Telecommunications carriers are expanding their bandwidths by deploying new technologies which in turn fuel growth in business information technology and consumer applications. Changes in the regulatory environment now allow competition among once disparate companies making bottom line performance more important than ever.

The service industry, often exclusively dependent on high-quality individuals to provide services, faces increasing pressure to lower the cost of goods sold. Without the technology, product simplification and other cost-lowering mechanisms available to the manufacturing industries, accurate knowledge of all costs is crucial to effective bottom line management. Government Contractors face the additional requirement to provide timely Earned Value Management System (EVMS) data to their customers.

Public Sector entities face new and ever more complex challenges in serving their constituencies. Presented with tight funding constraints and mandates for higher service levels, managers are embracing new technologies to enable the delivery of services in a more efficient and cost effective manner. Public works projects require world class project management practices from planning and scheduling through to execution and sustainment.