Building Blocks of PM in the New Millennium

Building Blocks of PM in the New Millennium
PMI/NJ Regional Symposium
May 22nd, 2000
Sheraton Tara in Parsippany, NJ
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Following is the list of vendors who participated in the 2000 event:
ABT Corporation
361 Broadway
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 219-8945
Fax: (212) 334-9523
Web: www.abtcorp.com

ABT Corporation is the leading global provider of enterprise management solutions and services that enable organizations to efficiently and successfully execute enterprise-wide project management. A world-class infrastructure for communication, control, and collaboration processes, ABT's Results Management? is a repository application for storing methods, best practices, project planning, project estimating and scheduling and can be easily integrated with third party systems. Its robust capabilities include management of multiple projects and programs, time tracking, analyzing, and reporting. By centralizing all enterprise knowledge for consistency and accessibility, Results Management accelerates decision-making and reduces time-to-market. Headquartered in New York, ABT has offices in 23 countries worldwide. For more information on ABT Corporation, visit http://www.abtcorp.com.
ABT's web enabled Results Management 5 is currently assisting over 650 clients with:

  • SOP-98-1and CMM compliance
  • Project/Resource Portfolio Management
  • Resource Capacity Management
  • Web based project collaboration and document control.
  • Methods based planning and estimating - including WebWave ™
  • OLAP project/resource reporting
  • Integration with leading ERP systems
Alphanet Solutions, Inc.
7 Ridgedale Avenue
Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
Phone: 1-800-ALPHANET (8 am-5 pm EST)
Fax: (973) 267-8675
Web: www.alphanetsolutions.com

AlphaNet Solutions is a technology consulting company that delivers leading edge business solutions. We focus on the design, performance, management and security of computing networks, providing services on a project outsource or collaborative consulting basis.
Our full suite of service and support offerings, all uniquely designed to provide complete solutions while remaining flexible enough to meet the changing needs of your organization, are focused in the areas of eMobile Support, Enterprise Network Management, Information Security, Professional Development and Professional Services.
AlphaNet Solutions' range of services reflects our understanding of, and our clients' appreciation for, the critical link between person and machine, between business objective and technology solution and, most importantly, between promises and results.

PRACTICE AREAS PRACTICE AREAS
Information Security
Network Performance Management
Internetworking Design and Engineering
Enterprise Network Management
Professional Development
eMobile Solutions
Project Management
e-Business
Application Development		 Banking and Healthcare
Insurance and Chemicals
Internet
Investment Banking
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Transportation
Utilities

SERVICE SUPPORT COVERAGE HOURS
24 X 7

Business Drives Information Technology………..AlphaNet Drives Value

Boston University Corporate Education Center
72 Tyng Rd.
Tyngsboro, MA 01879-2099
Phone: 800-BUTRAIN
Fax: (978) 649-2162
Web: www.butrain.com
Contact: Mark A. Gould
E-mail: mgould@bu.edu

The Boston University Corporate Education Center (BUCEC) is a leading provider of seminar, vocational, and conference-based training in information technology and management development. The Center also offers customized corporate on-site training and consulting, in the areas of management, project management, and technical training. Through our internationally recognized Project Management Certificate Program, we have trained thousands of professionals to excel at managing projects. Our courses follow the PMBOK® (Project Management Body of Knowledge) standard set by PMI® (Project Management Institute) for project management, and are designed to include proven, traditional practices. BUCEC is a PMI® Charter Global Registered Education Provider. BUCEC is the largest vendor authorized training center in the Northeast offering complete certification programs for Microsoft, Novell, Lotus and SCO UNIX. BUCEC was recently chosen as the winner of Microsoft's Excellence in ATEC Training Award. Of more than 1,750 Authorized Technical Education Centers (ATEC) worldwide, BUCEC was awarded for what Microsoft deemed as the best training solution in the world for its BackOffice products.

Cedar Group US, Inc.
57 Wingate Street
Haverhill, MA 01832
Phone: (978) 372-0770
Web: www.cedargroupus.com

Cedar Group US, Inc. is a member of Cedar Group Plc (FTSE: CED - News), the publicly traded leader in providing mid-market Oracle based Enterprise Business Solutions. These solutions include:

  • Business Management Suite
    • Cedar Financials - financial management and reporting
    • Cedar Time - time management and accounting
    • Cedar Drive - fleet management
  • Business Process Management Suite
    • Cedar Business Flow - workflow and document management
  • Knowledge Management Suite
    • Cedar Business Intelligence - data warehouse management
  • Customer Management Suite
    • Cedar Call Center - call center operations management
As the rest of the ERP market has faltered, Cedar Group's has achieved success by fulfilling its unwavering commitment, based on a simple premise: to provide powerful, scalable Enterprise Business Solutions without the typical resource draining, time consuming implementation cycles.
In addition, Cedar Group US, Inc. also provides their eSourcing eCedar offering, which is an Internet- based solution for those companies wishing to outsource their business applications. Today over 400 blue chip organizations worldwide across major market sectors use Cedar products.
For more information contact Cedar Group at (978) 372-0770, Email solutions@cedargroupus.com or visit their web site at www.cedargroupus.com.

eRoom Technology, Inc.
725 Concord Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 300-6373
Fax: (617) 497-5055
Web: www.instinctive.com

eRoom Technology, Inc. is the leading provider of eBusiness collaboration software products and hosted offerings for professional service firms, manufacturing organizations and eMarketplaces.
The company's namesake product, eRoom is a secure, integrated, Digital Workplace for eBusiness that unifies all facets of business projects allowing our customers to work with their partners, suppliers and customers to derive new revenue opportunities, bring products to market faster, drive down production costs, enhance customer relationships, and increase employee utilization and satisfaction. eRoom fulfills a large unmet need in a wide range of mission-critical, eBusiness applications such as managing extended supply chains, professional services delivery, distributed product development and new product introduction.

ESI International
430 Fairfax Drive, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 558-3000 or (800) ESI-8884
Fax: (703) 558-3001
Web: www.esi-intl.com

For nearly 20 years, ESI International has been helping some of the world's most successful companies achieve and surpass their organizational goals through performance-based solutions. Since 1981, more than 265,000 professionals in 50 countries have benefited from our expertise in project management and contract management. ESI's fresh approach blends training, consulting and professional services to give you a total solution customized to your specific needs.
Put ESI to work for you. Call us today at (703) 558-4100.

International Institute for Learning, Inc.
110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022-1380
Phone: (212) 758-0177
Fax: (212) 909-0558
Web: www.iil.com

International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL) is a leader in business training and consulting with an emphasis on "project management" and "theory of constraints". IIL is one of the largest providers of satellite learning programs, distance learning and web-based training. IIL has offices in the United States, Mexico and Europe, and serves a wide range of clients throughout the world from manufacturing, service, and government. IIL is the creator of "PM BASICS", an innovative browser-based, multi-media program designed to teach the basics of project management via a company's Intranet or the Internet.

Management Worlds, Inc.
47 Maple Street
Summit, New Jersey 07901
Phone: (908) 277-2852
Fax: (908) 277-3492
Web: www.managementworlds.com

Management Worlds, Inc. is a management training organization providing business seminars and consulting services to international business and government organizations. We design workshops that develop practical business approaches in both task and process skills.

PlanView, Inc.
7320 N. Mopac, #300
Austin, TX 78731
Phone: (512) 346-8600
Fax: (512) 346-9180
Web: www.planview.com

PlanView's new PlanView Software suite offers 100% enterprise project and workforce management on the web. Managers, employees and others in the extended enterprise sign onto PlanView through a dynamically built web portal called HomeView(tm). HomeView offers them a selection of FeatureSets(tm) and reflects their unique rights and access to the data in the central repository (an industry standard SQL database). Powerful Enterprise Services on PlanView's middle tiers automate collaboration and also do much of the work for you.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.C.
600 Lee Road, Suite 200
Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: (610) 993-5381
Fax: (610) 993-5399

SUMMIT-D is a leading systems development methodology providing project planning, project management and systems delivery guidance. SUMMIT PM automates SUMMIT-D content and functions for project managers and their team members. A variety of project templates (Route Maps) are included along with deliverables samples, estimating metrics and roles/responsibilities.

Project Control
147 Old Solomons Island Road
Suite 513
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 897-0965
Fax: (410) 897-1135

The Project Control Software suite supports project management across the entire organization. PCS delivers Internet/LAN access to a central project repository with roll-up, drill-down analysis and 8 integrated modules supporting all phases of the pm life cycle.
Modules include: Report Manager, Time Manager, Resource Manager, Process Manager, Communications Manager, Definition Manager, Accounting Integrator, Earned Value Manager.
The database is designed to easily integrate with your existing pm software, accounting, time tracking, email, ERP, and other business systems. It's user configurable, easily deployed and meets any management reporting requirements.

Robert-Andrew Associates, Inc.
One Martin Avenue
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Phone: (856) 662-1290
Fax: (856) 662-8540
Web: www.robert-andrew.com

Robert-Andrew Associates, Inc. (RAA) is a management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients successfully deploy project management solutions. We work with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes, and technologies for effective project management using Primavera software products. RAA deployment includes best practices consulting, and enterprise-wide applications for exceptional scalable, functional, and performance-oriented project management solutions.

Since its founding in 1984, RAA has grown to become one of the world's largest Primavera Authorized Representatives (PAR) for Primavera Systems, Inc. Based on year after year of top performance, RAA consistently receives awards for "Outstanding performance in the delivery of products, dedicated service, and representation." The long-term relationship between Primavera Systems and RAA has fueled our success and growth.

Robbins-Gioia, Inc.
11 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: (703) 548-7006
Fax: (703) 684-5189
Web: www.robbinsgioia.com

Since 1980, Robbins-Gioia, Inc. has provided proven program management solutions to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. As the leader in the program management industry, Robbins-Gioia helps organizations around the world apply Structured Business Methods to manage complex, high-risk programs successfully.
Robbins-Gioia's proven solutions go beyond program management and control. They encompass a business and technology management focus that measures and documents the results of an organization's initiatives. The company works with clients to baseline programs and implement a metrics management process so they can achieve success on their own terms.
Robbins-Gioia's proven methodology has been used to manage diverse business projects such as new product development, systems integration, mergers and acquisitions, software development process improvement, control and profit optimization, manufacturing modernization and logistics management. Fortune 500 and government clients include the Michigan Department of Transportation, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense, EDS, IBM, GTE and AT&T.
Based on a triad approach of skilled professionals, proven processes and automated tools, Robbins-Gioia's Structured Business Methods create a fully controlled, comprehensive framework that enables organizations to deliver projects on time and within budget. Robbins-Gioia has more than 500 program management experts experienced in large Department of Defense programs, civilian agency support, aircraft maintenance, telecommunications and information technology programs. The staff has earned a reputation for providing quality, value-added services to support high-risk endeavors. Robbins-Gioia's proven approach provides the extra control organizations need to reach their business goals and successfully complete complex, large-scale programs.

Ruggles Center for Enhanced Project/Program Performances
2-10 Saddle River Road
Fairlawn, New Jersey 07410-4811
Phone: (888) 4-RUGGLES
Web: www.rugglesinc.com
Contact: Vivi (vivi@rugglesinc.com)

Ruggles & Associates, Inc. is a network of certified Project/Program Management Professionals and "solution providers" dedicated to help you enhance your project and program performances by learning how to manage your challenges and stRUGGLES!
Since our founding in 1988, we have been recognized throughout New Jersey and the Metro-NYC area as one of the leading providers of education, training, and consulting support services in the sponsorship and management of projects and programs. In 1999, we were approved by PMI® as a "Charter Global Registered Education Provider" and, as a result, we established the "Center for Enhanced Project and Program Performances" (CEPPPTM).
We offer two (2) Certificate Programs: one is the first-of-its-kind "Sponsorship of Projects and Programs" (for Experienced Professionals and Executives) and the other is the "Management of Projects and Programs" (for Less Experienced Managers, Leaders and Team Members). Both are taught by Certified PMP®'s and the content is fully-compatible with the ANSI Standard PMBOK® Guide. Both Programs can be followed by either our 2-day Super-Intensive or 3-day Intensive "PMP® Certification Exam Prep" courses for those who wish to pursue PMP® Certification. We offer an "Unlimited Public Retake Commitment" with our 3-day Intensive Prep course for anyone scoring a 70% or higher on our highly reliable and valid "Practice Post-Test"!
We hold the following seven (7) Values to be the most important "internal drivers" of our company:

  • R esults-oriented
  • U niform, generally-accepted, standards-driven processes
  • G lobally-focused skills, proficiencies and competencies
  • G enuine commitment to quality and client satisfaction with stated needs
  • L eading-edge, certified professionals in the practice of project/program management
  • E ducational, entertaining, and ethical
  • S triving to help our clients learn how to enhance their project and program performances!
Scitor Corporation
Phone: (408) 745-8300
Web: www.scitor.com

Scitor Corporation leads the project management software industry in innovation and excellence. Scitor builds on its 20 years of experience and embraces new technologies and methodologies to create this year's phenomenal product release, Scitor PS Suite™. PS Suite's new functionality includes Critical Chain, Corporate Objectives Management, Project Management via the Web. PS Suite serves today's global enterprise: Project Managers, Corporate Executives, Project Team Members and users of the ERP system.

Software Productivity Research
One NE Executive Park
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: (781) 273-0140
Fax: (781) 273-5176
Web: www.spr.com

Founded by Capers Jones, Software Productivity Research (SPR) is a worldwide provider of software estimation tools and assessment and measurement consulting services that enable organizations to compete more effectively through the predictable, on-time delivery of high-quality software. SPR KnowledgePLAN®, and easy-to-use software estimation tool, combines an intuitive UI with the flexibility to customize the Work Breakdown Structure while offering seamless integration with Microsoft Project.

Stevens Institute of Technology
The Graduate School and Research Services
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
Phone: (201) 216-5234
Web: www.stevens-tech.edu

Stevens Institute of Technology, located in Hoboken, NJ was founded in 1870 and continues to offer engineering, applied sciences and management programs. Beyond the Bachelor's degree, The Graduate School offers the Graduate Certificate, Master's, Engineer and Ph.D. degree. The Graduate School also provides outstanding Continuing Professional Development programs in order to assist industry in competitive national and international markets. There are 33 different off-campus locations where Stevens graduate programs are offered. Call 201-4DEGREE for more information.

Technology Builders Inc. (TBI)
400 Interstate North Parkway
Suite 1090
Atlanta, GA 30339
770-937-7900
Fax: 770-937-7898
www.tbi.com

Technology Builders, Inc. is an Atlanta-based software and services company providing integrated solutions for enterprise and e-business application development within the Automated Software Quality, Business Information Management and Internet and Client/Server markets. Through the TBI-Caliber® suite of software products and strategic vendor partnerships, the company provides best-of-class technologies in requirements management, requirements-based testing, test case design, configuration management, test planning and management, and defect tracking. Ranked 15th on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 list, TBI maintains a client base of over 500 companies, many among the Fortune 1000.

TBI markets and sells Caliber-RM®, a collaborative, Internet-based requirements management system that enables project teams to deliver higher quality applications. In an effort to detect and eliminate requirement errors and deficiencies earlier in the development cycle, Caliber-RM allows teams to fully define, manage and communicate changing requirements. Changes to requirement data such as traceability, status, priority and more are recorded and stored in Caliber-RM's central repository, providing reliable, up-to-date information for effective requirements-driven development and testing.

Another TBI product, Caliber-RBT, formerly SoftTest, is a requirements-based functional test case design system that drives clarification of the application requirements and streamlines the testing process. Caliber-RBT enables project teams to analyze and refine requirements to eliminate ambiguities and conflicts, then use those requirements to design a minimum set of test cases for functionally complete test coverage. 

VisualProject, Inc.
490, St-Joseph Blvd, 
Suite 105, Hull, 
Quebec, Canada 
J8Y 3Y7
Phone : 1-877-VIS-PROJ (847-7765)
Local: (819) 778-0046
Fax: (819) 778-7284
www.visualproject.net

VisualProject was formed by project managers to address the movement to off-the-shelf Project Management tools that were missing some key features. Our goal is to allow projects to be managed according to modern PM methodologies. Our focus is to build into MS Project enhancements that allow you to manage with a click on an icon.
VisualProject as the name implies is founded on the principle that projects are better managed visually. Using the VisualProject WBS, Network or Reports modules we allow the user to visually plan and manage their projects. To this end, our products utilize proprietary, innovative graphical technology to provide drag-and-drop interface to the planning, modification and reporting of project plans. As a vendor of "add-ins" as opposed to "add-ons", we are committed to seamless integration with Microsoft Project.
Our stated mission aspires to establish a reputation in the marketplace for the development and delivery of high quality, easy to use Project Management Tools and Systems for use by both the most experienced project managers as well as first time users. The company is on-target to become a significant supplier of project management software, by complementing and co-existing with MS Project.

WSG Systems Corp.
404 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10018
Phone: (212) 675-2500
Fax: (212) 675-2898
Web: www.wsg.com

For internal chargeback or external billing, the Empire Suite is an enterprise wide solution for Project Accounting and Resource Management. The Empire Suite is used by many Fortune 500 companies to track & invoice project costs and revenues, as well as to provide organizations with the ability to better plan and manage resources on projects. The Empire Suite gives financial management the tools to analyze budget versus actuals, to better control project financials and to highlight potential problem areas for management attention. Empire TIME and Empire RESOURCE, two modules within the Empire Suite, link seamlessly with Microsoft Project, allowing project managers to analyze time, costs & revenue on their projects, as well as help better manage scarce project resources. The Empire Suite offers users the ability to enter information into the system offline, utilizing ET Remote, or through the web utilizing ET Web. Data is stored in either Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase. Links to external applications, such as G/L, A/P, A/R, H/R, Purchasing and proprietary databases is available.

Updated: 02Sep08