For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 20 pages)

May 10, 2007 (updated June 7, 2007)

Introducing Project-Based Solutions

Enterprise Solutions For Project-Based And People-Centric Businesses

This is the second document in the "Enterprise Solutions For A Project-Based World" series.

by R "Ray" Wang

with Eric G. Brown, Emily Van Metre


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Externally focused service or project-based professionals face unique challenges. Although work often focuses around projects, most enterprise applications remain designed for a functional world. Thus, firms in industries such as public sector, AEC, government contracting, business services, and nonprofit continue to seek solutions that consolidate processes and streamline how users deliver on engagements, projects, and programs. Forrester's inaugural coverage of project-based software solutions (PBS) identifies a new category of software designed to manage and support project-based business processes, provides a business justification for PBS, and assesses the key vendors and their solutions. Use of a project-based solution will be one of the key competitive differentiators for successful enterprises competing in a people-centric marketplace.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemProject-Based, People-Centric Businesses Require Unique Solutions

itemSolutions Tie Project Processes Around The Project Life Cycle

itemKey Vendors Bring Strengths From Many Heritages

recommendations

itemProject Professionals Should Choose Based On Fundamentals

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 32 customers and 15 vendor companies representing 17 solutions, including: Agresso, BST Global, Computer Methods International Corp. (CMiC), Deltek, Epicor Software, IFS, Lawson, Maconomy, Meridian Systems, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, Primavera Systems, Sage Software, SAP, and Tenrox.

Related Research Documents

itemThe Forrester Wave™: Project Portfolio Management, Q1 2006

March 13, 2006, Tech Choices

itemTopic Overview: Enterprise Resource Planning

August 8, 2006, Topic Overview

itemMarket Overview: Service Delivery Automation

December 19, 2002, Planning Assumption

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