Pacific Edge Mariner flexibly combines portfolio, project, resource, demand and financial management to provide complete solutions for Project Portfolio Management (PPM), IT governance and New Product Development (NPD). Unlike other products whose process workflow or bottom-up project management approaches are cumbersome and difficult to implement, Mariner offers a balanced approach that ensures rapid results and sustained incremental value.

Mariner goes beyond efficient project and resource management, helping you to optimize performance, evaluate initiatives based on value and build a sound portfolio of investments. With Portfolio Management at its core, Mariner integrates all of the elements necessary for effective project portfolio management.

The Project Management component of Pacific Edge Mariner provides a consistent, comprehensive approach for initiating project requests, creating project plans, collecting project costs, and tracking time, status and deliverables.

Product Features

• Drag-and-drop task planning — Create and maintain project and task plans using in-grid editing and drag-and-drop Gantt views to schedule tasks, create dependencies and assign resources.
• Threaded discussions — Threaded discussions provide a standardized approach for documenting, assessing, resolving and escalating issues and risks.
• Document management — Document management capabilities ensure key project and program information becomes part of the permanent record. Mariner’s native document management capabilities mean there’s no need to purchase another third-party solution.
• Resource planning and timesheets — Resource planning views help project managers find the best available resources. Integrated time tracking allows project managers to update their task plans instantly with approved timesheet data, saving time and improving accuracy at the task level.

Key Benefits

• Enhance on-time, on-budget delivery — Mariner enhances on-time, on-budget delivery through increased visibility at all stages and more consistent execution of standard project management processes.
• Improve estimates and forecasts — Shared visibility via a central repository means past project data, templates and best practices can be used to create more accurate estimates and forecasts.
• Reduce risk — Visibility ensures management can assess and address project risk at the portfolio level. Integrated issue and risk management tools help project teams manage risk at the project level.

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