Why Pro-Active PPM :

The real life in service organizations is document centric. The project plans, time-sheets, quality records all originate as documents and have a real need to exist as documents throughout their useful life. Unfortunately, the software solutions that exist today model this environment using an underlying relational data model. It is not difficult to see how this results in a high levels of information barrier and rigidity requiring information to be transformed at every point of input and output.

Pro-Active PPM is developed using Pro</DOC>, very effectively demonstrating how technology can make a difference to the end-user experience. The XML based data model means there is no information rigidity associated with relational applications. The data-model can be extended by the end-users right at the source, new business rules can be added with ease. The power of this is further extended by the client and server side Scripting capability offered by Pro-Active.

Users also want flexibility and freedom on how the information is viewed and reported. Pro-Active PPM uses OLAP (On-line analytical Processing) tools to manage all its reporting. The users can develop their own OLAP cubes (the data view) using a simple User Interface over the open data-model. If the data-model has been extended by the users, they have access to it when designing the cubes. In terms of User experience, this adds significant value because full benefits of customization are realized.

Consider another instance of a technology enabled feature of Pro-Active you will not find in conventional solutions - One of the very effective Quality tools is peer review. Reviews are considered to be highly cost-effective means of Quality Assurance, for a simple reason that they prevents the defects from leaking into the following project stages and hence reduce the overall cost of quality. Important as they are to the project execution, the typical automation for this activity is highly inefficient. Almost all product solutions require you to enter your comments on a data entry screen, which is quite contra to the way this activity is performed in real life. A more appropriate mechanism would be to allow the reviewer to enter the comments directly while viewing the deliverable on-line – the mechanism used by Pro-Active PPM. Again, this is made possible by the document annotation tools which are a part of the Pro</DOC> solution kit.

Here are some of the Pro-Active PPM features you would find useful-

1.	Workflow enabled.
2.	Interface with MS-Project for automatic import of project plan.
3.	Fully user configurable time-sheet and other data-capture forms format.
4.	Powerful “Text Annotator” and “MS-Word Annotator” tools to simplify entering of Review comments.
5.	User-customizable forms for entering test defects and other Issues/Queries.
6.	OLAP tools for powerful analysis of Quality, Performance and Earned Value at Project level.
7.	OLAP tools for powerful analysis of productivity, profitability and utilization and project comparison at group and organization levels.
8.	Configurable Dashboard.
9.	End-user configurable OLAP cubes.
10.	End-user configurable formats and codes.
11.	Help Desk and SLA management.
12.	Knowledge management.
13.	Flexibility of implementation – for instance it is not mandatory to have Project Plans before using the time-sheet module. Users can implement in a phased manner and develop the business rules and user constraints as the implementation progresses.

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