As The Experts in Enterprise Project Management^SM,  Project Partners LLC was again a Star Partner and presenter at the annual Oracle Applications User Group Conference.

We sponsored and staffed the Center for Projects Excellence (CFPE). The CFPE provided a forum for personnel for Project-centric firms to stop by and discuss their use of Enterprise Project Management applications, and obtain professional, unbiased advice on application maintenance, upgrade and integration issues.

Additionally, Project Partners delivered presentations and participated in the OAUG Projects Special Interest Group.

Leverage the Power of Billing Extensions in Oracle Projects - Five Common Requirements Solved

This presentation was delivered by Project Partners' Randy Martin, Practice Director

The Oracle Projects suite provides Extensions for use when standard methods do not meet a client's needs. Solve 5 specific and common problems with creative use of Extensions.

1] Lump Sum billing at the lowest task level- move beyond top task restrictions.
2] Billing labor when labor is capped at a maximum cost rate.
3] Labor Add-On billing.
4] Work based billing with automated revenue recognition when payment received.
5] Revenue Hard limits enforced at the lowest task level.

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Generating Presentation Quality Custom Reports from Oracle Project Management

This presentation was delivered by Sam Uttarwar and Vijay Ranganathan of Project Partners.

A leading multinational energy transportation and distribution corporation implemented Oracle Project Management in 2006. The reporting framework within the application did not provide nicely formatted presentation-quality management reports that combined the project work and financial data with graphical project images, maps and charts. We used the BI Publisher technology to develop a custom report that satisfied all their needs. This paper shows examples and presents the how-to for this custom report.

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Making Workplans Work for You

This presentation was delivered by Project Partners' Neeraj Garg, Vice President, Client Services.

The Workplans feature in Oracle Project Management can be used in many ways

• for estimating your project,
• for integration to staffing plans in PJR,
• and to manage your schedule.

This presentation provided various tips on how to set up this feature to enable easy use in each of these cases. 

ROI – Building the Case for Professional Services Automation

This presentation was delivered by Robert Anderson and Kimberly McDonald Baker, of Project Partners LLC. 

PSA and Project Management systems empower Professional Services organizations with enhanced, automated and integrated capabilities to manage, control and report on client engagements. But how prepared is your firm to achieve a return on your systems investment? UC Berkley and USC studies find 15-21% improvement in project execution and delivery costs by improving project management maturity one level. Learn how Oracle Project Management KPIs assist in measurement of your business and planning a course of action.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Conference in Orlando, Florida!