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Delivery Engine

The BEN Delivery Engine™ provides organizations with a single record of all program and project-related activity - equipping stakeholders at all levels with relevant and actionable information to make intelligent, fiscally responsible decisions throughout the project management lifecycle.

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Utilize configurable dashboards to closely govern the operational execution of the portfolio.
 
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Get transparency into the portfolio through configurable dashboards with drill-down capabilities.
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Execute Projects with Speed, Efficiency and Consistency
BEN Delivery Engine helps organizations execute project plans with speed and precision while utilizing fewer and lower cost resources so they can:

  • Reduce delays and cost overruns by identifying resource constraints earlier
  • Lower contractor spend by matching internal underutilized resources and skills
  • Minimize new hires by leveraging existing underutilized resources and skills
  • Reduce project delays by instituting standard processes and identifying bottlenecks early

Functionality
BEN Delivery Engine includes the following functionality:

  • Initiative/Program Management
    • Set up unlimited hierarchical relationships initiatives, programs and projects

    • Monitor initiative home pages and configurable dashboards

    • Define initiative charters and goals

    • Track initiative risks and issues

    • Run initiative reports

    • Track initiative status

    • View initiative projects at a glance

    • View initiatives in Gantt charts
  • Project Management
    • Establish customizable project home pages

    • Define project charters and goals

    • Define project team members and stakeholders

    • Plan, assign and monitor tasks, deliverables, and milestones

    • Plan and monitor dependences within and across projects

    • Define project impacts and drivers
  • Risk and Issue Management
    • Define and monitor risks and issues

    • Assign issue and risk actions

    • Status issues and risks

    • Identify common risk and issues across projects
  • Resource Management
    • Define hierarchical skills profiles for resources

    • Request and allocate resources

    • Allocate resources based on weighted proficiencies
  • Time and Expense
    • Record time and expenses for project tasks

    • Route time and expense approvals

    • Lock approved timesheet data

    • Capture and report non-billable time and expenses

    • Establish user-defined billable hour maximums

    • Report on missing timesheets

    • Configure alerts for timesheets that are overdue or awaiting approval

    • Define timesheet periods

    • Billable vs. non-billable time tracking
    • Budget and track project chargebacks to sponsoring organizations
  • Microsoft Project and Project Server Integration
    • Synchronized project, task and resource management

    • Integrated OLAP reporting

    • Shared configuration and security administration

    • Configurable field mapping

"As the demand in the marketplace is driving us to bring more products to market faster and faster, the need for extended pools of resources from both inside our company and our external service providers continues to grow. We are looking at the Business Engine Network to provide the ability to reach out to a global marketplace and to enable a more integrated business-to-business working environment."

Guy Chiarello
Managing Director, Technology
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

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