Presented by
IT Evolution, Inc.
PMI-Delaware Valley Chapter
June 21, 2012
• Philadelphia-area IT management consulting
practice
• Business and technology alignment
• Strategic and operational guidance
Network
Storage
Computation
Virtualization
Computation
Virtualization
+
Resource sharing
New economic model
for computing
Cheaper computing
Computing
as a service
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• SaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)
Revenue
Growth
2000
2005
2010
Why should PMs
care about the cloud?
Centralized resources, available anywhere
From this...
...to this
Less IT involvement required...
Cheaper? Usually
• Subscription model
• Pay as you go
• Save on the cost of on-premises installation,
administration, maintenance, etc.
• Transform capital expense to operating
expense
Innovation in support of value
• Social media in the enterprise
• Capabilities that bridge the “digital divide”
between big and small
• Flourishing ecosystem of more choices, more
flexibility
Why look to cloud solutions?
• Improve PM processes by leveraging best-ofbreed tools
• Address challenges of virtual teams
• Exploit faster deployment of a solution than
an on-premises approach
• Exploit cloud economics to get high-value
tools – especially for independent consultants
or small service providers
Two ways to set up a cloud app
Sign up for an existing
commercial cloud application
Set up a cloud server, then
install and run an open source
application
Key SaaS Categories for PM
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Planning/Scheduling
Collaboration
Requirements
Productivity
Utilities and tools
Integrated suites
A big and growing list...
@task
24SevenOffice
Apptivo
AtTask
Binfire.com
CoP
Daptiv
SolutionQ Eclipse
HiTask
Huddle.com
Insight (formerly Encamp)
iShare
Kiwi Manager(?)
LiquidPlanner
Mingle
PMChampion's PM Processes
Project Insight
ProjectHand
Projectinsight.net
TodoMatrix Professional
Rocketsoftware.com
Smartsheet.com
tip o’ the iceberg
TaskBin
Teamwork
Tenwrox.com
TOPdesk
Wrike
Zoho Projects
Daptiv
LiquidPlanner
Integrated Suite
Integrated Suite
Accompa
Requirements
Requirements
Requirements
MindMeister
Utilities and Tools
Inside every silver lining...
Risk in the cloud
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Security
Privacy
Access control
Vendor continuity
Outages
• Data ownership
• Data retention,
enterprise knowledge
accumulation
• Data loss
Mitigate security risk
• Verify HTTPS/SSL for data communication
• Verify access control (authentication) and
permissions (authorization)
– Will IT require integration with enterprise controls?
– Will admin role be filled by you instead of IT?
• Confirm your intellectual property is not
browsable or findable by outsiders
Mitigate data risk
• Avoid “rogue” deployments
• Make sure cloud data is exportable
• Determine how to preserve “organizational
process assets” when cloud is involved
• Verify vendor’s backup and disaster recovery
commitments, including periodic testing
• Verify vendor’s redundancy and resource
distribution
Flying into the cloud
• Don’t be hasty! Do your research.
• Use social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) to learn
about a product from its existing users.
• Test with a sandbox or pilot before a full rollout.
• Review “Terms of Use” carefully.
• Listen to your IT department.
• Apply ongoing diligence, not just at beginning.
Lists of PM SaaS tools
The Task and Project Management Software List - Lists and reviews of the
best online and Windows software
http://www.taskmerlin.com/task-project-management-software-list.aspx
16 Project Management Tools That Make Juggling Easy - SitePoint
http://www.sitepoint.com/16-project-management-tools-that-make-jugglingeasy/
Best Agile-Scrum-Kanban Tools » Agile Scout
http://agilescout.com/top-agile-tools/best-agile-tools/
Hosted SAAS Project Management/Team Collaboration Tools | PM-Sherpa
http://pm-sherpa.com/attributes/hostedsaas/
Thank you!
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