PPM

PPM and IT Governance Solutions




These are the offerings from the PPM and IT Governance Solutions Practice.

For over 3 years, our mission has been to provide our clients unparalleled services that allow its IT Organizations – regardless of size – to implement PPM and IT Governance technologies like HP PPM (Mercury ITG), CA Clarity (Niku), Planview, Primavera and Changepoint.

Customers leverage such services from Wipro to improve IT efficiency, by gaining VISIBILITY into their IT processes, resources and projects, thus making better DECISIONS in managing their IT portfolio.

This practice caters to PPM and ITG tools needs of all Wipro customers across the globe.

In this communication, we highlight a customer leveraging Wipro for implementing a Clarity (Niku) solution for IT governance.

Look forward to your support in selling high-end portfolio and project management solutions to your customers
Benefits to Customers by implementing PPM Solutions with Wipro
We help customers to realize the planning, control, visibility and decision-making benefits of modern IT Governance and Portfolio Management practices through:
• State-of-the-art PPM & IT Governance solutions leveraging best in class technology from Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for PPM
• Experience in end-to-end implementations in various industries, providing PPM and IT Governance solutions for over 30 customers
• Alliances with the most highly respected and mature PPM (Project Portfolio) and EPM (Enterprise portfolio) Systems in the market
• Leverage Wipro’s Consulting Services for high-end consulting in IT governance
• One-Stop Shopping for all IT PPM and Governance technology requirements: PPM, EPM and PMO Systems
• All the advantages of a long term relationship with a devoted, capable, and stable services provider and partner
• Capability in delivery through hybrid onsite-offshore model



Talking Points with Customers:
• Unmatched ability to deliver cost-effective implementation of client objectives
• Highly evolved and tailored D3I Implementation methodology engaging a full range of client needs – Implementation, Upgrade and Support Methodologies
• Wipro Intellectual Property developed on HP PPM and Changepoint, to showcase out-of-the-box PMO solutions, called Process Packs ®
• Largest Pool of Certified consultants on PPM products from leading vendors in Gartner MQ 2007
• Wipro representations at various public forums in IT governance, including several conferences with Forrester, Gartner and PPM conferences
• Best whitepaper Award for Portfolio Management in 2007; CSAT of 5/5 in several engagements
• Capability to implement a highly evolved “Portfolio Management Model” which integrates best practices, object & structural models and business intelligence across the following disciplines:
 Strategic Management
 Work (project & non-project) Management
 Resource Management
 Service Management
 Asset (including Applications) Management
 Budgeting and Financial Management
 Application Portfolio Management


Client Examples
Some key customers for Wipro from BSFI, Enterprise and other industries include:
• Large Financial Services company using HP PPM for Software Release Management and Change Control
• Portfolio Management solution enhancement and support services for a Regional Bank in Midwest
• Software change management and project management solution using HP PPM for a Healthcare company
• Large Beverage Company leveraging Clarity solution for tracking critical business projects
• HP PPM implementation for a Bank in Australia
• Portfolio Management process support for an Energy company using a Planview solution




Contacts

K V Sreedhar
Sr. Consultant
Wipro Technologies
PH  +91-9901454452

PPM

PPM – The Road Ahead
In Today’s world, companies try to maximize the efficiency to stay competitive in the market. To stay ahead in competition, organizations need to deliver the quality products and services using the latest technology, skills and automated tools to minimize overhead costs.

In earlier days the software development use to happen in one location and it was easy to manage the releases. In current scenario, the teams are spread across globally and work in different time zones. Adding to this there may be many configuration management tools that may be used across the product. Integrating them and planning for a release is a challenge. The challenges is to covert these pains into pleasure and take the maximum advantage of the time zone and help the customer in providing the quality on time.

The objective is to provide competitive solution for common IT challenges faced in managing and bringing the efficiently. The resolutions adopted to improve customer satisfaction leading to repeated business.
What is PPM?
In simple words it is “Project & Portfolio Management”. It defines the mechanisms of building process in the organization. The process continues to evolve while being applied to complex distributed software services.

The goal is to run the process in an automated way. This can be applied in any kind of industry.

The main objectives of these processes are to have
• Repeatable and dependable process
• Quick and accurate
• Cost-effective
• Implement efficient procedure
• Planning

The above objectives can be achieved by adopting suitable management strategy with automation tools.

To achieve the above, we have used PPM integrated solution. The software demands are captured in demand management module and changes are built and deployed.
Availability of PPM tools
There are many tools available in the market. Few have hit the market Gartner magic quadrant.

• Clarity
• HP PPM
• Change Point
• Planview
• Planisware

The benefits of using these tools are
• Greater visibility
• An automated, repeatable, scalable and standard process achieved.
• Better real time reporting
• Successful implementations served as a benchmark for more applications and business streams to adopt to PPM
• Gives a structured approach, leading to an efficient and effective process
• Reduces the dependency on resources
• Helps to verify correct usability and functionality before release by testing
• Provides full control on the process

Here are some requirements for a person to be in PPM Roles:
Concepts:
• Understanding of SDLC(Software Development Life Cycle)
o Different phases of SDLC
o SCM involvement in SDLC
o Different phases in testing
Technologies:
• Knowledge of PPM tool(Clarity/HP PPM/ Change Point /Planview / Planisware)
• Knowledge on SDLC Process (Waterfall/ V Process/ RUP/ SCRUM)
• Knowledge of Database
• Knowledge of scripting for automation (PERL, Shell, Batch etc.,)
o Courses offered on Shell and PERl in some of the institutes.
• Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows, Unix)
Soft Skills:
• Co-ordination
• Documentation
• Process orientation
Demand for PPM
As per Indian IT, annual compensation for PPM consultants at 3 to 8 years exp is in the range of
5 to 7 lacs per year
7 to 8 lacs per year
8 to 9.5 lacs per year
9.5 to 11 lacs per year
More than 13 lacs per year

I will be happy to provide any guidance to those aspiring people in becoming PPM Consultants. Feel free to contact me on sreedhar.kvsree@gmail.com

My Vision

Where is a will, there is a way,