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Project Portfolio Office launches solution to UK market, looks to expand partner network at Project Challenge Spring Show

Project Portfolio Office is using the upcoming Project Challenge Spring Show as a springboard to further accelerate the growth of its global footprint. With offices in South Africa and London, the company’s flagship offering, PPO, is one of the fastest growing project and portfolio management (PPM) applications developed and supported for project organisations, currently used … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office launches solution to UK market, looks to expand partner network at Project Challenge Spring Show"

Project Portfolio Office partners with NSI Technology Africa to expand African footprint

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has signed a partnership agreement with NSI Technology Africa (NSI), an Africa-wide technology advisory, solutions and services provider with a primary focus on the financial services industry. This partnership will bring PPO increased exposure in eastern and southern Africa specifically, leveraging NSI’s … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office partners with NSI Technology Africa to expand African footprint"

PPO adds Modus BPS to our growing list of clients

Established in 2007, ModusBPS is “The Requirements Company” specialising in understanding and delivering your requirements. ModusBPS ‘s core objective is to deliver innovative solutions with model driven methods and standards on time and within budget. With clients in the financial services, manufacturing, construction and mining sectors, ModusBPS  has successfully delivered projects in Southern Africa, UK, US … Continue reading "PPO adds Modus BPS to our growing list of clients"

The top 3 questions every project management office manager should ask themselves

Project management has found its way into almost all organisations, across all industries and sizes. This is mainly due to the fact that organisations have begun to understand the benefit that a formal project management approach can provide in driving the achievement of their strategic objectives and goals. That said, the establishment of a project … Continue reading "The top 3 questions every project management office manager should ask themselves"

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!

Fabulous food, FUN and games, (try spelling your name with your whole body...) as well as directing your own 3 minute masterpiece was on the line-up at PPO’s quarterly team building event. Each team worked together to write a script, produce, direct and act in the "Movie" using random props and clues. Just 45 minutes … Continue reading "LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!"

Demystifying the PPO health indicators

A PPO functionality that’s widely misunderstood (and misused) is the health indicators feature. The health indicators (also referred to as RAG, or red-amber-green indicators) are manually updated by the project manager and used primarily for project status reporting, aimed at measuring progress, identifying the need for corrective action, and for managing stakeholder expectations. If health … Continue reading "Demystifying the PPO health indicators"

Project Portfolio Office adds a Smart Choice award to its trophy cabinet

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has garnered a Smart Choice award from FindTheBest.com, in the project management software category. After combining reviews from several professional sources, PPO produced a score of 92 out of a total 100 points As a leading, unbiased destination for research, FindTheBest aims … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office adds a Smart Choice award to its trophy cabinet"

Group Five realises enhanced enterprise project management with PPO

In the five years since its implementation of Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, Group Five has seen improved enterprise resource management and project prioritisation, a higher level of project delivery, greater project visibility and enhanced project status reporting. Group Five is a diversified construction, infrastructure concessions and related … Continue reading "Group Five realises enhanced enterprise project management with PPO"

Looking for project management software to improve the management of project gates?

Over the last couple of years, Project Portfolio Office has assisted in the implementation of project management software across a large number of organisations, helping them to better manage their project flow via a project stage gate process. In most cases, the process is an automated, online approval mechanism that allows project offices or project … Continue reading "Looking for project management software to improve the management of project gates?"

PPO Celebrates Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day is abuzz here at PPO today. We challenged our team to dress for the occasion and offered a mystery prize for the best dressed. The teamsters in SA came dressed as their grand sparkly selves (as they usually do), with a little twist of romance. We decided in all fairness, that there were … Continue reading "PPO Celebrates Valentines Day"