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PPO refreshes Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s project portfolio management framework

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has kicked off the roll out of Project Portfolio Office’s PPO, a locally developed, secure, cloud-based project portfolio management application, in order to help the operation realise project value as quickly as possible. CCBA began operations in July 2016 whenThe Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller plc and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI), majority shareholders in … Continue reading "PPO refreshes Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s project portfolio management framework"

5 Things That You Need to Stop Doing as a Project Manager

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Newsflash...there are some things we are doing as project managers that are wrong. Just wrong. They seem logical. Everyone does these things, right? We are expected to do these things...accommodate everyone...play nice with management. Think again. Project success depends heavily on your customer's perception of the project and outcome. Always keep that in mind...and read … Continue reading "5 Things That You Need to Stop Doing as a Project Manager"

UCT Properties & Services division sees a new level of project management with PPO

Founded in 1829, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has a proud tradition of academic excellence and effecting social change and development. The university employs more than 5,000 staff members across six faculties, including Engineering and the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Science, Commerce, Law and Humanities and the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED), as … Continue reading "UCT Properties & Services division sees a new level of project management with PPO"

More, more, more….ok

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It seems like when it comes to the number of data fields that are available on PPO, our clients are always demanding more.  Over the years we have steadily increased this limit but it seems like it’s just never enough, especially in certain edge cases. Well, we have some good news! We are pleased to … Continue reading "More, more, more….ok"

4 Secrets to the Best Project Plan Possible

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Statement of work.  Project budget.  Project resource plan.  Project charter.  Project communication plan.  Project schedule.  Project test plan.  Project implementation plan.  Technical project documents like the functional design document and technical design document.  All of these are put in place just to make the project manager’s life very complicated.  That isn’t true, of course, but … Continue reading "4 Secrets to the Best Project Plan Possible"

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"

PBT Group sees enhanced decision making and project visibility with PPO’s project management tool

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Provider of business intelligence (BI) and information management services, PBT Group’s MEA Business Unit benefitted greatly through improved decision making; thanks to the implementation of PPO, Project Portfolio Office’s secure cloud-based project portfolio management (PPM) application. According to Andreas Bartsch, programme manager at PBT, following PPO’s project management tool phase one implementation mid-2016, the company … Continue reading “PBT Group sees enhanced decision making and project visibility with PPO’s project management tool”