SMARTSHEET PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Control Center Quick Start 

Control Center Quick Start is the fastest way to get your organization up and running on Control Center, a powerful Smartsheet Advance capability for project and portfolio management. With this Professional Services package, get started with a preconfigured blueprint deployed instantaneously.  To ensure you’re getting the most out of your blueprint, our expert product trainers will guide you on how to maintain, evolve, and add to your blueprint as your project progresses. 

Contact us

Who is the package for?

For businesses to easily get started using Control Center and manage projects at scale. 

For growing companies that need to manage & standardize multiple, repeatable projects. 

Benefits 

  • Go live with fixed fees and no surprise costs.
  • Get a head start on using Control Center for project & portfolio management with confidence. 
  • Curated enablement & 1:1 coaching.  
  • Maintain and evolve project blueprints, and add assets at your own pace.

This package includes:

Rapid Solution Activation

  • Rapid deployment of a single, standardized Control Center blueprint. 
  • Fully-automated, pre-configured solution for project lifecycle management, from managing project requests to provisioning new projects, with real-time reports and dashboards, and ability to manage change across your entire portfolio. 
  • Best-practice, solution-specific administration documentation on your blueprint.

Expert training & enablement

  • Up to 3 one-on-one sessions on how to maintain and manage your blueprint, led by an expert product trainer. 
  • On-demand, self-paced training on the purchased blueprint.
  • Access to Smartsheet University eLearning “Smartsheet Core App” path (up to 10 people).

Solution growth recommendations

Recommendations for customers to explore after they have gone live with their blueprint to better grow and utilize the Smartsheet platform to its fullest potential.

 

What does this solution look like?

Quick Start Blueprint Solution Diagram

Control Center Quick Start Blueprint

Blueprint components

Intake

Sheet

  • Project Intake Sheet

Project Toolkit

Sheet(s)

  • Schedule
  • Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions (RAID) Log
  • Budget Tracker 
  • Metadata
     

Report(s)

  • Late Tasks
  • Milestone Overview
  • Open RAID Items
  • Backlogged RAID Items
  • Budget Breakdown
  • Budget Overview
  • Approved Spend
     

Dashboard

  • Project Dashboard

Portfolio Toolkit

Sheet(s)

  • Project Summary
  • Portfolio Metrics
     

Report(s)

  • Budget by Project Type
  • Open High Priority RAID Items
  • Project Budget Breakdown
  • Project Overview
  • Project Category Breakdown
  • Project Type Breakdown
     

Dashboard(s)

  • Portfolio Dashboard

Blueprint Landing Page Toolkit

Report(s)

  • Active Projects List
  • My RAID Items
  • My Tasks
     

Dashboard(s)

  • Landing Page

Portfolio WorkApp

Requires Enterprise Licenses and/or WorkApps Collab Package

Persona(s)

  • Project Manager
  • Project Team
  • Project Sponsor

Control Center Assets

  • 1 x Pre-set Control Center Program Configuration
  • 1 x Pre-set Control Center Blueprint Configuration
  • 1 x Configuration Sheet

Engagement objectives and activities

Engagement initiation

  • Kickoff Engagement 
  • Delivery of Certification exam redemption code

Foundational Smartsheet Training

  • Smartsheet Core App eLearning Path
  • One-on-one session with your product trainer (up to 1 hour)

Quick Start Blueprint Training

  • Introduction to your Blueprint
  • Quick Start Blueprint Admin Training
  • Adding a new Asset to the Blueprint
  • One-on-one session with your product trainer (up to 2 hours)
  • Delivery of standardized admin documentation

Closure

Next step recommendations for Blueprint management & additional training options:

  • Advance Capabilities eLearning (if applicable)
  • Control Center Blueprint Best Practices

The Smartsheet Professional Services difference

Return on your investment

Uncover ways to get more return out of our technology investment. 

In-depth platform expertise

Our services combine best-in-class advisory support with in-depth platform expertise and a proven proprietary methodology.

Proven expertise

Industry-leading 4.7 CSAT score and 15,000 successful engagements across the globe. 

Faster adoption

Enable end users on business critical solutions quickly and effectively. 

Our approach

Guided by thousands of implementations and a proprietary IP, our Professional Services deployment methodology enables our teams to expedite identifying your work management challenges and deliver solutions for your unique environment. 

Learn more about Professional Services at Smartsheet