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UpsidePMO Frequently Asked Questions |
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 What is UpsidePMO?
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UpsidePMO is an enterprise project and resource management tool that provides all project stakeholders an effective and efficient method of participating in the management of information related to projects, work orders, and their related activities.
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What is the difference between UpsidePMO and Microsoft Project?
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Upside Software integrates and is complimentary to tools like MS Project.
UpsidePMO allows users to configure workflow and utilize business rules to govern the management of resources, activities, assignments, deliverables and milestones, and the reporting of these, on projects.
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What types of projects can UpsidePMO handle? Can any service management or process be managed?
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UpsidePMO can handle virtually any type of engagement, project, service or process, including internal, contractor-delivered (for managing your contractors). customer projects (for managing projects for your customers), work-orders, etc.
The key reason for UpsidePMO's flexibility is the ability for users to configure the business rules, workflow and project/activity templates they are using, including adding their own user defined fields.
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Is UpsidePMO itegrated with other Upside Software products?
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UpsidePMO is fully integrated with Upside Software's full suite of eBusiness solutions providing capabilities such as management of contract dependencies, automated invoicing and/or payments based on project milestones, etc.
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Can UpsidePMO be integrated with other systems?
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UpsidePMO is integrated with the other Upside Software products. It can also be easily hooked into virtually any other system including your back-office or customer facing applications (e.g. ERP, CRM, provisioning, HR, work order and systems).
Our proprietary data-mapping engine can "hook" into most applications seamlessly leveraging the value of your investment in these other systems while providing the great benefits of Upside Software.
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Is UpsidePMO flexible in defining business processes and data captured?
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UpsidePMO is extremely flexible and includes a business rules engine and workflow templates that allows you to define your business rules and workflow processes in great detail. The system also supports User Defined Fields (UDFs) to allow you to capture the information you need to support your project and/or workorder activity.
Upside Software is committed to flexibility and meeting our customers' needs. If the system can't accommodate your specific business requirements, we will work with you to define the gap and close it, either through a subsequent product release or through a customized solution.
Because we work with a wide variety of customers around the world we continually get requests and suggestions for changes and improvements to our products and we use this feedback to plan changes to our future releases. If there is something that you want in our products chances are someone has already asked for it - contact us and we can let you know when the next version will be released and what functionality it will have.
Please contact us to discuss your specific requirements and the options for meeting them.
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How quickly can UpsidePMO be implemented?
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Typically, we can implement UpsidePMO within 10 to 20 days of signing a contract. The total time depends on the complexity of any interfaces, configuration of business rules and workflow, and training requirements.
Contact us to discuss your specific situation and we can provide you with an accurate estimate.
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How competitive is the pricing on UpsidePMO as compared to other enterprise grade PM systems?
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You will find that pricing for UpsidePMO is very competitive and may in fact be much lower than most competing systems.
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How long until I get a full return on my investment?
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UpsidePMO delivers direct value that you will see immediately.
Your return on investment (ROI) will come rapidly and will result from savings in your project and work-order planning and the management their execution, as well as in other areas.
We can assure a full ROI within one year and our goal is to demonstrate immediate positive value and minimize the time it takes to get your full return.
We offer flexible pricing structures to make sure you get the best value out of our products. Contact us for more information and to discuss your specific situation.
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UpsidePMO sounds great, but how much does it cost?
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As you may have noticed, flexibility is a common theme with Upside Software. Our flexibility continues into our pricing models for all our products.
We are able to offer a solution that meets your business requirements and your budget. Please contact us to learn more.
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