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The new MS Project 2010
1992
Establishment of Campana & Schott GbR by Christophe Campana & Eric Schott (2 employees)
1993
For the first time, C&S carries out a comprehensive company reorganisation for a customer under the motto “on the way to a project-oriented company”
1994
C&S realises a company-wide IT solution for multi-project management for the first time (4 employees)
1995
C&S changes its name to: "Campana & Schott Realisierungsmanagement GmbH"
1996
C&S headquarters is moved to Frankfurt/Main (6 employees)
CS becomes a Microsoft Certified Partner
1997
C&S launches first software-products for IT-supported PM: ProDB, ProPos, ProCon… (8 employees)
1998
C&S works in international projects in Switzerland and Spain for the first time (12 employees)
1999
Lead-up to a success series: "In Focus: Project Office" in Würzburg, first Campana & Schott expert conference in cooperation with the PM Institute and GPM
2000
C&S intensifies the work with the universities of Karlsruhe, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, etc. (20 employees)
Development of an in-house employee training system at C&S: first edition of the C&S training catalogue
C&S implements the “MS Project Central Server” for the first time in Europe
A great tradition begins: C&S organises its first company trip to Ibiza
C&S is significantly involved in the conception and organisation of the first “MS Project User Conference” in Germany
C&S now with its own stand at the CeBIT
2001
First C&S branch: "Campana & Schott Munich" (38 employees)
A systematic development and career path is defined for the C&S consultant area.
C&S grows and occupies additional space in Frankfurt (including its own office for software development)
1st internal reorganisation of the C&S consultant division: regionalisation
C&S website re-launch
C&S establishes a strategic alliance with Microsoft and becomes a "Premier Microsoft Project Partner"
For the first time, C&S carries out a comprehensive process optimisation for a customer (“annual budget and investment planning”)
For the first time, C&S brings Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server to clientele in the aviation industry
2002
In-house employee development system is initiated (50 employees)
First edition of "PM-Update", the C&S newsletter
Launch: Release 1.0 of “CS Project Portal", a C&S software product (current release version: 6.0)
C&S becomes the MS Project Server market leader in the German-speaking countries
C&S consultants are systematically certified as "Project Management Professionals" (PMP) as per PMI
2003
2nd internal reorganisation of the C&S consultant division: profit centres are established (65 employees)
C&S opens "Campana & Schott Vienna" office
C&S adopts a new corporate design
C&S is the first opinion leader in Europe to position the new "project portfolio management" trend with conferences and publications
C&S becomes a founding member of the "Microsoft EPM Partner Advisory Council"
C&S opens "Campana & Schott Berlin" office
C&S now works regularly in international projects in England, France, Benelux, etc.
C&S becomes a Microsoft Gold Partner
2004
C&S becomes "SAP Service Partner" (70 employees)
C&S moves into new offices in Frankfurt/Main, tripling its office space
Firstly, C&S becomes "PMI Gold sponsor"
C&S is reorganised as a company group: "C&S-Unternehmensgruppe" is created (70 employees)
C&S establishes itself as a "PM opinion leader“ in German-speaking countries
2005
In the meantime, the "C&S informal chats“ on current PM topics take place regularly and throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland
C&S establishes itself as the opinion leader in the field of strategic project management and releases “Strategic Project Management”, published by Springer Verlag
Launch of Release 1.0 of C&S software product "CS Connect" (current version: 3.6)
Half of the DAX-listed companies are C&S customers
C&S opens "Campana & Schott Zurich" office (100 employees)
2006
3rd internal reorganisation of the C&S consultant division: “Service Lines” (business areas) are established
Systematisation of research and development at C&S: "Technology Board" and "Product Board" are established
C&S launches "CaeSar", an in-house MS Office SharePoint Server-based portal
Supervision and management for large projects are bundled to form a separate Service Line under the name of “Project Management Services”
Founding of “Campana & Schott Realisierungsmanagement Schweiz AG”
C&S opens a new business field: "Business Intelligence"
2007
Launch of “Integrated PM trainings” (processes, methods, tools) (122 employees)
For a global customer, a PM Office is staffed with 10 C&S consultants (active worldwide) - a new record for C&S
C&S opens a new business field: “Business Process Automation”
C&S opens "Campana & Schott Cologne" office
Above-average increase in the number of BI projects
First global deployment of a business application in MS SharePoint Server (“Project Team Workspace”) for a major corporation
2008
Renewed expansion of C&S office space in Frankfurt/Main: Service Lines CSS and CSD move into their own offices (150 employees)
C&S main sponsor of the German Project Management Forum for the third time
C&S introduces an employee participation model for executives
C&S becomes a Microsoft ECM Inner Circle Partner
Launch of Campana & Schott’s new Internet presence and new corporate design
Along with the MS Project Server, C&S has now been increasingly integrating MS SharePoint Server with SAP
C&S moves into its new offices in Berlin, tripling its office space
C&S opens "Campana & Schott Paris" office
The amount of SharePoint projects is growing beyond expectations
2009
MS SharePoint Server has been spreading rapidly in all C&S fields: CaeSar (C&S Intranet portal) contains in the meantime >15 applications, >40 blogs, >180 team areas, >120,000 documents
Founding of “Campana & Schott France S.A.R.L.”
First pro bono project with the University of Karlsruhe successfully concluded: C&S is coaching fledgling consultants for social projects
The C&S consultant forum (monthly lecturing event, including a regular get-together) for advanced training and an exchange on projects takes place the 100th time
The number of official certifications of C&S Consultants (Microsoft, SAP, PMI, IPMA, ITIL, SixSigma …) exceeds the benchmark of 75 for the first time
C&S expands its Eastern European business via its Austrian subsidiary
C&S broadens its recruiting through an innovative cooperation with several student consultancies
C&S optimises its business processes in the area of ideas management and innovation management on the basis of SharePoint
2010
C&S successfully concludes its 50th customer project with MS SharePoint Server
C&S becomes one of only 20 "EPG Managed Alliance Partners" of Microsoft
Opening of the "Campana & Schott Hamburg" and "Campana & Schott Stuttgart" branch offices (170 employees)
C&S defies the economic crisis, realising the best result in the company’s history in 2009
Business expansion: C&S supports the introduction of Microsoft Project solutions for INNEO customers
C&S provides an upgraded service offering in the area of post merger integration
Strategic partnership: C&S is active in England and supports the introduction of SAP-based solutions for customers in conjunction with its partner company CPS
The 200th Fireside Chat takes place—the renowned experts Prof. Gemünden and Prof. Hobbs hold lectures on the latest PMO developments
The Benelux region becomes an autonomous sales area for C&S
2011
C&S have certified themselves for the "Project and Portfolio Management" and "Portals and Collaboration" Microsoft Gold competencies as well as the "Independent Software Vendor (ISV)" Silver competency.
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