CAMeLEAN®/PM provides organizations with a single consolidated framework that allows them to work not just within a project but across projects. Each project stakeholder has a unique set of needs that accrue based on the
role they play. The manner in which these needs are addressed are highlighted through the use cases for the roles mentioned below:
Executive Managers typically need to identify whether project execution is in line with business objectives. They usually need a higher organizational perspective rather than a comprehensive operational perspective. This allows them to manage by exception without getting bogged down in the details, with the flexibility to drill down when it becomes imperative:
With CAMeLEAN®/PM, Executive Managers can:
Get a consolidated enterprise Project Dashboard view that illuminates projects which need attention, with the ability to drill down into detailed project metrics for tracking individual project progress.
Get a detailed perspective of how organizational resources are being utilized across the program.
Keep current on all the critical issues that potentially could hinder project success.
Get a financial overview of the actual costs of different projects against their planned budgets.
Keep track of how projects across geographical regions are faring
Project Managers usually need to define and plan out projects, execute them with great efficiency and monitor the projects to see that they are going according to schedule and budget. Being the driving force behind the program, they need to constantly communicate and coordinate with their dispersed team members, executive management and other functional managers on the status of different projects within the enterprise. They also need to be constantly on top of any issues that may derail a particular project and be alerted in advance on any trends that threaten projects.
With CAMeLEAN®/PM, Projects Managers can:
Define and setup projects faster with flexible online scheduling and tasking tools or by using project templates that capture previous project experience.
Use the Organizational Role structure to find out which are the best resources available that can be allocated to tasks.
View cross project dependencies and constraints and
how they impact project performance
Collaborate and communicate with team members and project stakeholders through a real-time notification engine and extended email.
Monitor project execution by keeping updated on task and project status, deliverables and issues
Find out the time spent across the program through web-based Timesheet reporting and routing.
Share important project documents through a centralized document repository that makes documents easy to locate and track.
Get automated alerts and notifications for enhanced visibility and control of projects of critical customer or business importance.
Monitor all projects through a single customized project dashboard that consolidates the status of tasks, issues and deliverables across projects in real-time.
Utilize the in-built reporting intelligence to analyze and manage costs, schedules, resources, issues and deliverables.
Resource Managers generally need to ensure that project managers have the right resources both human and infrastructural, in the right quantity available to meet current and upcoming project resource requirements. They need to leverage the human resource talent across the enterprise and anticipate resource requirements for planned and anticipated resource requirements.
CAMeLEAN®/PM allows Resource Managers to:
Model the organization to a Role-based enterprise wide resource library from which Project Managers can easily pick the right type of resources to allocate to projects.
Optimize resource usage by analyzing resource utilization loads and trends across projects and identifying areas for reassigning resources.
Identify the capacity that is available for doing forthcoming projects and whether additional resources are needed based on projected utilization - thus greatly assisting in resource planning.
Identify utilization trends to find out skill retraining needs.
Balance resource structure from a business perspective.
Financial Managers typically need to evaluate whether projects meet the organizational financial benchmarks established. They are driven by being on budget in terms of costs along with the business viability of different projects to add to the organization's bottom line.
With CAMeLEAN®/PM, Financial Managers can:
Analyze project level budget in terms of time and cost
through Earned Value Measurements (EVM).
Find out whether projects are running as per budget
through EVM analysis.
Get real-time information updates for calculating the most current costing.
Utilize category summaries to identify areas where the bulk of time and costs are being spent
where and when possible reduction of non-revenue project costs
can occur.
Get a break down of project costs on a department or division basis.
Team members generally need to be able to do their tasks and report on their work with the minimum of effort. They need easy access to relevant documents and real-time updates on tasks that impact on their schedules.
CAMeLEAN®/PM helps Team Members to:
Get personalized views of only their projects, tasks, issues, deliverables and deadlines that need to be dealt with.
Be informed of any changes in tasks, issues or schedules through real-time notifications and email alerts.
Constantly update the status of tasks and the time spent on each task through flexible web-based timesheet reporting.
Collaborate and share information with other team members and project managers through a centralized information repository.
