Project Management Methods

Do you work according to IPMA (GPM), PMI, Scrum, PRINCE2, Hermes or Automotive SPICE? BCS too!

Projektron BCS shows itself to be an open-method project management software that supports you when working according to recognized project management methods and standards, such as IPMA (GPM), PMI, Scrum, PRINCE2, Automotive SPICE or Hermes. Thanks to individually definable boards, BCS can also be used as Kanban software or Scrumban software. Whether waterfall, classic, agile, hybrid, lean or complex - in BCS you flexibly map your project management method and make every project manager's job easy.


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IPMA/GPM

The project management model of the IPMA (International Project Management Association) comprises three areas of competence that are intended to contribute to successful project management. In Germany, the IPMA is represented by the GPM (German Association for Project Management). With Projektron BCS you cover all the basic requirements and are supported in all phases of project management.

IPMA/GPM with BCS

Project management according to IPMA/GPM with BCS

  • Goal Definition: Use forms in BCS to easily define your specific overall and sub-goals.
  • Goal hierarchy graphic: Keep an eye on all goals thanks to the dynamic goal hierarchy graphic in Projektron BCS.
  • Project environment analysis: BCS supports you with graphical overviews during project environment analysis in project preparation.
  • Stakeholder management: In BCS, you plan the appropriate communication strategy for each stakeholder group in the appropriate martix.
  • Risk management: Plan appropriate countermeasures and let BCS support you in risk management through all project phases.
  • Work breakdown structure: Visualize your project structure in the graphical work breakdown structure or in the clear tree view.
  • Schedule: In the interactive Gantt chart, you can see the critical path, project progress and cross-project dependencies.
  • Resource planning: Projektron BCS reliably shows you any resource conflicts and impending resource bottlenecks. Easily perform resource-based scheduling.
  • Reporting: Generate various project reports quickly and directly with the reporting functions in BCS and send them directly from BCS to PMO or steering committee.
  • Phase Plan: Visualize phase transitions and milestones in the Gantt chart and in your schedules with BCS.
  • Multi-project overview: BCS offers you a control center for your multi-project management, in which you can see at a glance in which phases your projects are currently located.

 

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PRINCE2 with BCS

PRINCE2

The process-based project management method PRINCE2 provides a structured framework for your projects with seven predefined project phases and specific recommendations for action. With the PRINCE2 software Projektron BCS, you can easily map your PRINCE2 processes and support your project teams in standardized, high-quality project work.

PRINCE2 with BCS

  • PRINCE2 Assistant: BCS supports you in all management phases of your PRINCE2 projects.
  • Quality Register: record criteria in the Quality Register and define who is responsible for checking and accepting the quality criteria.
  • Tolerance limits: As project manager, set tolerance limits for project values together with the steering committee and monitor them in the project overview using the tachometer display.
  • Project phases: Create a clear schedule for your PRINCE2 project and define the colors for the phase display yourself.
  • Resource management: Reserve staff capacities for work packages, project phases or your entire PRINCE2 project.
  • Change management: Members of the steering committee can view, review and approve open items with a single click. Escalate approvals and changes to the steering committee on tickets.
  • Business Case: Easily export your entire business case as a report from Projektron BCS.
  • Project Roles: Display fixed project roles in your PRINCE2 project as an organization chart.
  • Graphical network diagram: Visualize predecessor and successor relationships of related products.

 

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Scrum

The agile project management method Scrum is primarily used in the field of software development. We ourselves develop Projektron BCS according to Scrum and map our Scrum projects completely in BCS. From sprint planning to product backlogs and user stories - BCS is your Scrum software and guides you through all the important steps with suitable wizards.

Scrum with BCS

Scrum with BCS

  • Task Overview: Design an effective Daily Scrum with customizable Task Overview and graphically display your sprint progress in the Burndown Chart with Cumulative Flow Diagram.
  • Digital Scrum Board: Move individual activities from the User Stories on the digital Scrum Board with easy drag & drop control.
  • Product Backlog and User Stories: Structure and refine the requirements for your product using the Projektron BCS Product Backlog with epics, user stories and sub-requirements through to activities and acceptance tests.
  • Sprint Planning: Projektron BCS takes the development speed of your team (velocity) and the estimated story points of your user stories into account during sprint planning and informs you of capacity bottlenecks.
  • Sprint Backlog: Drag and drop user stories from the Product Backlog into the corresponding Sprint Backlog.
  • Scrum assistants: suitable assistants accompany you in your Scrum projects and sub-projects, when dealing with individual Scrum structure elements and during Sprint planning.
  • Resource management: reserve staff capacities for individual sprints or ear entire Scrum project.
  • Sprint Calendar: Automatically create regular meetings such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo (Review) or Sprint Retrospective in the Sprint Calendar.
  • Integrated time tracking: let your Scrum team book incurred efforts directly to the processed user stories, subrequirements, activities and acceptance test.
  • Ticket system with Scrum functionality: create a user story directly from a ticket and add it to a product backlog or link tickets to user stories, epics or subrequirements.

 

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Kanban with BCS

Kanban

Which task is pending, how high is the priority of the individual tasks and who is currently working on what? With the Kanban Board and the Kanban software functions in Projektron BCS, you have an overview of all tickets, processors and processing statuses at all times. You can identify impending bottlenecks at an early stage and optimize your work processes in the long term.

Kanban with BCS

  • Visual project management: Use the Kanban method with the Kanban board in BCS to visualize the processing status and organization of tasks in the project or tickets to tasks.
  • Kanban view in "My Area": Get a compact overview of the tasks of a project, their processing status, priority and the processing team already on your personal dashboard.
  • Easy handling: Simply drag and drop your ticket into the next column to change the processing status and the associated responsibility. You can create a new ticket with just one click on the board.
  • Team planning in the Kanban Board: Assign employees to different tasks in seconds via drag-and-drop.
  • Maximum customizable board: Define number and names of your processing statuses and create swimlanes in the Kanban board for internal priority, customer priority or ticket type.
  • Kanban and Scrum: Use the Kanban board in BCS also as a Scrum board or as a Scrumban board to drag and drop Scrum structure elements, e.g. activities from user stories, to change processing status or prioritization.
  • Work-in-progress limits: define WIP limits for tasks and tickets flexibly (upper limit for tickets or tasks of a status) to not overload your team.

 

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HERMES

The open project management method HERMES is used for the standardized and structured implementation of projects in information and communication technology. HERMES Edition 2022 offers five standard scenarios for projects with different characteristics: Service/Product Development, Service/Product Adaptation, IT Development, IT Adaptation and Organizational Adaptation. Do you want to carry out projects according to HERMES? Projektron BCS supports you every step of the way.

HERMES with Projektron BCS

Hermes with BCS

  • Configuration of standard scenarios: Design specific scenarios for your Hermes projects by creating templates for projects. Projektron BCS supports you with a wizard.
  • Milestones as quality gates: Define the phases for your Hermes project centrally and create milestones as quality gates.
  • Assured quality management: Use system-controlled workflows and checklists to support your employees and ensure the quality of the project.
  • Hermes and Scrum: Hermes offers a module for agile development with Scrum. In BCS, you combine both project management methods easily.
  • Uniform role model: Easily create the roles you need for your Hermes project and define the rights for the individual roles specifically.

 

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PMflex mit BCS

PMflex

An increasing number and complexity of projects in public administration require effective project management. PMFlex was developed by the (Large) Project Management Competence Center (CC GroßPM) of the Federal Advisory Center in the Federal Office of Administration. It should meet the needs of public administration, but has also proven itself in other organizations. Projektron BCS fully supports the PMflex method for project management, program management, portfolio management and PMflex Agil to overcome complex challenges and successfully implement projects of various sizes.

PMflex with BCS

  • Life cycle support for the entire PMflex project life cycle: Manage your projects efficiently from initiation to completion with features for goal definition, risk management and resource management to efficiently manage each phase of the project life cycle.
  • Efficient risk management and continuous process optimization: Identify, evaluate and systematically minimize risks and continuously improve your processes through regular reviews.
  • Documentation, templates and collaborative tools: Access centrally stored documents, edit Microsoft Office files in your browser and use reusable templates. Document solutions and promote collaboration within your team.
  • Dynamic resource and role planning: Assign resources dynamically and monitor utilization. With a detailed role and rights concept, you ensure that every role, from product owner to project manager, is clearly defined.
  • Reporting and transparent communication: Create project reports and status updates with a single click. Integrated CRM mail functions and defined viewing rights ensure a controlled flow of information to all stakeholders.
  • Organisational chart and project organisation: visualise the project structure and precisely assign responsibilities to ensure a clear distribution of roles and project organisation.
  • Flexible tailoring and project-related templates: adapt project methods to different project classes and save plans as templates for future-proof standardisation of your processes.
  • Agile method integration with PMflex-Agile: Use agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban boards or hybrid approaches to respond flexibly to project requirements and work iteratively.
  • Adherence to compliance and security requirements: Protect your sensitive data with access controls and encryption to fully meet the security and compliance requirements of your projects.

 

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PM²

Projektron BCS is the ideal software solution for project management based on the PM² methodology, which was developed by the European Commission to ensure standardized and efficient project workflows. PM² is specially designed for public administrations, EU institutions and organizations that carry out EU-funded projects. With customized functions for project, program and portfolio management as well as agile tools for PM² Agile, Projektron BCS helps you to successfully plan, control and monitor your PM² projects.

PM² mit BCS

PM² with BCS

  • Clarity in roles and responsibilities: Define PM² roles such as project manager, client and steering committee with clear access rights and responsibilities.
  • Manage resources in a targeted manner: Plan and manage resource capacities based on PM² guidelines for optimal project utilization and strategic prioritization.
  • Manage stakeholders according to PM² criteria: Use stakeholder registers and communication plans to systematically manage expectations and influencing factors.
  • Support life cycle phases: Accompany your projects through all PM² phases – from initiation and planning to completion – for seamless process monitoring.
  • Tailor project requirements: Flexibly adapt projects to your organization using PM²-compliant templates and customizable wizards.
  • Prioritize portfolios according to PM² standards: Structure projects based on strategic criteria and maximize the benefits of PM² portfolio management.
  • Visualize and prioritize: Use the project portfolio diagram to evaluate and prioritize projects according to strategic direction.
  • Manage programs comprehensively: Implement the PM² program guide for targeted control and monitoring of program progress.
  • PM² Agile in action: Combine agile and classic PM² methods with BCS tools such as Scrum and Kanban boards for flexible project implementation.
  • Stay secure and compliant: Ensure compliance with PM² data protection and compliance standards through detailed access controls and secure data processing.

 

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Automotive SPICE

In the automotive industry, the complexity of projects and products is continuously increasing. The challenges have changed significantly over time. Thus, the development of software-based systems is gaining more and more importance. The Automotive SPICE® process assessment model is used to perform compliant assessments of software process capability in the development of automotive systems in accordance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 33002. With Projektron BCS, you will manage to deliver a high-quality product on time in the face of shorter development cycles, parallel project execution, safety aspects and increasing customer demands.

PMI/PMBOK

The PMI (Project Management Institute) project management model is one of the world's leading project management methods and focuses particularly on processes consisting of inputs, tools, methods and outputs. If you practice project management according to the PMBOK, you are ideally positioned with Projektron BCS and are supported in all phases in project management.

V-model

The V-model is a structured process model for software development and project management that is characterized by its phase-oriented planning and clear documentation requirements. It divides the development process into different phases, starting with the definition of requirements and ending with testing and implementation. With Projektron BCS, the V-model can be effectively implemented by supporting the planning of phases, the management of documentation (such as specifications and requirements), the execution of tests, as well as resource management and progress monitoring. This enables BCS to provide transparent and quality-oriented project management in accordance with the specifications of the V-model.

 

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Thilo Menges

Head of Corporate Development, Medical University of Lusatia - Carl Thiem

"I have found Projektron BCS to be a flexible and methodically supportive tool throughout. The wizards, for example, are methodically supportive, guiding project managers through various processes and pointing out the need for action."

Jörg Klenke

Project Management | PMO, Systemtechnik LEBER GmbH & Co. KG

"Without Projektron BCS as a powerful and open-method project management software, the current project run would not be feasible. Internally, we also maintain a project management manual as a guideline for our project management activities. We have already been able to automate very many of the processes recorded there thanks to BCS."

Eva Klama

Project Management Office, Hörmann KG Antriebstechnik

"We were looking for a software that could be used to map the procedure of our project management guide. With BCS we found a good solution because the software could be flexibly adapted. Today, BCS provides us with a very good overview of our project landscape. Personnel bottlenecks as well as delays in the project are detected very quickly and we can take countermeasures at an early stage. For our project managers, the software is thus a very important tool.“

  

  

Get to know Projektron BCS

Projektron BCS can be used in a variety of ways and is designed to be open to new methods. This is due, on the one hand, to the diverse and flexibly combinable project management and ERP functions and, on the other hand, to the way in which these functions are interlinked. Get to know BCS and take a look at the range of functions and technical aspects.

The project management functions of Projektron BCS at a glance: From project preparation and project planning to resource and capacity planning, project execution and project controlling, BCS supports you in all phases of the project life cycle.

Your software requirements go far beyond the limits of a project management tool? No problem, because BCS stands for Business Coordination Software, has already received several awards as ERP system of the year and supports all business processes and the entire work organization of your company.

Our web-based project management software Projektron BCS stands for versatile interfaces, open standards, maximum customizability and a highly scalable software architecture. Learn more about rights management, customizing options, interfaces and system requirements.

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