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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”

3 Things Great Project Management Offices Do Differently For Awesome Customer Experiences

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When considering the mandate of traditional project management offices (PMOs), the territory of customer service and thus a great customer experience (CX) is usually left uncharted. The week leading up to the latest instalment of the PMO Forum (a special interest group for PMO Leaders and Executives, endorsed by Project Management South Africa and sponsored … Continue reading "3 Things Great Project Management Offices Do Differently For Awesome Customer Experiences"

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"

The things I’ve learnt on-boarding project managers for our PMO

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Our company, Project Portfolio Office (PPO), develops and provides a software as a service (SaaS) project portfolio management (PPM) application to any organisation running and managing projects. In the last 18 months, we’ve moved from being a small organisation with highly skilled and versatile individuals (who did everything, and did it well from one office) … Continue reading "The things I’ve learnt on-boarding project managers for our PMO"

Dovetail implements PPO to track project costs and time as it happens

Dovetail, market leaders in logistics software solutions specialises in delivering best of breed software solutions for the supply chain industry. Dovetail comprises a logistics application suite, which spans the entire logistics industry from courier to road freight to distribution to warehousing. For professional services and consulting environments aimed at delivering projects to and or on behalf … Continue reading "Dovetail implements PPO to track project costs and time as it happens"