Pinnacle Insights

Our experience and industry research indicates that it is significantly more effective to provide integrated Process and Tool training – rather than just let Project Managers and others struggle to map generic tool training to your real-world processes.   Read about the benefits of integrating process and tool training.

The art and science of applying financial portfolio management principles

Through growing acceptance of the advantages of a projectized approach to most all aspects of business, the benefits of a disciplined application of program and project portfolio management (PPM) disciplines have become apparent and are being widely employed in IT, energy, manufacturing, transportation other industries.  

MS Project Server 2003 to MS Project Server 2007

Since its less-than-user-friendly inception in 2003, Project Server has undergone some major and positive transformations, starting with the highly serviceable Project Server 2007 and the inception of Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management (EPM) suite that introduced SharePoint as a key “baked-in” element.  

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.  

In the Public sector and Private sector, Pinnacle often uses Deltek Cobra as part of an Earned Value Management System.  In all cases Cobra must be integrated a scheduling tool: Microsoft Project (MSP), Microsoft Project Server or often Oracle Primavera.

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".

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. 

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.