Gartner reports that 75% to 80% of organizations are using some form of agile project management process. Although agile project management has been around for many years, the way we adapt it has changed significantly, especially as project portfolio management (PPM) practices have evolved. In today's businesses, technology plays a crucial role in our success, but technology also makes things more uncertain. This uncertainty has given us the motive to be more flexible and requires a “think on your feet” mentality. For this reason, we have seen a big spike in Agile PPM over the last few years. So how do we continue to deliver stability and efficiency, the result of traditional style PPM, while also giving in to necessary risks that lead to innovation and competitive edge? It’s simple…. we accept the value in each method, avoid the inevitable pains that will develop with segregation, and opt for a unified agile and traditional PPM model. Join us in this webinar presentation as we discuss the benefits of bringing Agile and Traditional Project Portfolio Management together in one environment. Topics include: - The Project Management Evolution - Agile Project Managment Overview - The Benefits of Hybrid/Unified PPM - Hybrid Project Management Tools to Support Today’s PPM

1. Digital Productivity Solutions Built
for the Microsoft Cloud
Agile and Traditional Project Management
Homogenous or Hybrid
Reimagine Business Productivity

2. • Current Trends
• Hybrid Project Management Approaches
• Demonstration
• Summary & Wrap Up
Topics

3. CURRENT TRENDS

4. The RISE
of Technology
The inevitable impact:
Executives
PMOs
Software Development
Support
Adoption challenges across
the enterprise.

5. change
Slow paced business
environment.
Plan ahead and make
adjustments as
needed.
Unpredictable
business environment.
Constantly planning
for change.
Change is the New Norm

6. Organizations practicing agile in 2018
Agile Project Management
Adoption On the Rise
From the CollabNet/VersionOne State of Agile™ 12th annual report. www.stateofagile.com. All rights reserved © 2018.
97%Practice Agile
2011
80%
2012
83%
2013
88%

7. What Concerns Prevent Agile Adoption?

8. “Smart organizations realize that
using agile techniques, such as
Scrum or DevOps, is not the only—
or even the best—indicator of an
organization’s speed or flexibility.”
Blend of Approaches Enables
Organizational Agility
From the PMI Capturing the Value of Project
Management Through Organizational Agility
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Agile/Iterative Lean Waterfall Extreme
“….most agile organizations are more likely to use
several different project management approaches.”

9. Disconnected Systems & Processes
Service
Management
Incidents
Problems
Changes
• Work is managed by parallel processes
• Multiple entry points of work that is associated
• Departmental silos enforcing their own processes and priority
Project
Management
Tasks
Issues
Changes
Actions
Application
Management
Epics
Features
User Stories
Defects
Tasks

10. Today’s Challenges
Organizations are confronted with digital transformation
IT leaders recognize need to innovate more, manage uncertainty
better, and establish more agility
Must do so while simultaneously running the business and hitting
performance goals
Varying cultures, approaches and attitudes in the organization
Bimodal capabilities are becoming necessary and crucial

11. Information Silos
Segregated
Workforce
Complex
Environment
Confused and
Unhappy Employees
No Consistent
Processes
Lost Productivity
No Support
Communication
Barriers
Ineffective Ways of
Working
Disconnected
Systems and Data
Old Ways of Doing
Things
Low Engagement
High Turnover
Low Response
Times
Can Your Organization Afford This?

12. Portfolio Management
Schedule & Task Management
Financial Management
Team Collaboration
Technology has become a highly
complex landscape of features
and functionality vs. a means of
empowering human creativity,
innovation and intelligence.Governance&Standardization
PMO Capability “Musts”

13. Providing the Right Tool for the Right Job
■ Portfolio Level— Interested in creating, decision
frameworks, selecting specific projects based on those
frameworks, planning [the] delivery [and] tracking those
investments at a high level..
■ Execution Level— Interested in a project and resource
management product to manage the tactical details of project
execution and communicate progress and expenditures back
to business sponsors and management.
IT PPM Magic Quadrant
Daniel Stang, Gartner Research

14. AnalyticsConnectors
Demand
Management
Portfolio
Management
Resource
Management
Financial
Management
Time
Management
Business
Intelligence
Agile
Waterfall To Dos
Business Strategy Tied to Work Execution
Schedule
Management

15. HYBRID APPROACH

16. Multiple Planning & Delivery Modes
1 2
PPM Agile
Marathon Runner
Longer Cycle Times
Waterfall, V-Model, etc
Sprinter
Shorter Cycle Times
Agile, Lean, Kanban, etc.
In early 2015, Gartner introduced the term Bimodal IT:
“the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT delivery, one
focused on stability and the other on agility.”
Linear approach to change,
emphasizing predictability,
accuracy, reliability and
stability
Non-linear, involves learning
via iteration, emphasizing
agility/speed, and above all
manage uncertainty

17. • How can I deliver value with continuous
builds, quickly – with PPM?
• Why do I have to track capex/opex?
• Duplicate timesheet entry is taking time
away from my ability to innovate.
• I have no visibility into business deliverables
when teams use agile.
• How can I manage a holistic portfolio for
leadership?
• How can I apply capex/opex to agile
projects?
Disconnect
Disconnected Systems & Teams
Agile is a black hole to the PMO PPM offers no value to Agile teams

18. Governance
Visibility, Insight, Alignment & Control
Agility
Innovation, Time to Market & Responsive
How To Find The Right Balance
More appropriate governance and planning mechanisms
Capability/culture to experiment more, and fail fast/small/visibly
Combined with more predictable, mission-critical steady state

19. Unified PPM & Agile Solution
Teams
Programs
Portfolios Portfolio 1
Program 1
Traditional
Project
Program 2
Agile
Project
Program 3
Traditional
Project
Agile
Project
The New Hybrid Project Management World

20. Manage Waterfall & Agile projects
in MS Project
New templates include:
• Sprint Project
• Various Waterfall Projects
Investment Approval
Program &
Portfolio
Management
Financial &
Capacity
Planning
Waterfall Scheduling Agile Planning
New Microsoft
Project Agile
Features

21. Features include:
• Backlog Planning
• Sprint Planning
• Task Boards
• Iterative or Kanban
Investment Approval
Program &
Portfolio
Management
Financial &
Capacity
Planning
Backlog & Sprint Planning
Story/Task Board
New Microsoft
Project Agile
Features

22. Microsoft Agile
PPM Solution
Integration with Best of Breed
Agile Tools:
• Visual Studio Team Services
• JIRA
• VersionOne
Investment Approval
Program &
Portfolio
Management
Financial &
Capacity
Planning
Waterfall Scheduling Agile Planning

23. Microsoft Agile
PPM Solution
Integration with Best of Breed
Agile Tools:
• Visual Studio Team Services
• JIRA
• VersionOne
Investment Approval
Program &
Portfolio
Management
Financial &
Capacity
Planning
Waterfall Scheduling Agile Planning

24. Capture Ideas & Requests
Ideation & Demand
Management
Prioritization & Alignment
Financial & Resource Capacity
Planning
Portfolio Alignment & Prioritization
Capacity Planning

25. Engagement Planning
Resource Workload
Resource Availability
View Resource & Team Workload
View Resource Availability
Request Resources
View Resource Availability

26. Single Timesheet Entry
Agile Work Log
Integration
VSTS Work Logs
Project Online Timesheets

27. Centralized Reporting
Hybrid Dashboards
Personalization
Reporting on all Projects
Personalized Reports
Hybrid Agile PPM Dashboards

28. Unified Collaboration & Communication

29. DEMONSTRATION

30. ADDITIONAL USE CASES

31. Software
Development
Project Portfolio
Management
Professional
Services
Financial
Management
Work
Management
Service
Management
Configurable
Business Rules
Built in
Alerts & Notifications
BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER CONNECTED
• Maximize ROI for existing
systems by connecting leading
applications
• Support tailored connections
to create a seamless flow of
work
• Unify enterprise work elements
and break down the silos
Connect
Connect
Connect any supported
combination of cloud, SaaS
or on-premise applications
Unified Work Management Platform

32. SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS

33. Value of Integration
• Improved Portfolio Alignment to Organizational Goals
and Objectives
• Consolidate All Work & Resources Into a Single View
• OneConnect Quickly & Reliably Brings Together
Disparate Business Systems
• Holistic View of Resource Availability and Efficiency
• Better Forecasting and More Realistic Expectations
• Improved, Common Governance for Planning, Executing,
and Reporting

34. Value of Hybrid Project Management
• Keeps Users Working In Their Primary and Preferred Tools/Solutions
• Allows Users To Work in Tools Appropriate for Their Role/Maturity
• Improves Adoption By Minimizing Unnecessary Complexity
• Better User Experience Drives Better Participation/Compliance
• Better Collaboration Across All Areas of the Business
• Leadership gets the information they want while teams work they
way they need to

35. Summary
• Rise of technology is breeding more software and new
product development
• Agile approaches are increasing in use for these
projects
• Organizations are using a variety of tools and solutions
to plan and manage these projects
• PMOs are challenged to provide oversight and
reporting across silos of information
• Project Online provides a great platform for all PPM
capabilities
• Wicresoft’s OneConnect provides seamless integration
between Project Online and Agile tools
• Wicresoft’s OnePlan provides additional top-down
planning capabilities for resource capacity, financial,
and portfolio planning
• Combined intake, governance, portfolio visibility,
resource management and reporting can be
accomplished without manual mashups of data

36. • JV with Microsoft in 2002
• Global footprint
• Consulting, Business Applications,
Managed Services, global support
and Staffing
• 6,500 global employees
• Client focused, proven track record,
passion for technology
• Microsoft Global Partner (5x Gold)
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37. Business
Applications
Education &
Training
Consulting
Services
Staffing
Services
Managed
Services
• PPM
• Scaled Agile
• PSA
• Digital Workplace
• Sales & Marketing
• Field Service
• Service Management
• Human Capital
• Microsoft Technology
• PMO
• Leadership
• Project Management
Fundamentals
• Agile
• SAFe
• PMBOK
• Microsoft Technology
• Implementation
• Advisory Services
• PMO Transformation
• Agile Transformation
• Digital Workplace
• Microsoft Technology
• Project Management
• Agile Transformation
• Digital Workplace
• OSS/BSS
• Network Operations &
Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• OSS/BSS
• Network Operations &
Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• PMO as a Service
Enterprise Productivity
Transformation
Unleashing the power of your
organization through people,
process and productivity solutions.

38. Project Portfolio
Management
• Portfolio Management
• Project Management
• Resource
Management
• Schedule
Management
• Time Management
• Enterprise Work
Agile Portfolio
Management
• Portfolio Management
• Financial Management
• Resource Management
• Status Reporting
• Bi-Modal Planning
• DevOps (VSTS)
Integration
• Intranets and Portals
• Work Management
• Knowledge Base
• Workflow
Automation
• Team Collaboration
Digital Workplace
Field & Service
Management
• Marketing & Sales
• Order Management
• Project Management
• Resource Utilization
• Time & Expense
• Services Management
• Invoicing
Professional Services
Automation
• Workforce
Management
• Customer
Communications
• Contract Management
• Inventory Management
• Mobile Productivity

39. Next Steps
Email Wicresoft
contactus@wicresoft.com
Websites:
Wicresoft us.wicresoft.com
Project Online www.project-online.com
OneConnect www.project-online.com/projectconnect
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