Project Management

Get to the Finish Line Faster

A backlog of projects can put a major dent in your team’s efficiency.  When faced with an excess of priorities yet a shortage of resources to get it all done, you can rely on ePlus to provide the people, structure, and communication tools you need to streamline and increase your progress. 

At ePlus we take Project Management seriously, so much so that we have assembled a team of experienced IT project managers including Project Management Professionals (PMPs) as well as certified ITIL and Certified Scrum Masters (CSMs)—with the unique perspective to help you get the most from your technology.  Quality assurance is built into our flexible service models and centralized project management delivery processes complemented by a clear focus on team leadership, customer advocacy, and commitment to service.

Our core competencies span every key IT discipline area, including cloud and data center, security, networking, collaboration and emerging technologies, to help you get the most from your technology deployments.  You’ll benefit from:

• Solutions tailored to meet your specific business needs and the outcomes you seek
• Accelerated time to value
• Fewer disruptions during migration/deployment
• Enhanced value and quality of services

Lifecycle Services Framework

We can adapt to work within your delivery model and processes or you can leverage ePlus’ standard delivery framework, which establishes a repeatable process for optimized efficiency and quicker results:

• Initiate: We’ll review your technical and business requirements, create a Statement of Work, develop a high-level solution design, and build a Bill of Materials
• Plan: Next, we’ll build out your project collaboration portal, hold kickoff meetings, develop a project plan and budget, and validate the solution
• Design: This phase involves change management, resource scheduling, equipment delivery confirmation, site readiness, a design workshop, and plan testing and acceptance
• Implement: Here we focus monitoring and control, project status, installation and configuration, test and acceptance, end user training, and cutover
• Closeout: In this final phase we provide as-built documentation, admin training, day 1 support, operations transition, ensure your acceptance, and review lessons learned

Project Status Dashboard: 

Our standard project status dashboard provides a clear view of weekly project status, risks, and completed and planned activities in a single frame for easy consumption by the project team and customer management.  This template can be adapted to fit specific project milestones and structure.  This communication tool ensures a common understanding and reference point for all stakeholders in the project team.

Project Management as a Service

With flexibility in mind, ePlus offers Project Management as a Service, providing a-SKU based service outside of a traditional Statement of Work.  Both Project Manager and Senior Project Manager resources are available depending on the complexity of the project and customer profile.  These services are sold by the hour on a time and materials basis and include the following:

• Project kickoff
• Status or issue resolution calls
• Project schedule or task list
• Weekly status reports and updates
• Resource coordination and scheduling
• Deliverable tracking and completion
• Risk and issues tracking
• Project closure