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Comprehensive
Project Management Solutions with
the .NET Server family
Agenda
Introduction
The Business Challenge
Addressing that “challenge” (with MS Project
2002 and MS Business Solutions)
myGroupWorks™ - an integrated approach to
Project Management
Document Management in a Project environment
Thanks
Business Challenges
Difficult to locate and share company data
which reduces productivity
Typical Enterprise solutions don’t fit needs
or budgets of medium businesses or of
departments in enterprises
Limited IT resources
Security and protection of data
Technology Challenges
Diverse User Needs
– Meeting the different needs of each department
– Implementing technology that everyone can use
– Providing a common infrastructure across locations
Scarce Resources
– Doing more with less
– Keeping up with new technologies
– Training IT and end users
Integration
– Bringing together complementary data from a variety of
sources
– Restricting access to sensitive data
– Scaling systems as business grows
What Do Businesses Want?
Better collaboration
– Communicating across teams and locations, partners &
clients
– Sharing real time project, event and task based
information
– Aggregating intellectual property and building best
practices
Improved productivity
– Boosting efficiency in spite of fewer resources
– Analyzing financial and sales data in real-time
– Improving response time to customer inquiries
Portal-based Solutions Can Help
Improve Collaboration
– Enable teams to share documents, calendars and tasks on
line
– Begin collecting Best Practices and Project Plans
– Distribute news and information on secure websites
Increase Productivity
– Mine existing resources with powerful search technologies
– Catalog existing files for improved discoverability
– Enable real-time analysis of data with familiar tools
Business Problems Solved
Help users improve productivity
– Adopt a flexible and fully customizable solution
– Standardize your productivity platform
– Deploy Web-based systems that can be accessed anytime
Foster business growth while economizing resources
– Empower end users to manage their content and workspaces
– Establish relationships with other partners and resellers
– Reduce development time with out-of-the box solutions
Speed technology integration and adoption
– Build on a reliable, proven and known platform
– Protect assets with role-based security
– Deploy systems built to scale
Business Scenario
Outlook XP
Internet Explorer
SharePoint Portal Server Digital Dashboard
Project 2002
Web Access
Project
Server 2002
SQL 2000
Outlook
Web Access
myGroupWorks
Exchange
2000 Web
Storage
System
Windows 2000 - Active Directory - File Servers
Additional
Integration With:
myGroupWorks™
Aurora’s Comprehensive Project and Business
Information Management Solution
Our Approach
Leverage the full power of existing tools that many
organizations already have
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Microsoft Exchange & Outlook
Microsoft Project
Microsoft MSDE or SQL Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft IIS
Microsoft NT/2000 Security
Use a common and familiar interface to reduce training
and maintenance costs (Outlook and IE Browser)
Leverage web technologies (XML, CSS, Digital
Dashboards) to make the system easy to extend
Timekeeping
Document Management with
Sharepoint Portal Server
Thank You!