Project Management White Papers and Downloads
This section provides useful project management planning resources, in particular product brochures, datasheets, white papers and guides.
If you would like more information on any of these project management planning documents, please contact us either by email or on 01844 261700.
Brochure: Asta Teamplan Main Product Brochure
Download: Asta Teamplan Main Product Brochure
Datasheet: Maximise On Asta Teamplan With:
| Download: Asta Timesheet | Download: Asta Portfolio Reporter |
| Download: Asta Project Browser | Download: Asta Team Alert |
White Paper: Guidelines For IT Management - Budgeting In A Recovering Economy
In these Guidelines we examine the fundamental economic changes that have affected businesses in the UK since the onset of recession and analyse how they are likely to affect the decision-making landscape faced by IT managers as they prepare next year's IT investment budgets.
Download: Guidelines for IT Management - Budgeting in a recovery economy
To view the full list of guidelines from the National Computing Centre click here
White Paper: Getting Your Head Around Project Portfolio Management
Project Portfolio Management (PPM) means grouping projects so that they can be managed as a portfolio, as an investor would manage his shares, bonds and mutual funds.
Projects do not necessarily share a common objective, yet they may use a common resource pool. Project Portfolio Management differs from programme management which involves managing a series of projects that are all focused on the same strategic, organisational objective.
Download: Getting your head around Project Portfolio Management
White Paper: The Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management
In 2006 Asta Development conducted an industry-wide survey into what the people who manage multiple projects, costs and resources see as the benefits of Project Portfolio Management.
The full results are revealed in our White Paper on the Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management.
Download: The Business Benefits of Project Portfolio Management
White Paper: Key Issues in Managing Consultants' Time
Asta commissioned independent research into the key issues involved in managing consultants' time. The results revealed that the top five issues are:
- The level of accuracy in data reports.
- Meeting target utilisation rates.
- Working out exactly what work consultants have done.
- Under-billing due to not capturing timesheet information correctly.
- Forward-planning the types of people needed to deliver client assignments.
Read the Paper for the full results and analysis of the research findings.
Download: Key Issues in Managing Consultants' Time
White Paper: 10 Steps to Successful Implementation of a Project Portfolio Management Solution
This succinct document gives 10 key steps that should be followed when implementing a Project Portfolio and Resource Management solution, such as Asta Teamplan.
Download: 10 Steps to Successful Implementation of a Project Portfolio Management Solution