Creating an EPM Deployment Plan: white paper (Project Server 2010)

Published: April 14, 2011

This white paper describes how to create an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) deployment plan. It identifies phases and major points in an EPM Deployment plan, and it estimates times for each, based on a mid-sized organization with several hundred EPM system users. It also identifies factors that can affect the estimated duration times for each phase. This white paper was written by Chris Vandersluis of HMS Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

To download this white paper, click Creating an EPM Deployment Plan: white paper (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=215445) (file size: approximately 113 KB).

The following “From the Trenches” white papers are also available for download:

• Charging Ahead on Charge Codes: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Would you like some EPM with that?: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Aligning projects with strategic drivers: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Top-down or bottom-up: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• They say they want a resolution: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Dashboard directions: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Enterprise system best practices: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• EPM: Centralized or decentralized?: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• The Bat phone: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• The executive connection: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Balancing the matrix: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• The project management system maturity model: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• The challenges of selecting enterprise software: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Resource management: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• GPS assistance in roadmapping an EPM deployment: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• A phased approach to deploying enterprise project management: white paper (Project Server 2010)

• Being a solutions buyer: white paper (Project Server 2010)

For more information about Chris Vandersluis, see the "From the Trenches" column located on the Project Server 2010 TechCenter (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=208599) on Microsoft TechNet.