A lot has changed over the last several years for Project Management, originally organizations had dedicated project managers overseeing tasks and collecting project related information.  Project managers quickly discovered that rather than focusing on the schedule and milestones, more and more of their time was dedicated to being in meetings and working to create status and reports for executives and managers.

Today’s projects and schedules have matured from timelines and tasks to playing an essential role in the overall success of the organization. In fact more and more organizations are shifting from traditional to  project oriented, which further stresses the importance of project management throughout the organization: Enterprise Project Management or EPM

With EPM you can succeed in generating the change needed to keep your people, processes and initiatives current and competitive by

• Leveraging technology
• Empowering people
• Gaining Insight and Control
• Streamlining processes
• Establishing repeatable best practices

To spent less time on administration and more time on managing the project, project management software has developed over the years. It started from managing timelines and schedules and shifted to sophisticated desktop based solutions, like Microsoft Project. Nowadays there are collaborative project management platforms such as the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution

Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution is a group name to describe a set of integrated and aligned products and technologies.  These products include Microsoft Office Project Professional (desktop component, for project managers), Microsoft Project Server (the cornerstone of the solution),  Microsoft Project Web Access (a web based solution for non-project managers).