Microsoft Project Online
Visibility and Business Agility using Project Online
Thought leaders in Online Portfolio Project Management

We have been practitioners and thought leaders from the very beginning of Online Portfolio Project Management.
As a Microsoft Silver Partner, CCG has innovated to extend the capability of Project Online. With a focus on user adoption, CCG provides training, capability uplift, configuration, and administration services.
Commencing our implementation using our ‘concept of operations’ model, focuses the solution on business readiness from a process and maturity perspective. Our training is a key differentiator, combining tools and process change rather than generic “vanilla” courses.
Project Online Solutions
Core Foundation

Key Benefits
- Fast Implementation time – ready in 3 weeks
- Best Practice – Designed by PPM Practitioners who have honed their craft as users, trainers and implementers of PPM solutions.
- Configuration only – no secret CCG custom code or bloat software installed
- Training included – user training tailored to your delivery approach
- Analytical Insights through Reports and Dashboards
- Support

Prioritise your Portfolio
- Evaluate in-flight Initiatives along with new initiative ideas to create a smooth pipeline of value
- Prioritise initiatives against the organisation’s strategic objectives and OKRs
- Model different scenarios to find the best value

Optimise your Resources
- Maximise resource utilisation using supply and demand data
- Easily identify resource contention through visual heatmaps

Plan your Initiatives
- Plan and Execute Initiatives (Projects) with ease using the familiar MS Project and Planner Boards
- Leverage CCG Templates to get started quickly

Manage your Risks, Issues, and Scope Change
- Gain insights early and easily with centralised Registers and Dashboards
- Apply consistent Risk & Issue methods for better decision making

Collaborate to drive agility
- Notifications
- Feed task updates from team members
- Easily integrate with other Microsoft Office365 collaboration tools
- Increase efficiency by automating repeatable tasks/alerts using Flow or PowerApps

Analyse your data with BI
- Seamless integration with Power BI
- Data driven insights with out of the box Reports and Dashboards (14 Dashboards, 90 widgets)
- Support decision making via focussed BI reports
- Use BI to drive great culture and new ways of working
Core Foundation +

Key Benefits
- All the benefits of the Core Foundation Pack
- Work collaboratively and iteratively to achieve rapid value – using a defined number of sprints
- Touch and feel working software via regular stand ups and showcases
- Use a prioritised backlog to deliver the highest value enhancements first
- Never start from scratch – always with the business outcome in mind, and led by CCG’s rich PPM experience
Project Online Custom Implementations

Key Benefits
- Leverage parts of Core Foundation pack as required
- Work collaboratively and iteratively to achieve rapid value with a clear end point
- Touch and feel working software via regular stand ups and showcases
- Leverage past examples and existing PPM IP to choose the best approach for your organisation
- Size the implementation to reflect intended value
- Use a prioritised backlog to deliver highest value enhancements first
Other Project Online Services
Support
Application Support, Advice, Complex Reporting, and anything else to make your implementation successful and sustainable ongoing.
Health Checks
Get a health check on your existing Project Online PPM or Project Server and associated usage. Gain insights on what can be improved.
Training
Engage highly experienced practitioner / trainers to deliver custom Project Online training aligned to your organisation’s approach and processes
Need help configuring or optimising your own Project Online system?
Our customer solutions are well received and stakeholder satisfaction is high. Contact Core Consulting Group for trusted, practical advice and assistance.
Case studies
Project Online EPM Implementation – Customer Owned Bank
Core Consulting Group (CCG) was engaged by one of Australia’s leading customer owned banks. They focus …
Project Online EPM Migration – Water Utilities
Core Consulting Group was engaged by one of Australia’s leading water utilities company. They had …
Project Online EPM Implementation – Engineering Manufacturing
Core Consulting Group (CCG) was engaged by one of Australia’s leading Engineering Manufacturers of stainless …
Project Online EPM Implementation – Energy Utilities
Core Consulting Group was engaged by one of Australia’s leading energy utilities company who provides …
Project Management System uplift – Transport and logistics
Core Consulting Group (CCG) was engaged by one of Australia’s largest port infrastructure manager. With capital infrastructure projects as well as business and IT, they had a diverse portfolio. Having an existing implementation of Microsoft Project Server, our client was not happy with the way it was configured or used.
EPM Implementation advisory services – Government department
Core Consulting Group (CCG) was engaged by one of Victoria’s State Government departments. With a large IT project portfolio, they were trying to manage them in an older implementation of Microsoft Project Server.
Project Online EPM Implementation – Health Insurance
Core Consulting Group (CCG) was engaged by one of Australia’s largest private Health insurers. They …
Further reading
White papers
Purchasing an EPM tool
Whitepaper – by Martin Vaughan
Are you ready for an EPM tool?
Whitepaper – by Martin Vaughan
Adapting to the Changing Nature of Project Information
Whitepaper – by Chris Dwyer
Articles
PPM Aligning projects with organisational strategy
Article – by Chris Dwyer
How secure is your EPM tool?
Article – first published on projectmanager.com.au