Marrying Business Decisions with Project Schedules Company Overview The Project Butler ™

Marrying Business Decisions with Project Schedules

Company OverviewThe Project Butler ™

adaQuest was founded in 2001 by experienced program management

professionals who recognized the need for a more efficient project management model.

Company OverviewAbout adaQuest

Agenda 1• Client Story

Company OverviewAgenda

Agenda 2• Tips & Best

Practices

The Project Butler Demo

David Ducolon, PMP, MCP• 24 years of Project

Management experience• Holder of 5 international

patents on MS Project Server features

• Engineered aspects of Project Server 2003, 2007 and 2010

Company OverviewThe Presenter

Company Overview

Tip 1: You can open a Project Task List from SharePoint with MS Project. You couldn’t do this before 2010.

• The Challenge: The client needed to create a project schedule that would accomplish all of the certifications for each unique product

• Solution: Tool that automates proven building blocks to create customized schedules

• Benefits: Complete schedules, easy maintenance and updates, self-reliance

Company OverviewClient Story

Too much information to sort through?

Company OverviewIS THIS YOU?

Your information came in manageable work packages?


You could automatically retrieve your Company’s strategic process information?

You could have an accurate, detailed project schedule from answering a list of

simple questions?

What If…

• Efficient• Ensures standardization of processes• Improves consistency• Eliminates redundancies• Includes all relevant data• Preserves the integrity of your data


Why should you care?

Company OverviewTip 2 – Best Practice

Create Project Templates from Work-Packages

• Complete information re-use • Self-reliance • Automate subject-matter expertise • The tool cannot

reshape the business

Company OverviewSolution Objectives

An integration of SharePoint and Project Server


1. Walk through a practical example

2. Demonstrate the tool

Going on a trip

Company OverviewA Practical Example

Company OverviewMore to Think About…

• Length of Travel

• Business or Pleasure?

• Mode of Transportation

• International or

Domestic?

Marrying Business Decisions with Project Templates


It’s a self-reliant workflow


Create your own Questions


Triggers are simple


It’s all about Task Lists


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Company OverviewThank You!

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