UMT Project Essentials

Financial Governance for Microsoft Project Server 2010

Capability Matrix

 

UMT Project Essentials seamlessly extends Microsoft Project Server 2010 to provide a one stop shop Financial Governance solution. With UMT Project Essentials you can intuitively build Project Server 2010 workflows and effectively manage project and portfolio financials across the entire life cycle.
The table below provides an overview of the main capabilities included in UMT Project Essentials Std and UMT Project Essentials Pro:

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Standardize Financial Structures

Quickly standardize global cost and benefit structures across the organization to facilitate enterprise reporting.
 

Establish Financial Settings by Stage

Integrate cost and benefit settings and rules (e.g. which web parts to display, required level of information etc.) for each Stage in the workflow.
 

Top Down & Bottom Up Estimating

Flexibility to manually enter high level or detailed financial data in a top down Cost Plan or simply sync and aggregate resource assignment costs (i.e. human, cost and material) from the Project 2010 schedule.
 

Funding , Allocation & Chargebacks

Easily breakdown budget, actual and forecast data by Cost Center to support organizational budgeting, allocation and chargebacks.
 

Portfolio Optimization & Analysis

Include the cost and benefit data captured in each business case in Project Server 2010’s Portfolio Cost Constraint Analysis.
 

Create Financial Versions

Effortlessly create versions of the financial estimates and compare and contrast as projects move through the life cycle.
 

Cost Tracking & Forecasting

Effectively track cost performance by period (e.g. month, quarter, and year). Project managers can quickly complete financial status reports and view real time variances.
 

Benefits Realization

Intuitively track realized benefits and compare and contrast with the benefit estimates from the business case.
 

Business Intelligence & Reporting

Utilize dedicated financial cube and Microsoft BI tools to quickly build powerful reports and dashboards and gain visibility across project and portfolio expenditure.
 

Line of Business System Integration

Intuitive data import module helps you import financial data into Project Server 2010 custom fields and UMT Project Essentials cost and benefit web parts.
   
     

Visual Workflow Editor

Quickly create new and update existing workflows with an easy-to-use Visual Workflow Editor.
   

Flexible Branching & Transitions

Simply drill down into each Stage to configure the business logic required to automate each transition.
   

Manage Approval Notifications

Identify appropriate approval groups or individuals to receive automated notifications when project reaches a decision gate. Specify the required transition based on the resulting decision (e.g. approve vs. reject).
   

Powerful Workflow Morphing

Flexible Workflow Morphing ensures you can dynamically move projects between Enterprise Project Types triggered by a Stage transition.
   

Graphical Status of Workflow

Use the Workflow Viewer web part to effectively highlight which Stage each project has reached in the workflow.
 

Run and Migrate Workflows

Easy to use import and export module helps to migrate and run workflows between development, test and production environments
 

Integrate Custom Code

Easily add custom code to workflow that will be run on entering or leaving a Workflow Stage.