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1 Project Manager Workbench in SAP ECC or S4 HANA : 360 Financial Management of projects directly in SAP

Business Challenges Symptoms: You have implemented SAP Project System, but you use it as a cost collector All planning, forecasting and reporting is done outside of your SAP system As a

2 Business Challenges Symptoms: You have implemented SAP Project System, but you use it as a cost collector All planning, forecasting and reporting is done outside of your SAP system As a result: High use of excel spreadsheets No information transparency and consistency Lack of standardization High cost of month end processes Inaccurate project reports Wrong revenue recognition

3 Why Noveco? SAP Project Systems functional gaps: l l l l l l l There is no Estimation solution in SAP PS Initial Cost Planning is cumbersome and hard to use (t/c CJR2, CJ40, CJ42) Monthly Project Forecasting of Budgets, Estimated At Completion, Profits etc. cannot be done using SAP standard transactions No Project Variation Management No Project Risk Analysis No single integrated view to manage your project (you must run several transactions to change cost plan and run various reports on actuals) No comprehensive project reports out of the box As Result: no one really uses PS to manage projects in SAP

4 Cost Estimation vs Cost Planning It would it be greatly beneficial if you could manage the entire project lifecycle in SAP directly

5 Project Management Lifecycle Run by Noveco Run by SAP or other software Project Initiation Estimating: Costs and Revenues Project Structure & Planning Budget Approval Start/Finish Dates Scheduling Plan Cost Distribution Efficient Project Management Purchase Orders / Contracts Time Sheets Invoicing & Billing Variations Execution Final Settlement Project Close Project Close Out Monitoring & Forecasting KPIs Review Cost / Margin Forecast Resource Planning Progress Analysis Materials and Procurement forecast Settlement Result Analysis/Profit Take Period Close Period Closing Reporting Operational Dash Board Programs/Portfolio Analytical

6 Project Management Lifecycle Run by Noveco Run by SAP or other software Project Initiation Estimating: Costs and Revenues Project Structure & Planning Budget Approval Start/Finish Dates Scheduling Plan Cost Distribution Final Settlement Project Close Efficient Project Management Project Close Out Execution To manage your project lifecycle in SAP efficiently You need both SAP standard and Noveco software Monitoring & Forecasting Purchase Orders / Contracts Time Sheets Invoicing & Billing Variations KPIs Review Cost / Margin Forecast Resource Planning Progress Analysis Materials and Procurement forecast Settlement Result Analysis/Profit Take Period Close Period Closing Reporting Operational Dash Board Programs/Portfolio Analytical

7 Integrated Project Management in SAP PS with Noveco ECC / S4 HANA MM PP Estimation Project Manager Workbench HR PS PM Variation Management Reporting FI/CO SD Cost & Revenue Estimating Project Manager Workbench Cost, Revenue Forecasting Progress Analysis Risk Analysis Variation Management Comprehensive Reporting

Integrated Project Management in SAP * Noveco

Take (Result Analysis) Dashboard reporting

Forecasting Progress Tracking * Project Manager

Estimate: Cost & Revenue Create Project Schedule

8 Integrated Project Management in SAP * Noveco Applications * Project Portal / Reporting Profit Take (Result Analysis) Dashboard reporting Portfolio Planning Reporting Analysis Monitoring Forecasting Progress Tracking * Project Manager Workbench Planning Execution Variations * Estimate: Cost & Revenue Create Project Schedule Dates Procurement, Time Sheets Invoicing, Billing * Project Variations

9 Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Noveco Project Manager Workbench provides simple and clear environment to review and manage your project KPIs directly in your SAP ECC or S4 HANA systems

Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Automatically Recalculate Estimate Cost at Completion, Costs to Complete and Project Progress Workbench simplifies user

recalculation of Cost To Complete Review and update project progress Instant and Real-time integration with SAP (no interfaces, no extractors ) If required, manually change Cost (and

10 Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Automatically Recalculate Estimate Cost at Completion, Costs to Complete and Project Progress Workbench simplifies user experience in PS: Combines several transactions in one screen User friendly UI and Intuitive navigation Display, Change, Recalculate and drill down into details Automatic recalculation of Cost To Complete Review and update project progress Instant and Real-time integration with SAP (no interfaces, no extractors ) If required, manually change Cost (and Work) to complete, Actual Progress Manually Distribute Cost To Complete and Commitments Automatically record changes in a change log Automatically record forecast history Save Changes directly in SAP

11 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration

12 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration Project Structures Financial Control: functionality and user-interface Progress Analysis Variation and Risk Management Forecast History

Option 1: WBS for Cost Planning, Execution and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Structural Engineering Construction Construction worker Materials Sub-contracted services

13 Option 1: WBS for Cost Planning, Execution and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Structural Engineering Construction Construction worker Materials Sub-contracted services WBS Hierarchy only: Network Activities WBS used for cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting Actual costs, time confirmation and Purchasing Commitments posted to WBS elements Cost To Complete are calculated and manually updated on WBS elements - WBS element - Costing line item

Option 2: WBS as Planning Element for Cost Planning and Forecasting Construction project Drafting Structural Engineering Construction worker Materials Sub-contracted services Building 1 Building 2

14 Option 2: WBS as Planning Element for Cost Planning and Forecasting Construction project Drafting Structural Engineering Construction worker Materials Sub-contracted services Building 1 Building 2 WBS marked as Planning element used for cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting. Actual costs, time confirmation and Purchasing Commitments posted to sub-wbs You can also post actual costs to NWA, PM/CS orders as well if they are part of the structure (see options 3, 5 and 6 ) Actuals and commitments are rolled up to Planning WBS element. Cost To Complete are calculated on Planning WBS Using this structure you can plan and execute work packages w/o need to plan each sub-wbs - WBS element - Costing line item

Option 3: WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting; NWA for Execution Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Structural Engineering Design Drafting Engineering WBS and Network structure WBS

15 Option 3: WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting; NWA for Execution Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Structural Engineering Design Drafting Engineering WBS and Network structure WBS used for cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting Network Activities used for scheduling, resource planning, collecting actual costs, procurement Actuals and commitments are rolled up to Planning WBS element. Cost To Complete are calculated on Planning WBS - WBS element - Network activity - Costing line item

Option 4: NWA for Planning, Execution and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Construction Earth moving Construction WBS and Network structure Network

16 Option 4: NWA for Planning, Execution and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Construction Earth moving Construction WBS and Network structure Network Activities used for cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting Network Activities used for scheduling, resource planning, collecting actual costs, procurement, time confirmation Cost To Complete are calculated and manually updated on Network Activities - WBS element - Network activity - Costing line item

Option 5: NWA for Cost Planning and Forecasting, Orders for Execution Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Construction Earth moving Construction WBS, Network and PM/CS

17 Option 5: NWA for Cost Planning and Forecasting, Orders for Execution Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Construction Earth moving Construction WBS, Network and PM/CS Order structure Network Activities used for scheduling, cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting Network Activities and PM/CS orders resource planning, collecting actual costs, procurement, time confirmation Cost To Complete are calculated and manually updated on Network Activities - WBS element - Network activity - Work Order - Costing line item

Option 6: WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting, Orders for Execution Maintenance Project Pump Maintenance Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical works Mechanical works WBS and PM/CS Order

18 Option 6: WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting, Orders for Execution Maintenance Project Pump Maintenance Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical works Mechanical works WBS and PM/CS Order structure WBS used for cost planning, budgeting, cost forecasting PM/CS orders resource planning, collecting actual costs, procurement, time confirmation Cost To Complete are calculated and manually updated on WBS - WBS element - Work Order - Costing line item

Option 7: NWA, WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Manufacturing Assembly WBS, Network and PP Order structure Engineering NWA used for

19 Option 7: NWA, WBS for Cost Planning and Forecasting Construction project Engineering & Design Drafting Engineering Manufacturing Assembly WBS, Network and PP Order structure Engineering NWA used for scheduling, cost planning, forecasting, collecting engineering actual costs Manufacturing PP orders used to collect actual costs labour and materials, run procurement of materials Cost To Complete are calculated and manually updated on NWA (Engineering ) and WBS (Manufacturing) - WBS element - Network activity - Work Order - Costing line item

20 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration Project Structures Financial Control: functionality and user-interface Progress Analysis Variation and Risk Management Forecast History

21 Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Aggregated view of Key Performance Indicators for entire project or selected project element

22 Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Estimated Cost at Completion = Actual Costs + Commitments + Cost To Complete Current Budget including Variations Cost To Complete Original Cost Estimate Budget Deficit = Current Budget Estimated at Completion If + it is under the budget If - it is over the budget

23 Project Manager Workbench: Integrated Financial Information Current Revenue Plan including Rev. Variations Original Profit Margin. % Original Revenue Plan Forecast Profit Margin. %

24 Project Manager Workbench Detailed cost breakdown List of open Purchase Orders displayed for selected WBS and its sub-elements

25 Project Manager Workbench All Costs in the Forecast tab are summarized by project planning element (WBS and/or NWA), Value Category and Resource Name (optional)

26 Cost Element Grouping Presented by Workbench Value Categories Engineering & Design Resource Type Designer Cost Elements Structural Designer Value Categories in SAP are assigned to Cost Elements or Cost Element groups. Noveco epm introduced Resource that allows you to split Value Category into smaller sub-groups Labour Engineer System Designer Civil Engineer Structural Engineer For example, Value Category LABOUR can be broken down into resources: - Construction Labour - Electricians - Fitters - Testers - etc. Materials Fitter Constr. Labour Each Resource can be assigned to multiple cost elements.

27 Project Manager Workbench Switch to change mode to manually adjust Forecast Costs to Complete (CTC) and Estimated Costs At Completion (EAC)

28 Project Manager Workbench Change Costs To Complete for SUBCONTRACT SERVICE by adding $5000 System makes new CTC = $12.100,00 and recalculates EAC using formula: CTC + Actual Costs + Commitments. Budget Deficit = Current Budget EAC = -$5.500,0 Record Reason for change in Comments

29 Project Manager Workbench All manual changes are recorded in the Change Log

30 Project Manager Workbench Roll up Values by Value category to the selected WBS or for the entire project. You can adjust forecast values in the rolled up view. For example, This way you can increase value of all LABOUR by 5%

31 Project Manager Workbench Drill Down to the source documents: Actual Costs or PO Commitment by a single click on highlighted cell. Drill Down to Purchase Order item

32 Project Manager Workbench Exception icons indicate where Estimated Cost at Completion (EAC) is over or under Current Budget

33 Project Manager Workbench: Plan by Period Period break-down: - Review - Change Choose Cost Type Current Budget Cost To Complete PO Commitments Revenue

34 Project Manager Workbench: Plan by Period Plan By Period is a flexible and easy to use function: 1. Select Project Scope (in our example the entire project is selected), but you can select a specific WBS 2. Choose Cost Type (Budget, CTC, PO Commitment etc.) 3. Select Cost Category: Value Category and / or Resource Name This way you can manually distribute various types of costs differently Choose Cost Category from the drop down list: Value Category, and / or Resource Name

35 Project Manager Workbench: Plan by Period You can type either %-cent of value By selecting: - Top WBS - Cost Type: PO COMMITMENTS - Value Category: MATERIALS We will distribute PO Commitments for MATERIALS for the entire project

36 Project Manager Workbench Cost Break-down by Value Categories

Display Cumulative Values Display cumulative values and s-curves of KPI for entire project or selected project element Display cumulative values and

37 Display Cumulative Values Display cumulative values and s-curves of KPI for entire project or selected project element Display cumulative values and S-curves of the KPI for selected project element. In this example, the top WBS is selected, so aggregated information from all sub-elements is presented

38 Display Cumulative Values

Detailed Forecasting Detailed Forecasting tab While in Forecast tab all cost items are aggregated by Value Category and Resource Name, In the Detailed

39 Detailed Forecasting Detailed Forecasting tab While in Forecast tab all cost items are aggregated by Value Category and Resource Name, In the Detailed Forecasting tab each summary line is exploded into line items details. In this view you can calculate Cost and Work To Complete by each individual Activity Type.

40 Detailed Forecasting You can plan each individual Purchase Order items: - Value of Work Done to calculate PO Accrual - Remaining PO Value PO Accrued Value = PO Value of Work Done Actual Value

41 Detailed Forecasting You can distribute Purchase Order commitments value by period

42 Period based forecasts: - Costs To Complete - Plan By Period

Period Sensitive Cost Forecasts Planning Period: Project planning period enables periodic cost forecasting, where automatic changes to cost to complete can be protected from actual cost life to date,

43 Period Sensitive Cost Forecasts Planning Period: Project planning period enables periodic cost forecasting, where automatic changes to cost to complete can be protected from actual cost life to date, thus keeping forecast costs fixed for specific planning period. This allows project managers to complete their forecasts for a specified month end while being in the first week of a next month, with no impact to project cost to complete from actual costs and purchasing commitments made in the new (next) month Once cost to complete are manually adjusted project can be rolled over to the next month, so project forecasts can be recalculated taking latest values

Periodic (Monthly) Cost Forecasting Actual Cost ME actual costs at Month End May 2018 Actual Cost TD actual costs life To Date $, Actual Cost Actual Cost TD Actual Cost ME Costs to Complete = EAC

44 Periodic (Monthly) Cost Forecasting Actual Cost ME actual costs at Month End May 2018 Actual Cost TD actual costs life To Date $, Actual Cost Actual Cost TD Actual Cost ME Costs to Complete = EAC Actual Costs ME Commitments ME Cost Forecasts are usually prepared in a first week of a new month. However Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitments might change within first few days of a new month Noveco Workbench cumulates Actual Costs and Commitments from project start date to the current month end planning period (e.g. May 2018) and recalculates Cost To Complete This way you can freeze forecast from actual costs posted in the new period May Today June Time

45 Period Roll Over $, Actual Cost Actual CostME actual costs at Month End May 2018 EAC Actual ME Commit CTC Actual TD Actual Cost TD actual costs life To Date May Today June T $, Actual Cost Forecast History can t change Once forecast is completed and all reports are produced you can roll project over to the next month EAC May Actual ME Commit CTC EAC Today Actual TD Commit June CTC T Latest Actual costs and Purchasing commitments will be taken into recalculation of project CTC

46 Periodic (Monthly) Cost Forecasting After roll over to the next period, the system recalculates CTC from new Actual Costs

47 Project Forecasting: Cost To Complete Lifecycle Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only Estimate CTC Copy Estimate to Forecast Cost To Complete EAC Initially Cost To Complete are generated from Original Estimate Since at the beginning Actual Cost and Commitments equal 0, EAC = CTC according to the formula: EAC = CTC + Actuals + Commitments On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitments On-going: Manually Change CTC, recalculate EAC and save new EAC for monthly snapshot for history reporting Estimate CTC EAC As Project progresses Actual Costs and Purchase Commitment increase CTC is automatically reduced by the Workbench, using formula: CTC = EAC ( Actuals + Commitments) Estimate CTC EAC User can manually change CTC after it was recalculated by the Workbench EAC is automatically recalculated using formula: EAC = CTC + Actuals + Commitments

Cost To Complete Management: Initial Step Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual Costs and

48 Cost To Complete Management: Initial Step Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitments On-going: Manually Change CTC, recalculate EAC and save new EAC for monthly snapshot for history reporting In this example WBS, Estimated costs were juts copied to Cost To Complete and Estimated At Completion Actual costs and Purchasing Commitments = 0.00 Current Budget = Original Estimate + Variations.

Cost To Complete Management: Auto-recalculation of CTC Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual

49 Cost To Complete Management: Auto-recalculation of CTC Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitments On-going: Manually Change CTC, recalculate EAC and save new EAC for monthly snapshot for history reporting In this example, Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitment were posted Project Manager Workbench re-calculated Cost To Complete automatically using formula CTC = EAC ( Actual Costs + Commitments) On large projects automatic reduction of Cost To Complete saves Project Manager s time!!

Cost To Complete Management: Manual adjustment of CTC Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual

50 Cost To Complete Management: Manual adjustment of CTC Initial step: Copy Estimates to Project Cost To Complete This step is done once only On-going: Automatically reduce Cost To Complete from Actual Costs and Purchasing Commitments On-going: Manually Change CTC, recalculate EAC and save new EAC for monthly snapshot for history reporting When small variations occur you need to manually adjust Cost and Work To Complete In this example, we increased Work To Complete for LABOUR and the value of CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. This change pushed Cost To Complete and Estimate at Completion up. All manual changes are recorded in a change log Project Manager Workbench re-calculated Estimated at Completion using formula EAC = CTC + Actual Costs + Commitments

Plan By Period: manual distribution Manually Distribute - Cost to Complete - Current Budget - PO Commitments By choosing Value Category or Resource Type you can distribute different

51 Plan By Period: manual distribution Manually Distribute - Cost to Complete - Current Budget - PO Commitments By choosing Value Category or Resource Type you can distribute different type of costs using different patterns In this example, we distribute COST TO COMPLETE of MATERIALS on Piping WBS element Graphs and values in the table are updated immediately as you type

52 Cost To Complete: Manual Distribution In this example, we distributed COST TO COMPLETE of LABOUR on Piping WBS element. The distribution patterns of LABOUR and MATERIALS are different to reflect different consumption rate of these costs per periods

53 Purchasing Commitments: Manual Distribution By selecting cost type PO COMMITMENT, you can distribute Purchasing commitments according to material or service delivery schedule

54 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration Project Structures Financial Control: functionality and user-interface Progress Analysis Variation and Risk Management Forecast History

55 Project Manager Workbench Based on the Period distribution, The Workbench calculates Project Progress and Earned Values

56 Project Manager Workbench You can track Plan POC, Calculated POC and adjust Actual POC. Earned Values are calculated automatically. Plan POC calculated by the system from distributed plan values Actual POC initially copied from calculated POC and changed manually Calculated POC calculated by the system from actual values

57 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration Project Structures Cost Forecasting Progress Analysis Variation & Risk Management Forecast History

58 Project Variations Display Project variations You can see project variation history See List of all Variations and drill down to variation document

59 Risk Analysis Analyze your project Risks (Threats and Opportunities) and their impact on Project EAC, Revenue and Profit

60 Risk Analysis Analyse Risks impact from the time perspective in S-curve view

61 Project Manager Workbench Overview Functionality Reports Integration Project Structures Cost Forecasting Progress Analysis Variation & Risk Management Forecast History

62 Project Financials Monthly Snapshot Project full history tracking is fully automatic it does not require version copy Project History

copy into a special version to keep snapshot for forecast history reports) In this example, both Project

63 Noveco: Project Forecast History Tracking Project Forecast History is recorded for each financial period This is done automatically and does not require additional steps (e.g. copy into a special version to keep snapshot for forecast history reports) In this example, both Project Budget and Estimated Cost Completion changed in May You can view the change and see what project elements (WBS or Network Activities) have changed and why

64 Open multiple projects in Workbench You can open more than one project in the Workbench. Moreover, you can select only those WBS elements within projects that only you are responsible for.

65 Adjustale Project Tree docking position If more screen room in needed on the tabs, you can switch tree docking position to be displayed at the left side of the screen

66 Project Manager Workbench Overview Interface and Navigation Functionality Reports Integration

67 Project Manager Workbench: Problem Focused Navigation You can run context dependent reports by selecting project element from the tree and clicking these buttons

Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA Noveco epm Portal presents all projects assigned to a project manager Personalized project selection is created, saved and remembered by the system

68 Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA Noveco epm Portal presents all projects assigned to a project manager Personalized project selection is created, saved and remembered by the system Projects exceptions and Key Performance Indicators are displayed against each project Graphical representation of project KPIs For all project portfolio Selected project(s), WBS or network activity Drill down to key business transactions: Project Builder, Project Manager Workbench, reports, line items Did you know? That you don t need BW/BI system to run comprehensive reports like this one PS info-system has been designed to hold all related project information directly in SAP

69 Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA Displays cumulative values of: - Budget, Estimated costs at Completion (EAC), Cost To Complete (CTC), Revenues, Actual costs, Commitments Values are presented By entire portfolio (group of projects) or by selected project or WBS

Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA Displays historical trends from the beginning of the portfolio (or project) Budget, Estimated costs at Completion (EAC), Cost To

70 Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA Displays historical trends from the beginning of the portfolio (or project) Budget, Estimated costs at Completion (EAC), Cost To Complete (CTC), Revenues, Profit Margin You can see how your portfolio or a project evolved over time Values are presented by entire portfolio (group of projects) or by selected project or WBS

71 Project Manager Portal Inside SAP ECC or S4 HANA List view Report with all main project key Figures displayed as flat ALV report You can download it to excel

72 Project Manager Workbench Overview Interface and Navigation Functionality Reports Integration

73 Noveco System Architecture Time Sheets (CATS) SAP ECC or S4 HANA Human Resources (HR) Sales and customer management (SD/CRM) Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) Project System (PS) + Noveco Plant Maintenance, Customer Service (PM/CS) Materials Management and Procurement (MM/SRM) Production Planning (PP) Capacity and Resource Planning No middleware (BI, BO etc.) No interfaces No custom tables Always real-time Rich functionality Automatic forecasting Simple and intuitive interface Minimum training Quick implementation

Forecasting Progress Tracking * Project Manager Workbench Planning Execution Variations *

74 Integrated Project Management in SAP * Noveco Applications * Project Portal / Reporting Profit Take (Result Analysis) Dashboard reporting Portfolio Planning Reporting Analysis Monitoring Forecasting Progress Tracking * Project Manager Workbench Planning Execution Variations * Estimate: Cost & Revenue Create Project Schedule Dates Procurement, Time Sheets Invoicing, Billing * Project Variations

75 Noveco Project Financial Control Project Manager Workbench provides one central place to review KPIs, update forecasts, track and update progress, execute analytical and drill down reports Complete Cost and Work To Complete management: Automatic reduction and Manual adjustment Instant Integration with ECC transactions: PO, time sheets, invoices etc. Forecasting results are immediately available for Result Analysis, Progress Analysis, PS Reports and BI (no custom interfaces needed to native SAP reports) Period Sensitive Forecasts: designed for month end forecasts in live transactional system Saves project forecast history w/o need to perform version copy by the user Project Costs Forecasts integrated with PM/CS and PP orders Integrates Project Variations into cost forecasting and budgeting No modifications to SAP standard core applications. No z-tables to keep forecasts costs, all data read/written from/to SAP standard database.

76 Business Value of Integrated Project Management in SAP Connects upstream (estimating, procurement, timesheets) and downstream (monitoring, resource allocation, analytical reports) activities of project management lifecycle Closes the loop between execution and analysis processes providing 360 degree flow of information Replaces spreadsheets and other third party tools with centralized SAP database Reduces amount of effort required to produce project forecasts and analytical reports Reduces number of interdependent systems and interfaces needed; reduce costs of maintenance and support of systems other then SAP Decreases potential for errors of data entry and manipulation Improves quality, transparency and accuracy of data Allows potential savings and process efficiency by relieving Project Managers from performing routine transactional and administrative activities. Integrates Resource (personnel) Planning into project planning and forecasting Determine realistic project progress Unleashes the true power of integrated SAP system

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Project Variation Management Solutions with Noveco epm Integrated Project Management in SAP * Project Reporting Profit Take (Result Analysis) Dashboard reporting Portfolio Planning Reporting and Analysis