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Global professional resourcing and project-based solutions leader turns to Compuware’s Changpoint to manage growth and complexity with streamlined resource planning, project management, and time and materials tracking.

A knowledge management system is no good if people can't--or won't--use it. Don't gloss over usability measures, or you'll end up shooting yourself in the foot.

From small organizations to large, in virtually every service sector -- from IT to engineering, advertising and healthcare -- the benefits of a PSA solution include increased efficiency and higher profit margins.

PlanView has found a way to make IT successful throughout organizations, not just in IT departments. It starts with managing resources at the heart of the organization -- and how better to do that, than through PSA.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use the enterprise project and portfolio management solution to improve visibility and reduce costs.

You've found ways to streamline processes for your clients--but what about your own organization? The time has come to put the needs of your organization first. PSA can help.

“Best of Breed” project management software finalists include @Task, Clarizen, Instantis, OpenAir, QuickArrow and Tenrox.

The business imperative to align IT with strategic goals has created unprecedented demand for project portfolio management solutions, spurring consolidation in the marketplace while also bringing forth a number of new and refocused offerings. For organizations in search of PPM technology to meet their specific needs, the selection process can be daunting.

With so much to do and fewer resources to do it, project-based organizations are calling on professional services automation solutions for help.

How WausauBenefits made PSA a reality for the whole company.

Globalization is driving professional service organizations of all sizes to adapt their processes and consider integrated resource planning solutions that can improve financial visibility and operational efficiency while maintaining a hands-on project management touch.

Bringing together business functions creates a whole that is more than the sum of its parts. That's what synergy is all about, and here's how PSA can help you get there.

PlanView makes a software solution with a powerful premise: You can't manage what you can't measure. It has deeply integrated time and expense accounting into a fully Web-based product that includes management of projects and service work as well as a rich array of resource management features. Learn how PlanView provided Reuters Consulting with global resource management, resource time recording and the ability to integrate with the systems already implemented within the company.

With the cost, quality and complexity of healthcare under a national microscope these days, some hospitals are already realizing critical improvements by implementing project portfolio management, thanks to niche solutions designed specifically for their needs.

An early PSA adopter, CardiffSoftware realized a 60 percent increase in project profitability.

Acuent is getting bang for its buck with three PSA modules providing time tracking, revenue forecasting and expense reporting.

New license revenue is projected to reach $655 million in 2006, according to a new research report by Service Performance Insight.

Business-as-usual financial processes don’t address the unique realities of managing project costs. Here are some project accounting best practices, which can help bring project managers, sponsors, clients and the company bean counters closer to one version of the truth.

Monica Barron of AMR Research explains how PSA tools are expanding beyond internal IT departments.

After integrating Project Server 2002 with a Solomon PSA solution, professional services organization Edison Welding Institute tightened project estimates, reduced overspends and improved resource management.

John Baldwin, new CEO of on-demand PPM solutions provider Daptiv, shares his plans for the company, and where he thinks the industry is headed.

Project portfolio management is helping to bridge the gap between project management and operations for professional services organizations. But their needs are not the same as an IT organization’s. Here’s a roundup of PPM solutions that recognize and address these significant differences.

Organizations seeking to implement project portfolio management tools and practices are presented with a wider variety of choices than ever before, including new and revamped solutions from software giants, niche veterans and on-demand players. Here’s a year-end review of the strengths and weaknesses of some of the main PPM offerings.

The KM e-mailbag produces important questions about different kinds of management, but it all boils down to knowledge.

You can take it with you after all. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) like Palm Pilots, Handsprings and Pocket PCs have changed the way people manage their lives. Discover how they can also change the way you manage projects.

Are you in the market for an Enterprise Resource and Project Management (ERPM) tool? Here's a novel thought: reconsider. Or at the very least, make very sure both you and your organization are ready for such a system. Sounds a bit extreme? Read on and you'll understand why.

The difference between strategic project success and failure for organizations is often based on their IT governance framework. And project portfolio management tools are contributing more and more to the governance area through core components. Here’s a roundup of solutions to consider.

Does it seem like all the powers of darkness are out to sabotage your KM efforts? Well, the Devil himself is here to answer some of our most pressing questions about his involvement in KM.

Straight from the gantthead mailbag, here's some Knowledge Management refreshers on definitions and implementations, unleashing the knowledge trapped in your head and keeping an eye on technology.

Over the past several months, an embarrassingly large number of e-businesses -- both clicks-and-mortar and heavily funded start-ups -- have rediscovered a very old principle the hard way: It takes more than a handful of buzzwords and a tidy storefront to succeed in a competitive economy.

APCO needed an accounting system that could handle project realities in Beijing, Belgiumand a few other offices in between.

To align projects with strategy, organizations need portfolio management tools that capture and distribute across the enterprise.

Business functions not working perfectly? No need to squawk...knowledge management is the prime ingredient in every recipe for success. Take a look at how a KM approach will promote a healthy appetite in every department.

Project success or failure is ultimately judged by stakeholders, not project managers. However, organizations and PMOs routinely cite stakeholder management as one of their biggest challenges. It's imperative that project portfolio management tools facilitate stakeholder communications so that expectations are understood and met. Many fall short.

If IT portfolio management processes and tools are to succeed in helping senior executives align activities with business goals, their reach must go beyond projects, and cover systems, non-project work, clients and employees. Inevitably, this holistic approach will create greater IT value.