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Author: Tarryn-Leigh Frans

Tarryn-Leigh is the Marketing Manager at PPO. She is enthusiastic about business improvement and is keen to share information and influence change. In her free time, she loves traveling, reading, and spending time with her husband and dogs.

Missing Interaction, Us Too … But We Are Ready To Help!

Purple line drawing of a person with a headset and microphone, surrounded by arrows, a phone receiver, and a speech bubble, symbolizing PPO Live Chat Support or call center communication.

Visitors to the Project Portfolio Office web site may already be familiar with our purple Live Chat bubble, lower right hand corner of their screens, but for those of you that haven’t, don’t fret, we are introducing our Live Chat directly in PPO!

PG Group partners with PPO, retires Excel spreadsheets to automate project and portfolio status reporting

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PG Group produces, distributes and installs automotive glass, building glass, aluminium frames and window film solutions. For more than 120 years, they have been the name for glass in Southern Africa and has since grown to become a significant worldwide player. Their mission is driven by its commitment to excellence and want to make a difference in their customer’s lives by solving glass problems with real care.

Keep your time spent on editing project, programme and employee information to a minimum with multiple edit!

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For project management office (PMO) resources, your most important commodity is time. This means that you need your project management tool to make it as simple as possible for you to update, consolidate and report on the project portfolio. Knowing that PMO resources are always looking for ways to reduce the time spent on administrative … Continue reading "Keep your time spent on editing project, programme and employee information to a minimum with multiple edit!"

iDtek Security Systems implements PPO to support their project management service offering

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Head quartered in Johannesburg and with a branch in Cape Town, IDtek participates in medium to large electronic security, fire and building management projects anywhere in the African region. Specialising in security, fire and facility management related projects; from pre-commencement to completion, the Cape Town office needed an easy-to-use project management system to provide more … Continue reading "iDtek Security Systems implements PPO to support their project management service offering"

Gauteng’s Department of Human Settlements shifts focus by implementing PPO for faster project delivery

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The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (DHS) is a South African government department responsible for the provision and facilitation of sustainable housing for all citizens of the country. Under the guidance of TIPP Focus, consulting and solutions service provider, PPO was selected to create visibility of the project portfolio and facilitate real-time access to project … Continue reading “Gauteng’s Department of Human Settlements shifts focus by implementing PPO for faster project delivery”

Santam’s Technical Training Department chooses PPO to reduce time spent on manual reporting & consolidation

Santam’s Technical Training Department chooses PPO's project management application
Santam is South Africa’s leading short-term insurer recognised locally and internationally for innovation and excellence and currently holds a local market share of 23%. The Technical Training Department is not the traditional Project Management Office (PMO) environment and is made up of accidental project managers. One of the key responsibilities of this team is research … Continue reading "Santam’s Technical Training Department chooses PPO to reduce time spent on manual reporting & consolidation"