Leicestershire County Council appoints Corporate Project Solutions for Microsoft Project Management Implementation

- Enterprise Project Management software aims to boost resource efficiency -

20 August 2009: – Corporate Project Solutions, one of the UK’s leading project implementation specialists, has been appointed by Leicestershire County Council (LCC) to roll out the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management 2007 toolset after a competitive tender process. The Leicestershire Council IT department has a requirement to implement a tailored, structured system of processes and technology to facilitate pipeline management, timesheets for progress collection and resource management.

Leicestershire County Council needed a system that was capable of providing as much information and insight as possible regarding the Council’s resources to ensure optimum utilisation and efficiency throughout the organisation. By gaining better visibility of resource deployment, Leicestershire County Council will now be able to carry out accurate forecasting, scheduling, modelling and reporting.

Louise Russell, Project Manager at Leicestershire County Council comments: “CPS are acknowledged Microsoft EPM experts with extensive experience working with Local and Central Government organisations. The CPS team have worked closely with us to fully understand our business needs, and have presented a solution that will enable us to achieve our aims.”

Adrian Shaw, Lead Consultant at Corporate Project Solutions explains: “Our aim is to provide LCC with a complete end-to-end solution that starts with a pilot and runs through to full training of staff in both the implemented technology and the surrounding processes. As pressure increases on County Councils to perform with trimmed down resources the need to streamline and improve efficiency has moved up the agenda. The Microsoft EPM solution will help LCC significantly improve performance and make the most of its key resources.”

The Microsoft EPM implementation will be flexible and scalable to adapt to the Council’s future changing requirements.

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About Leicestershire County Council

In 2009, for the fifth year running, Leicestershire County Council has been rated a top council.

Leicestershire received the highest possible score – four stars – and is classed as an authority that is “improving strongly”, according to the Audit Commission.

In March 2009 Leicestershire County Council was named as Council of the Year 2009 in the prestigious LGC national awards, the first time a County Council has won this accolade.

Serving a growing population of around 633,000, the Council provides a wide range of services including

· Schools

· Community Education

· Social Services

· Highways Construction and Maintenance

· Public Transport Co-ordination

· Community Planning

· Waste Management

· Environment and Sustainable Development

· Libraries and Information

· Museums and Records Office

· Trading Standards

· Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths

Leicestershire County Council employs around 20,000 staff and spending in 2009/10 (excluding schools funded by direct government grant of £335m) is planned to be £326m.

About Corporate Project Solutions

Corporate Project Solutions partners with organisations to bring demonstrable improvements to their project and business performance through the provision of Portfolio, Programme and Project Management consultancy, the delivery of tailored training, the supply of talented resources and the implementation of the appropriate, class-leading Microsoft EPM and SharePoint technologies.

As a full-service consultancy and one of the UK’s leading implementation specialists, CPS can provide organisations with a complete end-to-end solution delivered on time and on budget. With over fourteen years experience and a client list of more than 300 of the world’s most successful companies, CPS manages all projects in-line with Best Practice methodologies to deliver consistent and repeatable results.

Corporate Project Solutions

Web: www.cps.co.uk Tel: 01628 895600 Email: solutions {at} cps.co(.)uk