IT Projects: Front-End-Load Software Service ...

Software service augments enterprise project management tools to support the front-end-load (FEL) of IT projects: estimates, resource plans, and schedules. ...

... "SCOPE iT Inc., a provider of IT project planning software services, today announced the latest version of its flagship product, SCOPE iT v.5. SCOPE iT is a web-based software service that helps CIOs and CFOs develop more accurate IT project plans, including cost estimates, resource requirements and time schedules. According to the 2004 Standish Group Chaos Report, $55 million annually is wasted on failed IT projects, which represents 22 percent of an average organization’s IT project budget. SCOPE iT is designed to reduce that number and can help double an organization’s project success rate, saving up to 10 percent or more of its IT project budget, while improving compliance with governance initiatives and frameworks such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ITIL, CMMI, COBIT and Six Sigma.

This latest version of SCOPE iT – v.5 – provides important up-front project planning capabilities – including estimating, forecasting, resourcing, scoping and scheduling – that complement project management and PPM applications. SCOPE iT v.5 includes a number of new features tailored toward large enterprise organizations, including support for project portfolios, user definable cost categories and enhanced management, organization and customization capabilities. " ...

IT Projects: Front-End-Load Software Service: Via ScopeIT: SCOPE IT INC. INTRODUCES NEW IT PROJECT PLANNING SOFTWARE SERVICE: SCOPE iT v.5 Provides Expanded Capabilities To Increase IT Governance Success ...