Polycom^® Project Management Solutions

Collaborative Project Management

Collaboration solutions help streamline any project—from product development to course preparation to event planning to construction. Looking specifically at the product development process as just one example, the benefits of collaboration solutions become obvious. In each product development "stage" or "gate," Polycom solutions help to reduce project time frames. The end result is enhanced communication and shorter project times (reduced time-to-market).

Stage 1: Product Definition
Marketing teams and engineers can visually collaborate on product ideas in real time, independent of geographical location.

Stage 2: Engineering Design/Test
Engineers can hold video-based calls daily—either individually or as a team—to expedite product design.

Stage 3: Product Release
Launch plan coordination times can be reduced using collaboration solutions.

Stage 4: Life Cycle Management
Product information updates can be disseminated to the field via live, streamed, or recorded video.

Polycom Voice Solutions – For enterprises, IP telephony allows high-quality, reliable communications between global offices at a fraction of the cost of traditional analog lines. HD Voice also helps with global project development issues like cultural differences, and language barriers. The ability to be heard clearly and concisely is key to ensuring accuracy and comprehension.

Operational Video – A manufacturing floor is a dynamic environment. The need for mobility is obvious for both voice and video. In the case of equipment failure and alarm notification, a technician equipped with a wireless video-conferencing system can transmit video images of the defective equipment to remote support personnel. These remote experts can assist in the repair process by identifying the problem, making recommendations, and, if needed, walking the technician through the entire repair process. A mobile video-conferencing unit could be also be used to facilitate interactive discussions with line personnel and engineering directly on the manufacturing floor to discuss new designs or build processes in real time.

Polycom Telepresence Solutions – Polycom's complete portfolio of high definition telepresence solutions ranging from personal telepresence solutions to immersive telepresence solutions are ideal for a number of project management functions including design reviews, quality assurance, and new product training. Further, Polycom Loss Packet Recovery™ and H.264 High Profile technologies optimize image quality at lower costs and even in low-bandwidth areas.

Polycom Security and Remote Access – The Polycom Video Border Proxy™ (VBP™) NAT/firewall traversal solutions remove communication barriers and allow teams to collaborate more effectively over video. Supplanting or integrating with existing firewalls to provide a trusted route for remote users into room and personal telepresence and traditional video conferences, the Polycom VBP series also optimizes video quality by prioritizing video traffic over data traffic and providing both shortest-path routing and traffic shaping. Ideal for dispersed development teams, with outside consultants, developers, partners, and suppliers.

Polycom Infrastructure Solutions – The Designed to increase user adoption of video collaboration tools and maximize ROI, Polycom conference platforms deliver unmatched performance, flexible resource optimization, and high quality user experiences to all parts of your organization. For HR applications where large numbers of people need to connect at one time, a solid infrastructure and bridging solution is essential. Recording and archiving options help distribute communications more widely and can help meet compliance needs for certain industries.

Polycom Recording and Streaming Solutions – Polycom Recording and Streaming solutions enable project development teams organizations to create, manage, and deliver real-time and multiple types of content to browsers, desktops, conference rooms, auditoriums, and more. This enables a comprehensive and visually compelling communication strategy that spans executive and corporate communications, training, and shared knowledge across the organization. Meetings on product design, customer focus groups, or new product training can be recorded and shared enterprise-wide.

Polycom Professional and Support Services – As investments in IT resources decline, internal staff are often faced with shortages in bandwidth and/or technology-specific expertise. In addition, geographically dispersed collaboration solutions make it difficult to effectively deploy and support these technologies. By utilizing Polycom's global network of industry and technology experts, financial institutions receive assistance with the assessment, planning, implementation, and support of new technology, at a fraction of the cost of additional, internal headcount.