<s>
VPMi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
suite	O
of	O
Project	O
Portfolio	O
Management	B-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
by	O
companies	O
to	O
gain	O
visibility	O
into	O
their	O
project	O
portfolio	O
to	O
manage	O
schedules	O
,	O
budgets	O
,	O
scope	O
,	O
alignment	O
with	O
strategies	O
,	O
balanced	O
scorecard	O
,	O
resources	O
and	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VPMi	B-Application
suite	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
help	O
prevent	O
miscommunication	O
between	O
business	O
units	O
and	O
IT	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VPMi	B-Application
suite	O
originally	O
comprised	O
two	O
software	O
tools	O
,	O
VPMi	B-Application
Professional	O
and	O
VPMi	B-Application
Express	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
these	O
applications	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
application	O
simply	O
called	O
VPMi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
VPMi	B-Application
Professional	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
of	O
VPMi	B-Application
,	O
version	O
5.1.18686	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
project	I-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
VPMi	B-Application
can	O
be	O
delivered	O
as	O
both	O
a	O
software	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
model	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
through	O
a	O
local	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
on	O
every	O
second	O
friday	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
VSConline	O
publishes	O
patches	O
and	O
release	O
updates	O
for	O
VPMi	B-Application
every	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
's	O
version	O
number	O
changed	O
from	O
5.0.x	O
to	O
5.1.x	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Workplan	O
Gantt	B-Application
Editor	O
in	O
January	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Workplan	O
Gantt	B-Application
Editor	O
:	O
Create	O
Workplans	O
via	O
a	O
browser	O
with	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
simplicity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prominent	O
feature	O
in	O
version	O
5.1	O
is	O
the	O
workplan	O
gantt	B-Application
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
contains	O
two	O
sides	O
,	O
a	O
workplan	O
side	O
(	O
see	O
above	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
gantt	B-Application
side	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
gantt	B-Application
in	O
VPMi	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Workplan	O
Gantt	B-Application
Editor	O
lines	O
up	O
work-plan	O
rows	O
with	O
gantt	B-Application
rows	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
relationships	O
easier	O
to	O
see	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
has	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
dashboards	O
that	O
quickly	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
at	O
a	O
glance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dashboards	O
also	O
link	O
to	O
full	O
records	O
within	O
VPMi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
the	O
following	O
dashboards	O
in	O
VPMi	B-Application
:	O
My	O
Home	O
,	O
My	O
Resources	O
,	O
My	O
Projects	O
,	O
My	O
Organizations	O
,	O
My	O
Reports	O
,	O
My	O
Calendar	O
,	O
Organization	O
,	O
Project	O
,	O
and	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Projects	O
can	O
be	O
managed	O
entirely	O
within	O
VPMi	B-Application
,	O
or	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
(	O
MSP	O
)	O
integration	O
allowing	O
Project	O
Managers	O
to	O
upload	O
and	O
sync	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
Plans	O
,	O
managing	O
their	O
projects	O
in	O
a	O
tool	O
they	O
may	O
already	O
be	O
familiar	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
directly	O
to	O
manage	O
workplans	O
in	O
a	O
browser-based	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
called	O
the	O
Workplan	O
Gantt	B-Application
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
VPMi	B-Application
has	O
built	O
in	O
templating	O
,	O
allowing	O
PMs	O
to	O
define	O
a	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
template	O
,	O
then	O
apply	O
that	O
template	O
to	O
new	O
projects	O
,	O
populating	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
appropriate	O
settings	O
and	O
workplan	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
allows	O
feedback	O
to	O
be	O
requested	O
from	O
project	O
team	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
tracks	O
three	O
kinds	O
of	O
workplan	O
items	O
:	O
Tasks	O
,	O
Deliverables	O
,	O
and	O
Milestones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
tracks	O
five	O
types	O
of	O
logs	O
:	O
Action	O
Items	O
,	O
Change	O
Requests	O
,	O
Risks	O
,	O
Issues	O
,	O
and	O
Support	O
Logs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
allows	O
feedback	O
to	O
be	O
requested	O
from	O
program	O
team	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
pre-built	O
reports	O
that	O
generate	O
useful	O
metrics	O
about	O
items	O
within	O
VPMi	B-Application
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
to	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
format	O
(	O
Excel	B-Application
or	O
Word	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
these	O
pre-built	O
reports	O
,	O
VPMi	B-Application
offers	O
the	O
Ad	O
Hoc	O
Report	O
Writer	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
reports	O
using	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
track	O
time	O
to	O
any	O
item	O
through	O
assignments	O
and	O
time	O
tracking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
VPMi	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
reporting	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
time	O
entry	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
tracks	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
financial	O
indicators	O
,	O
including	O
labor	O
costs	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
three	O
kinds	O
of	O
labor	O
forecasting	O
sources	O
:	O
workplan	O
,	O
team	O
and	O
resource	O
plan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
breaks	O
these	O
down	O
into	O
labor	O
and	O
non-labor	O
costs	O
,	O
breaking	O
it	O
out	O
into	O
actuals	O
,	O
planned	O
,	O
baselined	O
and	O
budgeted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
VPMi	B-Application
can	O
track	O
and	O
forecast	O
expenses	O
for	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPMi	B-Application
's	O
user	O
management	O
tracks	O
roles	O
and	O
skills	O
for	O
all	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
Glossary	O
:	O
Extensive	O
generated	O
by	O
HelpNDoc	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Document	O
Management	O
:	O
VPMi	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
attaching	O
of	O
various	O
document	O
types	O
to	O
items	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
downloaded	O
by	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
