Extending Project and Portfolio Management into Infrastructure Life-Cycle Management

摘要

Ever feel as if your specialized software systems for project management and facilities management are just too specialized - disparate systems with silos of information trapped within each system? "That information that doesn't get shared across software products adds up to more than $15 billion in inefficiencies, of which the majority (or two-thirds of that cost) is borne by the building owner," says Sue Watkins, director of marketing at Meridian Systems (www.meridiansystems.com), based in Folsom, CA. Extending Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) into Infrastructure Life-Cycle Management (ILM) is not only possible today, it's imperative - particularly as building owners realize how adaptable such systems are in being able to scope, plan, and schedule work; track progress; allocate resources; oversee project initiatives; and integrate with other enterprise-wide applications like finan-cials and human resources before, during, and after a facility has been built.