Oracle Projects Managing Your Extended Team Project Collaboration

Oracle Projects Managing Your Extended Team Project Collaboration Lisa Quera Oracle

Agenda • Oracle Projects • Team Members and Team Member Tasks • Oracle Projects Collaboration Capabilities • Oracle Projects Collaboration Benefits 2 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved.

Oracle Projects Multiple Uses Across Multiple Market Segments Verticals Uses Professional Services Government Research Engineering & Construction Manufacturing & Life Sciences Client Service Delivery Telco & Utilities Financial Services Marketing Campaigns Infrastructure Buildout New Product Development IT Management

Current State – The Mosaic N j ec t ew P r ojec t ct P ro je New Pro New Resource Mgmt/Procurement Tracking/Forecasting Reporting T&E Contract Mgmt Project Delivery Project Planning & Budgeting Portfolio Planning Billing/Chargeback Project Manager 4 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved.

Future State – Project Nirvana Leverage Global Project Repository Across Entire Project Lifecycle Project/Client Selection • • • Project Reporting • Metrics • KPIs • Reports Project Planning • Workplans • Resources • Budget Work Resources Finances Project Control • • • Objectives Scenarios Portfolios Updates Forecasts Changes Billings Capitalization Project Execution • • Progress Documents Issues Actuals

Oracle Projects 11 i 10 FP. M Project Initiatives Sales Delivery Research Construction Information Technology Product Development Marketing Enterprise Integration Project Portfolio Planning Project Management Project Resource Management Global Project Repository Project Collaboration Project Costing & Billing Project Intelligence Personalized Role-Based Views 6 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved. Financials HR Supply Chain Sales Time & Labor Documents

Oracle Project Collaboration Access Personalized, Secure & Current Information Team Members Employees 7 Team Collaboration Structured Workspace For All Projects Coordinate Work Update Progress Suppliers and Partners Share Documents Complete Deliverables Customers Resolve Issues Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved.

Team Member Home Personalized Information of Owned Work • Cross project view • Items that you own – Actions and their due date – Assigned tasks – Attached documents, issues and changes • Items that require your attention – Issues – Changes – Deliverables – Notifications (email or Web) • Shortcuts to everyday functions – Update Progress – Enter Time – Create Expense Report

Project Status Reports Communications appropriate for each stakeholder 9 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006.

Why Oracle Projects Collaboration? Challenges Capabilities v Inability to effectively communicate across distant locations and time zones v Global enterprise project repository as single source of project workplans, budgets, resources, forecasts, and changes v Inability to obtain required information to manage the business in a timely manner v Team member workspace to collaborate on issues and deliverables, update progress, communicate status v Difficulty to monitor progress of corrective action programs v Inability to share best practices v Difficulty to identify root cause of problems v Document management and reuse enablers for common repository of best practices Value v Improved productivity v Maximize operating efficiency and flexibility v Enhanced fact based decision making v Decreased cycle time for issue resolution v Enhanced customer satisfaction v Improved team member morale v Issue management with entire decision history preserved v Automated status reports for stakeholder communications v Shortcuts to everyday functions 10 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2006. All rights reserved.