Accolade Projects Overview

What is Accolade Projects?

Accolade Projects empowers product and innovation teams to deliver successful projects on time and within budget. Whether they're tracking technical risks, monitoring budget forecasts, or ensuring that tasks stay on track, Accolade Projects gives teams the clarity and control they need to execute their innovative ideas. It is a command center for Project Management Offices. It provides informed decision-making throughout the entire project life-cycle.

Who benefits from Accolade Projects?

  • Project Managers

    Project managers often juggle limited budgets and personnel. Making the most of these resources while ensuring quality output requires keen planning and adaptability. With Accolade Projects, project managers can:

    • Quickly create projects using templates

    • Align project tasks to the available resources

    • Monitor real-time project health

    • Generate and share customizable status reports

    • Provide visibility into project risks and issues

    • Track and report on project spending

  • PMO Teams

    PMO (Project Management Office) and governance teams often function as the "auditors" within the enterprise project management framework. PMOs need to effectively communicate their impact on project success and show tangible results to earn lasting support. With Accolade Projects, PMO teams can:

    • Efficiently allocate and manage resources across the entire project portfolio

    • Effectively govern the project lifecycle using a visual workflow

    • Combine the workflow with real-time information to orchestrate and make critical decisions

    • Support the finance department by using the out-of-box CapEx reporting tool

    • Get online access to business cases and charters

    • Bring processes to life through system-enabled governance

    • Increase organizational maturity over time

  • Finance Leaders

    Accolade Projects provides real-time access to project financials, enabling finance leaders to make informed decisions on investments—and prepare accurate financial forecasts. With Accolade Projects, finance leaders can:

    • Accrue and view spending as it happens

    • Get a real-time view of planned versus actual costs

    • Easily align projects with strategic goals

    • Increase transparency on critical projects

    • Improve project budgeting and capital planning

    • Enable reporting on CapEx spending

  • All Project Resources

    The individual contributors who are working on projects in Accolade Projects can:

    • See all assignments in one place

    • Track and report on all accomplishments

    • Get integrated status reporting and time tracking

    • Collaborate with managers on estimates

    • Update project statuses with a single click