Category: Articles

3 ways to get your CEO to value your PMO

Even though I’ve spent the last 15 years in the project portfolio management (PPM) space, I started my career as an accountant and have always loved numbers and analysis. I recently attended the Gauteng Project Management South Africa (PMSA) PMO Forum, an invitation only forum of PMO leaders and executives, and the session re-affirmed the … Continue reading

Vilicom strengthens customer focus with PPO

Vilicom, an international supplier of engineering solutions to the communications industry, focusing on cellular and wireless solutions, has further enhanced its customer experience through the implementation of Project Portfolio Office’s online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, PPO.

EOH Managed Services implements PPO for resource utilisation visibility and professional real-time reporting

EOH Managed Services is a division of the EOH group that provides the technology, knowledge, skills and organisational ability critical to Africa’s development and growth. Following the Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing model, EOH provides high value, end-to-end solutions to its clients in all industry verticals. Listed in 1998, EOH attributes its 45% compounded annual growth … Continue reading

4 Steps to Nailing the Project Kickoff

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. I think we’ve all heard that expression, right? And it makes sense…that first impression – especially with an all-important project customer who’s trust and confidence may be critical to the success of the project – is extremely important. If you don’t make that good … Continue reading

PBT chooses PPO to deliver Middle East and Africa based projects

PBT Group was founded as Prescient Business Technologies in 1998, starting out as an information technology company. A couple of years later, PBT was established as a specialised BI company that spans more than two decades in over 25 countries. The company’s ability to provide end-to-end solutions gives their valued clients not only a competitive … Continue reading

PPO wins tender at Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), online project portfolio management application provider is pleased to announce our first Kenyan client, Capital Markets Authority (CMA)! The CMA is a regulating body charged with the prime responsibility of supervising, licensing and monitoring the activities of market intermediaries, including the stock exchange and the central depository and settlement system and all … Continue reading

Search in PPO just got a whole lot faster!

The search functionality in PPO has always been one of our most popular features. It easily lets you find items by simply typing in what you are looking for and clicking on the search button. However, if you have thousands of projects and lots of related content, searches could be slow, especially if multiple search … Continue reading

New time entry enhancements are coming!

Based on valuable feedback from you, our awesome users, we are going to be rolling out some tweaks, design changes, and enhancements to time entries over the next several weeks. So this is just a heads up that you know to look out for these changes. We’re pretty excited about it, but check in periodically and … Continue reading

New Drop-Downs – here to impress!

Holy Moly, our development team was at it again! We are rolling out our new enhanced entity drop-down lists – this might seem like a small change to you, but these puppies will be doing all the heavy lifting from now on. Not only did we make these drop-downs easy on the eye with their … Continue reading

Our PPO Support Portal just got a face-lift

We’re proud to announce that we’re introducing an improved Help Centre. Whether you’re just getting to know PPO or you’re a seasoned veteran, the new format will help keep our support portal fresh, exciting, and accessible for years to come! The look is a sleek, neat, and the simple new interface is meant to make … Continue reading