welcomes you to

International Project Management Day

November 6, 2008

Palace at Somerset, NJ

Global Project Management Tool

• DATA Inc.’s Global Project Management Tool– Awarded InfoWorld Top 100 IT Projects – 2006– Published in Dr. Dobb’s Journal– Presented at the Project Management Institute

• Provides Consistent, Repeatable Delivery of High Quality Software Solutions

Globally Distributed Teams

• Organizations are opting for a global development model– Cost Benefit – Decrease Time

to Market– Resource

availability

OFFSHOREPrototype Development

Specifications / Design

OFFSHOREDevelopment

Testing

Support

ONSITEScope Signing

Onsite Knowledge Acquisition & transfer

OFFSITE

Task Monitoring & Control

Project Status

OFFSHORE

Infrastructure Set up

Team setup

OFFSITECode / Spec Adherence Review

Integration Testing

ONSITE

Deployment

UAT

Knowledge Transfer

• Global projects Span multiple offices and issues that could doom the project are :– Human and technical communication– Different time zones and cultures – Inconsistent or poor methodologies

• This adds complexity and risk to the project

The Global Project Management Challenge

• Specific challenges include– Managing Scope, Cost and Risk– Team Collaboration, Coordination and Information Sharing– Managing Project Life Cycle– Work Flow Management– Complete and Comprehensive Management Reporting– Knowledge Transfer and Retention

The Global Project Management Challenge

DATA Inc. Global PM Tool

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

Powered by:

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

Powered by:

Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Integration with Outlook

- E-Mails- Calendar Events

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Knowledge Retention

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

-Project Tracking and Control

-Status Reports

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

Powered by:

Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

-Project Tracking and Control

-Status Reports

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Task Assignment and Milestones with Alert Notification

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Issues Management

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Project Stakeholders(Role based authentication)

• Secure 100% Available Anywhere Access for Stakeholders

• Single Point of Entry for all Project Information

• Resource Centralization – Consolidation and Simplification

• Project Tracking and Control

• Collaboration / Communication

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Productivity, Quality, TimelinessFacilitating Global Software Development

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

Search Functionality

DATA Inc. Global Project Management System

• Upper Management Dashboard

• Provides summary on variousprojects being executed

Baseline of Beneficial Features

• Project Tracking

• Project Information

• Collaboration and Communication

• Work flow / Process control component

• Integration with MS:– Project Server / Office / Outlook

• Search Functionality

Enterprise Level

Baseline of Beneficial Features

• Project Tracking

• Project Information

• Collaboration and Communication

• Work flow / Process control component

• Integration with MS:– Project Server / Office / Outlook

• Search Functionality

Enterprise Level

List of all projects for the enterprise / departments

Baseline of Beneficial Features

• Project Tracking

• Project Information

• Collaboration and Communication

• Work flow / Process control component

• Integration with MS:– Project Server / Office / Outlook

• Search Functionality

Enterprise Level

Technical Documents

- Coding Standards - CMMI Procedures - Templates

Baseline of Beneficial Features

• Project Tracking

• Project Information

• Collaboration and Communication

• Work flow / Process control component

• Integration with MS:– Project Server / Office / Outlook

• Search Functionality

Enterprise Level

Critical Open Issues

Baseline of Beneficial Features

• Project Tracking

• Project Information

• Collaboration and Communication

• Work flow / Process control component

• Integration with MS:– Project Server / Office / Outlook

• Search Functionality

Enterprise Level

Client Contacts

• Utilize the right mix of best practices to develop a viable process and methodology– Combine it with the latest technology– Scalable and adaptable

• Achieve overall success with distributed global delivery by overcoming complex challenges

• Successfully leverage a 24-hour development lifecycle

• Synchronization between on site, off site and off shore development centers

Conclusion

• A preferred vendor at multiple Fortune and Blue Chip Clients for – IT Staff Augmentaton– Custom Application Development (Project Work)

• Over 25 years in business -- Established in 1983

• Winner of various awards – Ranked 16th on NJBiz’s Minority Owned Businesses List

• Located in Montvale NJ – with offices and development centers across the globe

About DATA Inc.

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