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Metrofibre Networx chooses PPO for greater project visibility

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Metrofibre Networx supplies managed bandwidth services between customers and their preferred service providers. They interconnect all services like, internet access, email, hosting, voice or even disaster recovery type data, passing through all the major commercial areas. This service is specifically delivered to the small or medium enterprise (SME). Metrofibre Networx was looking for a simple … Continue reading "Metrofibre Networx chooses PPO for greater project visibility"

Can anything be a project?

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Probably.  Is it a good idea?  That depends.  Project management best practices, when applied to various efforts, usually help produce positive outcomes – sometimes making drastic differences on many engagements.  But is everything a project and can everything fit the definition of being a project?  Still not sure?  When I first became a project manager, … Continue reading "Can anything be a project?"

Project Portfolio Office to make waves in Durban

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As part of our ongoing support of the good work done by Project Management South Africa (PMSA), a voluntary professional association representing the interests of project, programme and portfolio management practitioners in South Africa, Project Portfolio Office (PPO) has pledged to become more involved in the organisation’s KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape chapters. To kick this … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office to make waves in Durban"

PPO joins forces with the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)

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As an organisation committed to education reform, the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) will dedicate resources to interventions that can be applied across the entire public school system and have a widespread impact. The NECT is working with private sector funding in conjunction with the Department of Basic Education to define the projects that will … Continue reading "PPO joins forces with the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)"

Project Portfolio Office to showcase flagship offering at Project Challenge Expo 2014

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Project Portfolio Office is using the upcoming Project Challenge Expo 2014 to showcase its highly awarded flagship offering, PPO. The Expo, which will be held over two days at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London, is the UK's leading independent show for projects, programmes, process and resource; making it the ideal setting to showcase is … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office to showcase flagship offering at Project Challenge Expo 2014"

Smoke and mirrors

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I believe it would be safe to say that, without exception, all of us have experienced that moment when we lose data. That sickening, gut wrenching, dreadful feeling....whether it is as a result of an application crash, the operating system going haywire, a disk suddenly developing amnesia or a laptop literally going up in smoke. … Continue reading "Smoke and mirrors"