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5 AvandelAppexchange
apps
> 500Custom Force.com
application built
> 10000Salesforce users
served
> 15 PDOAppexchange apps
built for others
> 200Many years of total project experience
> 40Certified
Developers
> 100SalesforceCustomers
> 10Countries served
> 50Employees
www.avandel.com15635 Alton Parkway Suite 295
Irvine CA 92618+1 949 275 2703
AGENDA
Built For Project PeopleBy Project People
Who built it? About Mehmet Ergun
What Does It Cover?
Problems Solved
Who Is It For?
Feature Highlights
About Mehmet Ergun
* Capture and Proposal Winning Expert * 20+ Years of IT Project Experience * 1000+ Client Delivery Projects * Many lessons learned * Range – Fortune 100, US Gov, Startups * Global Team Collaboration > 10 years * Salesforce Expert “Since The Beginning” 2000
Project Life Cycle Processes Covered
● Capture and Proposal Wins
● Earned Value Management
● Agile Methodology
● Waterfall Methodology
● Hybrid Methodology
● Work Breakdown Structures
● RFP Issue and Response Management
● Time Management
Some Feature Differentiators ++
● Proposal Management !!! End the PPT and Word Doc Nightmare.
● Work Breakdown Structures. (The impossible to maintain tree like requirement and task breakdowns).
● Full Story Package and Issue Life Cycle
● Continue to Use Spreadsheets with Google!
● Keep time tracked against the requirements!
PROBLEMS INPROJECT FIRMS
● Separate systems for proposals, work break down structures, story boarding, project management, time keeping, expenses, communication status reporting, document management ! What kind of IT is that?
● SOWs don’t translate well into real world PM● Change Orders, Issue Tracking not integrated● NO ONE measures time and expenses on Project level tasks! Impossible to
manage right.● Waste of Time on project management reporting
WHY EarnTHIS?
★ All in ONE! Does everything you need in Project World and Professional Services Automation
★ Its built 100% on Salesforce! Comes with all that power of workflows and chatter.
★ Permanently put an end to project proposal, tracking, collaboration, delivery headaches.
★ Don’t change the way you work, just enhance it, and solve all your problems.
What kind of IT is that?
Why Earned Value Metrics?
● Measures not just work budgeted, but also work planned, and, work done.
● Disciplined but flexible and insightful● You don’t have to be the DOD to use it● Every project team, even agile teams,
have project status and metrics reporting needs
● Don’t reinvent the wheel, this stuff is proven
● If you don’t like it, use other metrics – EVM is the Cadillac so Earn This can also report any way
Sectors and Use Cases
Life Cycle of a Project
Earn Value Chart
● IT Teams of All Types (Software, Systems, Custom Dev, Internal IT, etc.)
● Government Contractors (Real Proposal Management the Way the US Gov Wants)
Propose
Contract
Initiate
AllocateCollaborate
Manage
Deliver
PV = Planned ValueEV = Earned ValueAC = Actual Cost
CPI = EV / ACSPI = EV / PV
● US Gov. State and Local Departments (EVM!)
● Tender Build, Release, Vendor Evaluations
● Professional Services Automation
PROPOSE
● Put together proposals form proposal template sections!
● Turn complicated proposals into as easy as lego building and one click
● Never worry about word formatting, excel estimations, etc. ever again with different versions all of the place
● Collaborate on Proposals like you do in the real world
Proposal Section Templates
Proposal Heaven
Maintain All of Your Proposal Sections in a Single Repository
Plan&Req Elicitation Solution &Data Design
Implementation &Testing
Deployment &Roll-Out
Kick Off
Project Planning
Business ProcessReview
CRP (1)
Business ReviewValidation
Design Workshop
Solution Design
Data MigrationStrategy
Data Mapping
CRP (2)
Business ReviewValidation
Config & Customization Validation
CRP (3)
Final Implementation
System IntegrationTraining
User AcceptanceTraining
Prepare for UserTraining
Product Migration
Roll-Out
Training
Data LoadProduction
Data Load Sandbox
EarnTHIS Milestones View
MILESTONESPROPOSE
PROPOSE
Pricing and Payments Schedule
Propose IT or Send It Out As an RFP
● You can propose to RFPs, or build the RFP● If you’re going to subcontract, you can track tender responses IN YOUR
FORMAT● Standardize evaluations just like you would ● Take the position on either side of the fence● Propose IT, or Manage RFP Responses!
One-Click Rendering to PDF
Manage Your Contracts $$
★ Use SOW rollups from Projects★ See how much money is left★ See how much is needed to
complete★ See projections on $$★ See and manage upcoming
renewals★ See everything and then some
more not listed
CONTRACTS
Contract / SOW Tracking
● Maintain all your wins in SOWs● You can have more than one
project per SOW● You can have more than one
SOW per project● Manage recurring licensing
SOW types● Manage recurring support SOW
types● Fixed Contract Milestone
Invoice Tracking● T&M Contract Forecasting
INITIATE
Use Google Spreadsheets
● Call it whatever you want .. Discovery, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Planning, But It Must Be Done
● Use Flat, Use Trees, Use Numbering, Indexing, Estimation Using $$, Hours, Story Points ..
● Report on it and get hand shake with your customer
SET IT UP RIGHT!
● The Tree is Your Friend, but impossible to maintain with traditional tools
● Go As Deep As You Want, Organize the Way You want to report and makes sense
● Respond to complicated RFPs!!● Drag and Drop Tree
Maintainance and Reindexing● Copy / Move Entire Tree
Sections From Templates
Use Work Break Down Structure
● You don’t like work packages? Too scary?
● Its OK, just use flat Agile stories if that floats your boat. We can relabel them.
● We support full Agile Sprint Planning
● Milestones are still our friend.● Use flat spreadsheets, and we’ll
still number and reindex it for you.
Don’t Want a Requirement Tree?
● As Cool As our tools are, sometimes you want to mass-update or add requirements in a spreadsheet!
● See and update all of your WBS data or Issues in a Google spreadsheet and collaborate!
● Perfect for organizing intensive UAT or feedback sessions.
ALLOCATE
Who is going to work and log time?What resources are available?What roles will they play?Do you need to source new people?
COLLABORATE
● With everything in one place, no hunting!● COLLABORATE don’t argue! Earn This becomes the source of
truth.● Use chatter don’t use email!● STANDARDIZE your project vocabulary and project status
reporting that makes sense to the teams and management.● Don’t waste time on useless project management overhead
● Issue and Track Open Positions● Log Candidacies● Manage Interviews● Track Resource Project Experiences!!● For client sourcing, Generate Resumes Automatically Customized For
Each Role / Project
● Include customer, Reduce meeting times● Make them owners for issues an acceptances● Have them help, not block● Use workflows and approvals and URLs● Full transparency all the time = happiness● Make them a stakeholder in change management● Don’t hide
Single Source Of Truth
Include The Customer In Collaboration
MANAGE
DELIVERY
● Data Dictionaries Produced! And Delivered!● Story Catalogs Produced and Delivered!● User Guides Built Along the Way and Delivered!● Technical Guides Built Along the Way and Delivered!● Continuous Release means Continuous Training Delivered!● Customer Acceptance from Day One!
● Standardized Project Status Reports● Issue Open to Close Life Cycle● Change Order Management● Full Workflows and Approvals● Engage the Entire Team Including Customer● Daily Standups, Virtual or Physical● #Last24# #Next24 Posts● Automated Issue Creations● Email to Issue Support● And a Billion More Feature to Run a Project
TRACK TEAM TIME PROPERLY
● Using a separate time system is crazy!
● You’re estimating in one system, and logging time in another?
● You can not separate time keeping from your project system.
● Earn This! Allows time tracking against any package / story OR the project issues.
Package Build Life Cycle Time Sheet
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No Large Up-Front InvestmentWith SaaS applications, customers avoid the large initial investment in an IT infrastructure and the day-to-day responsibility of maintaining that infrastructure.
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No Steep Learning CurveSaaS applications use a familiar Internet interface, so customers expect the ease of use and constant innovation of the consumer Web, helping to drive adoption.
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www.avandel.com15635 Alton Parkway Suite 295
Irvine CA 92618+1 949 275 2703
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