Enterprise Project Management Offices (EPMOs) are the central command for corporate project portfolios, tasked with overseeing all projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and in alignment with strategic goals. With such a broad mandate, EPMOs face unique challenges in managing resources across various teams and methodologies.
EPMOs manage an array of projects, often with conflicting priorities and methodologies ranging from Agile to traditional Waterfall.
With each department using its own set of tools and spreadsheets, EPMOs struggle to maintain a unified approach.
It’s all too common for lower-priority projects to inadvertently receive more resources than critical ones due to lack of clear visibility and control.
EPMOs must provide accurate updates on project metrics like budget and milestones to leadership. Without a robust resource management process, these metrics can be misleading and mask underlying issues with resource utilization, which ultimately determines whether or not a project is on track.
EPMOs often lack a comprehensive tool that categorizes projects into portfolios and people into roles and teams to ensure every resource is optimally aligned with organizational goals.
Model scenarios for introducing new projects or adjusting existing ones to identify resource and skill gaps that allow EPMOs to plan for future hiring or contractor needs.
Use What-If scenarios to model each portfolio and area where the structure of the model can be customized based on the necessary roll up.
By planning roles alongside named resources, EPMOs can visualize gaps in current and future activities to support both immediate needs and long-term strategic planning.
The ability to plan at the team level with a Team Resource, made up of individual resources, supports Agile planning, ensuring that resources are managed effectively across different project styles.
Resource Request Workflows help standardize the resource allocation process to maintain governance across all levels of the organization.
Product roadmaps expand on the Gantt chart format to integrate project and product milestones into a clear, organized format and support product management.
Resources can submit their time on all projects, enabling Project Managers and managers to compare planned allocations versus actuals. This data also supports better decision making and planning on future projects.
Tempus Resource allows for detailed tracking of skills and capacity at the individual level to accommodate diverse work schedules and geographical differences while selecting the most qualified resource for a project.
The Insight+ add-on provides advanced business intelligence capabilities, offering real-time alerts based on crucial data thresholds so EPMOs can make data-driven decisions quickly.
Tempus Resource works with existing tools like Smartsheet, Workday, Oracle, and MS Project to create a cohesive resource management ecosystem.
Tempus Resource acts as a single source of truth, empowering EPMOs to create processes, automate data flow, and report on key portfolio and project metrics in real time with accurate data. From the moment EPMOs input their data into Tempus Resource, they gain instant insights into resource allocation that allows them to identify over- or under-utilized resources and assess project risk based on current staffing. This immediate clarity translates into long-term benefits that help EPMOs improve decision-making and ensure that projects align with the company’s strategic goals.
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