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Microsoft Project Server is Driving Innovation at Small and Mid-Sized Companies

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Small and mid-sized corporate users of Microsoft Project Server (MSP) are developing increasingly innovative ways to employ this collaborative technology in ways that extend far beyond its core project management-oriented focus.  

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EPPM with Microsoft Project Server

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Sunday, March 31, 2013

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Technology, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution is a collaborative project and portfolio environment based on Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Project Server.  The entire solution is commonly referred to as "MS Project Server".

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The Different Types of Enterprise Project Management Offices (ePMOs)

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Saturday, March 30, 2013

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Government & Public Sector, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Pinnacle has been guiding and assisting our clients in implementing and improving Enterprise Project Management Offices (ePMOs) for over 25 years. 

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Pinnacle's Recent EVM Systems Tool Implementation Successes

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Government agencies are increasingly requiring Contractors to implement EVM Systems, but often the Contractors don’t have the experience to get the job done. Pinnacle’s proven approach to people, processes and tools ensures a successful and sustainable EVM Systems implementation. 

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PMO Best Practices: How to Build a Strategic Enterprise PMO

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Thursday, November 29, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Training, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Is your Project Management Office (PMO) an effective and strategic entity that helps project managers across the organization? Traditionally, PMOs have been departmentally based and effective only within their own departments or silos of responsibility. 

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What to Do When Key EPM / EVM Stakeholders Disagree

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Monday, June 25, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Earned Value Management (EVM), Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Integrated Program Management (IPM), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Deltek PPM, Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Microsoft EPM, forProject Technology, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

We recently had a prospect that asked us to build a Roadmap for an Enterprise Project Management and an Earned Value Management system. They have a mix of private sector work and also government work requiring EVMS.  At the CFO, COO level they were convinced that knew what they needed.

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Primavera Release 8; Saving Data

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Saturday, June 9, 2012

Categories: Oracle Primavera, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

For experienced users transitioning from the P6 client (what is now called P6 Professional) to the Release 8 web implementation many operations in the Activity window are very similar.

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Primavera P6, Version 8 for Product Lifecycle and Project Management

By Pinnacle Management Systems, Inc. on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Categories: Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Engineering & Construction, Enterprise Project Controls (EPC), Technology, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Oracle Primavera, Government & Public Sector, Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Oracle Primavera P6 V8 has proven itself as an excellent enterprise tool. By continuing to add capabilities for all Enterprise Stakeholders and by integrating with Oracle ERP and other Oracle Enterprise tools, Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) and Oracle Business Process Management (BPM) for example; Primavera P6 is supporting process excellence across large international organizations involved in Product Lifecycle Management.

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