Requests

Request Assessment Tab

Challenge	Solution
Request approvers require a good deal of extra preliminary information in order to make an informed approval decision. Without the specific additional data required for the decision-making process, projects may be erroneously approved or denied, or projects may be approved without the proper planning information.	Creation of a custom Assessment tab in a request template, with all the necessary fields required for the organization to make the correct approval decisions.

Estimated effort: To be determined based on customer requirements.

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Request PMO Tab

Challenge	Solution
After an initial assessment of a new project request is completed, the next level of stakeholders (Project Management Office, Senior Executives, etc.) require an additional set of data in order to make the final approval decision.	With the addition of a PMO tab on the Request form, additional information can be gathered and reviewed to further inform the decision of whether or not to approve a new project request.

Estimated effort: To be determined based on customer requirements.

Projects

Stakeholders

Challenge	Solution
It's crucial to keep track of all stakeholders on projects, along with their contact details and other pertinent information. Project stakeholders need to be in a table of their own so as not to be confused with other types of team members.	Creation of a Stakeholders table conveniently exposed to users as a tab within a project form. The Stakeholders table contains contact details and other important information about the stakeholders. Ability to categorize whether the stakeholder is internal or external to the organization.

Estimated effort: 1.5 hours

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Lessons Learned

Challenge	Solution
Without a proper process or location to store critical lessons learned gathered from the project team at the conclusion of a project, the organization runs the risk of repeating the same mistakes or actions that require improvement.	Creation of a Lessons Learned table conveniently exposed to users as a tab within a project form. Fields included in the table to capture critical information in a consistent manner.

Estimated effort: 1.5 hours

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Sub-Projects

Challenge	Solution
There are sets of projects that are all related to one another, each one a sub-project of a larger initiative, but there is no easy way to link the sub-projects together for viewing or scheduling purposes. There's a requirement to view all the sub-projects conveniently together in a single tab.	Add a custom Sub-Projects tab to a parent project for the easy inclusion of the related projects. Chosen sub-projects automatically appear in the parent project's Gantt tab for visualization purposes, and to manage them in a manner similar to typical Gantt tasks.

Estimated effort: 8 hours

Assignments & Work

Timesheets

Challenge

Solution

It can be very difficult for organizations to keep track of all the work that gets done across a portfolio of projects, by many different resources. Many person hours are left unaccounted for due to the myriad assortment of tools different team members use to keep track of their time. A lack of administrative control and oversight makes it easy for confidential billing related content to be seen by unauthorized people.  Reporting on whatever hours do get captured across various tools is near impossible.

Timesheets that get created automatically for select users given a specific security role (does not need to be every user). Security enhanced - the standard role can only see their own entries. Confidential billing info can be configured to be hidden from unauthorized team members. Automatically detects open assignments and creates timesheets in the relevant week. Allocate people to a position which has an Hourly cost pegged to it. Hours & Costs reports at the project, program, and portfolio levels.

Estimated effort: 15 hours

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Assignment Notifier

Challenge	Solution
Team members are often unaware when new work items get assigned to them, and as a consequence the start of work for these new tasks gets delayed. It is inefficient and unrealistic to expect the person assigning tasks to notify each team member of new assignments. There are some projects that require instant notifications of new assignments, and some for which this would be counterproductive.	Team members receive an automated email at the time of work assignment. Flexibility to turn notifications on and off within Project Settings. Convenient direct links to assignments to obtain additional details and to make updates.

Estimated effort: 2 hours

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New Assignment Report

Challenge	Solution
Resources of assigned work have a difficult time keeping up with the volume of new work assigned to them from across all the projects to which they are contributing. The planning and commencement of newly assigned work can be delayed due to a lack of awareness of the assignments.	Create a custom email report that neatly lays out all of the new assignments created in the previous 24 hours. Flexible scheduling of the sending of the email that can be set to whichever time works best for the organization.

Estimated effort: 2 hours

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Overdue Work Report

Challenge	Solution
It's very difficult for team members to stay on top of the myriad of work assigned to them. They need a notification of overdue work to avoid affecting the execution of projects.	An individual overdue work report can be scheduled to be emailed to any team member who currently has work that is past its planned finish date.

Estimated effort: 2 hours

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Convert Risk to Issue

Challenge	Solution
Risk management is a critical component of managing projects, yet escalating a risk that has occurred into an issue is often not done, due to lack of process and/or inefficient methods. If the list of issues is missing risks that have occurred, there can potentially be a very large impact to the project.	Inclusion of a switch within projects to enable the easy conversion of risks to issues. Risks automatically get set to Occurred and Inactive status, and the issues automatically get created in the project.

Estimated effort: 2 hours

Dashboards & Views

Power BI Charter Dashboard

Challenge	Solution
It can be time consuming and inefficient for some stakeholders to have to enter each project individually in order to view Project Charters and high-level Progress Updates. Organizations need to use their own specific nomenclature in the dashboard.	Add a new Project Charter Power BI dashboard tab to the app for quick and easy access to this customized content for individual projects.

Estimated effort: To be determined based on customer requirements.

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Power BI Status Dashboard

Challenge	Solution
Senior executives would like a one-page dashboard report with very specific status elements they and the larger stakeholder community require to make informed decisions.	Creation of a custom Power BI dashboard report that brings in content from across many different records.

Estimated effort: To be determined based on customer requirements.

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Power BI Status Update Dashboard

Challenge	Solution
Organizations can have their own specific requirements as to what should be included in individual Project Status Update dashboards. A custom Status Update tab is necessary for how the organization's meetings are run, and for how they efficiently keep stakeholders informed.	Add a new Status Update Power BI dashboard tab that meets the organization's specific needs.

Estimated effort: To be determined based on customer requirements.

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Project Stage Status View

Project:

View:

Challenge	Solution
It's time consuming and inefficient to find and click into every project that uses a specific Business Process Flow in order to check project stage progression in real-time.	With a custom stage status view, stakeholders can very quickly find all projects that share a specific Business Process Flow and check stage status all on the same screen.

Estimated effort: 1.5 hours per Business Process Flow and View