This EPM Accelerator Program is a great way to get your project moving. The EPM Accelerator for Planning Enterprise Project Management service is designed to provide you with expert technical services to help in the early stages of your deployment project. The Microsoft Solution for Enterprise Project Management is a true enterprise-class solution that aligns people and systems, drawing business operations closer together. The solution provides visibility into all facets of your business by providing the project collaboration and analysis tools you need to make informed, proactive decisions. This solution which includes Microsoft Project Professional, Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Web Access provides an integrated enterprise project management capability that combines ease of use, a centralized database for projects and resources, and powerful reporting and analysis features.
 
Overview
The EPM Accelerator services apply a thorough process to ensure that the core design decisions required are covered effectively and on schedule. At the conclusion of the service you can be certain that all the decisions will have been covered and you will be ready to address the risks that were raised and proceed with implementation. This service covers the following main areas:

Requirements: We will begin with a review of your business requirements and the vision and scope of the project. Framing the vision and scope early focuses the project creating more valuable results with less risk.
Review Existing Environment: Next our consulting team will capture key data points about your existing environment so that the design accommodates your needs.
Review your current project processes and technologies, evaluate your infrastructure readiness for this solution, and review your corporate directory information.
Enterprise Reporting & Analysis: Determining role requirements for projects, building reporting frameworks and processes, customizing fields in reports, and analyzing resources and projects will ensure you use resources appropriately.
Resource Management: Next you’ll learn how to take advantage of resource skill tracking, individual and corporate calendars and how to map resource needs to project requirements.
Security: define and document your organization’s security profile, and develop authentication and administration processes.
Managing Projects: Our consultants will present templates used for enterprise projects, discuss how to manage the project life cycle and how to manage and track the details of tasks and projects overall.
Collaboration and Status Reports: Building a strong collaborative team is dependent on clear communications and roles. In this section, you’ll learn methods to document progress and share information that will help keep the team and stakeholders fully informed.
Architecture: You’ll examine requirements to successfully manage project management systems architecture.
Operations: you’ll learn how to administer your systems and develop requirements for deployment scenarios.
Risk Assessment : Risk assessment is a central element of a Microsoft EPM Accelerator service and is incorporated into all activities. The final report you receive will highlight issues that may be a risk to your environment. Early identification of these risks is vital so that they can be addressed quickly before they jeopardize your ability to complete your deployment project on time and on budget.

Deliverable - A key benefit from a Microsoft EPM Accelerator service is the interactive design sessions where your team learns how to apply Microsoft best practices to your environment. Understanding how the decisions were made is critical to your ability to implement the recommendations. You will receive a detailed written report including the information gathered, decisions made, and a summary of the next steps needed to successfully deploy Enterprise Project Management.