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PLANISWARE 5 FOR IT ORGANIZATIONS

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Planisware IT Overview

Leading the IT MarketToday’s IT executives face formidable challenges that pose barriers to efficient project management. Improper resource allocation and a lack of commu-nication often impede timely project completion and

lead to overspending. With IT governance compromised by these issues, it is crucial that processes and systems are in place to minimize roadblocks and ensure productive project management.

Unfortunately, traditional Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions and home-grown systems often fall short of providing satisfactory strategic control and resources and costs that are aligned across the entire portfolio in a single centralized database.

Planisware PPM for IT provides the most advanced financial management, resource allocation and scheduling tools available to ensure that your projects are completed on-time and on-budget. Planisware’s web-based solution has helped several companies – including Raiffeisen Group, Areva, Air France and Bouygues Telecom – maximize the value of their IT projects and extend the system enterprise-wide to support business activities.

Whether you require a department-centric solution or a large, cross-enterprise tool that weaves together various teams within your company, Planisware 5’s Stage-Gate® Ready, SAP certi-fied, flexible software is your solution for effective service-level management.

Key IT FeaturesImproved IT governance empowers you to maximize the IT portfolio. Planisware 5’s enterprise-class PPM system is ideal for top-to-bottom IT management, featuring several applications that improve gover-

nance by enhancing decison-making processes, internal communi-cation, and workflow fluidity. These include:• A cutting-edge resource management system that can al-

locate and manage resources across IT, or the entire organi-zation. Features include supplier resource management and resource cost valuation tools, strong structuring with resource and organizational breakdown structures, and advanced project resource rules for IT project teams – all to ensure that resourc-es are always available, and properly allocated.

• An advanced CFO-driven financial integration tool that streamlines complex budget processes by permitting users to create advanced profitability calculations, monitor expenses, track progress, and produce high-quality management reports for easy budget review. Further, an integrated time report-ing system enables customer billing or show-back, and the

“Project Intelligence” tool provides a real-time view of current IT projects to support fast, accurate decision-making.

• An integrated Services and Applications Portfolio Manage-ment module that enables users to follow Services and Portfo-lios from inception to decommissioning, compute and follow-up TCOs, manage configurations and releases, and aggregate key information from IT infrastructure systems and tools.

• A robust scheduling engine that supports advanced effort-driven scheduling.

• A best-in-class configurable workflow engine that improves communication across IT departments and internal business clients by enabling departments to enter tickets and catalog item requests, view progress, and receive e-mail alerts.

The Planisware AdvantagePlanisware offers distinct advantages over tradi-tional PPM IT solutions:

• Software that adjusts to the way you work. Unlike other PPM IT solutions that deliver comparable functionality, Planisware is fully configurable. Planisware’s unique flexibility allows it to adapt to your company’s unique processes. Our cost-effective model allows Planisware IT to grow with your business as your organization’s needs evolve. It can even interface with other existing enterprise systems your company uses – including Microsoft SharePoint, Excel and Project, and ERP Systems – providing seamless integra-tion with processes and systems that are already in place.

• World-class technology and a dedicated team keep your organization up-and-running. Planisware’s technology is complemented by our proven implementation methodology, FlexPace. Influenced by the Agile development approach, FlexPace promotes the quick delivery of fully functioning software and encourages fast integration of customer needs into Planisware software solutions to create powerful, flexible applications – without the lengthy implementation process.

• Ability to expand from an enterprise PPM solution into a corporate portfolio management (CPM) system to meet full-scale company needs. Planisware offers the ability to expand from an IT department-centric tool to a company-wide solution that supports programs across the full ePMO. As the only true CPM tool encompassing full-scale enterprise PPM, Planisware handles the strategic and financial decisions across an entire company by providing high-level decision support and promoting execution excellence at the opera-tional level.

“Above all, Planisware convinced us because of its capability to represent the role-based workflow we required. We made the conscious decision to opt for standard software and to tailor it in order to give the end user the best possible process support. This absolutely turned out to be the right choice.”

– Christian Hess, Head of Project Portfolio Management, Raiffeisen

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The Planisware 5 Solution

Planisware 5 addresses both the strategic and operational aspects of Project, Program, Product and Application Portfolio Management, as represented in the Planisware 5 funnel:

• Do the Right Projects - Planisware 5 helps organizations develop and maintain a balanced pipeline with a sustainable number of projects that supports the strategic vision of the company and maximizes the value of the portfolio.

• Do the Projects Right - The project execution capabilities of Planisware 5 provide the complete solution to help orga-nizations achieve operational excellence. Project scheduling, cost control, resource management, capacity planning, what-if analysis, comprehensive portfolio reporting, and team collaboration are all included in the solution.

• Monitor Launched Projects - Track the KPI of launched projects all the way to retirement.

Figure 1: The components in the funnel represent individual modules within Planisware 5. Moving from left to right, these modules provide organizations with the tools to help them do the right projects, do the projects right, and then follow up all the way until retirement.

Planisware is the leading global provider of world-class project and product portfolio management solutions. Planisware’s acclaimed configurability accommodates the company’s global custom-ers across a variety of industries and empowers users to align the solution with key business programs and portfolio management processes. With more than 250 customers worldwide and a 98% customer retention rate, Planisware has been recognized as an industry leader by several esteemed analysts and has achieved Stage-Gate Ready© and SAP® integration certifications.

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Sample Planisware Customers

IT (Enterprise PPM Management)Air France KLM, Arval, Axa, Bouygues Telecom, Dexia, EDF IT, GE Capital Bank, GIPS (APICIL group), Generali, GISA, HUK-Coburg, LCL - Crédit Lyonnais, La Poste, MAIF, Orange, Raiffeisen, SBB CFF FFS - Swiss Railroad, SFR, SNCF, SkyGuide, Vauban Humanis

New Product Development (R&D)Air France, Bayer CropScience, Biomérieux, Bosch Engineering, CNIM, Candy, Comau, Die Bahn, FCB Ciments, Faurecia, Hexion, IBA, International Trucks, LG Display, Medtronic, Michelin, Renault, Renault Trucks, Rexam, Schaeffler Technologies, Siemens Mobility, Syngenta, Transdev, Turbomeca, Volvo Parts, Volvo Trucks, Whirlpool

Life Sciences (R&D)Abbott, Actelion, Alcon Labs, Amgen, Angelini, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Chiesi, DCRI, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Galderma, Genentech, Johnson&Johnson, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre, Merck Serono, Merial, Novartis, Novartis Vaccines, Roche, Sanofi Pasteur, Sanofi-Aventis, Solvay, UCB Pharma

EnergyAramco, Areva, EDF, GDF Suez, IFP - Petroleum Research Institute, RTE, RWE Power, Snam Rete Gas

Aerospace and Defense (Program Management, Earned Value Management)Airbus, Arianespace, Avio, CEA (Public Nuclear Research), CNES, DCNS, DGA (French DoD), EADS Astrium, Eurocopter, Europropulsion, Messier Bugatti, ONERA, Sogitec, ThalesRaytheonSystems, Williams International

GovernmentAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Canton of Vaud (Switzerland), DoT Montana, INRAP (French Institute of Archaeology Preservation), Ifremer - Sea Public Research Institute, Lyon County (France), Lille County (France), Minefi (French Public Accounting Services), Rhone-Alpes Region, Landesbetrieb Strassenbau NRW, Utrecht Province, vts Politie Nederland