Category: In the Press

From postbox to poster child: the PMO’s evolution

Too often, PMOs are seen as administrative postboxes focused on governance and compliance. Speaking at the recent PMO Forum hosted by Project Portfolio Office, Leon Naudé, head of strategy execution and delivery at SBV, urged PMO leaders to evolve from project management to value management by aligning projects to strategy, measuring success through business impact and benefits realised, and empowering teams to drive outcomes—transforming PMOs from governance enforcers into strategic partners that deliver real organisational value.

GEN2 set to drive digital transformation across Africa through PPO’s best-in-class PPM offering

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GEN2 Enterprise Software has joined Project Portfolio Office’s Partner Programme, marking a strategic alliance to drive digital transformation through smarter project portfolio management (PPM). As both a PPO implementation partner and user, GEN2 brings hands-on expertise and deep product knowledge to support clients in achieving project success. By leveraging PPO’s scalable, cloud-based platform, GEN2 helps organisations across sectors digitise, govern, and optimise their transformation journeys.

Avec heeds own project delivery advice, with the rollout of PPO’s project and portfolio management (PPM) tool

Australia-based specialist IT delivery company, Avec, has proven that actions are indeed louder than words by taking its own project-related advice and implementing Project Portfolio Office’s project and portfolio management (PPM) solution, PPO.

Iterative multi-country PPO rollout at Momentum Metropolitan Africa results in significant gains for PMO

Momentum Metropolitan Africa, a South African-based financial services group, has successfully implemented Project Portfolio Office’s project and portfolio management (PPM) solution, across five African countries, including Namibia, Botswana, Ghana, Lesotho and Mozambique, and the South African base office.

Nampak automates project and portfolio management activities, tightens control over project demand and resource management

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Nampak, Africa’s leading diversified packaging company, producing packaging in glass, paper, metals and plastic, has accelerated its project management office’s (PMO) efficiency and productivity by making Project Portfolio Office’s project and portfolio management (PPM) solution, PPO, its essential tool for project portfolio management.

Central Bank of Lesotho crowned as first local PMO of the Year winner

The project management office (PMO) of the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL), a statutory organisation fully owned by the Government of Lesotho, yet which enjoys relative independence in formulating and implementing monetary policy, has been named as first-ever PMO of the Year for the country.

SA PMO Award runner-up sees cost savings, a boost in project delivery and automation of manual capabilities in the PMO

The project management office (PMO) of leading financial services group, PSG, has driven tremendous value across the group since it centralised project management delivery across its three operating divisions, namely PSG Wealth, PSG Asset Management and PSG Insure.

Key trends and considerations for today’s PMO success

Project management offices (PMOs) are evolving, and significant shifts have taken place, more specifically over the past two years for clear reasons. However, with the 2022 PMO Outlook Report finding that 71 percent of projects are not very well aligned with strategic business priorities, PMO leaders and executives are under more pressure than ever to … Continue reading

Local PMO Forum events return to provide PMO leaders and execs with industry insights

Project Management South Africa (PMSA), with the support of Project Portfolio Office, a project and portfolio management (PPM) tool and solutions provider that is committed to growing the project management profession, has officially kicked off its Gauteng and Western Cape PMO Forums again for the first time since COVID-19 closed down face-to-face events in early 2020.

Taxi Recapitalisation South Africa improves project transparency, resource allocation and reporting with PPM tool

Taxi Recapitalisation South Africa (TRSA), the trading entity implementing the Revised Taxi Recapitalisation Programme (RTRP), has seen positive results when it comes to workflow, timesheet management and reporting within its programme management office (PMO), since officially rolling out Project Portfolio Office’s secure, cloud-based project portfolio management (PPM) tool, PPO, earlier this year.