product capable of supporting large enterprises with thousands of project and users. Pinnacle has implemented P6 in some very large organizations. It's current version; Oracle Primavera P6 v8.4, was released in 2014.