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Top ICT firm, BCX, expands PPO use as a management tool for greater project visibility

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The Business Connexion Application Services (BCX-AS) department of leading JSE-listed ICT company, Business Connexion (BCX), has seen a number of benefits since its rollout of Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration management application, including the provision of a central view for its many projects. The BCX-AS department joins a … Continue reading "Top ICT firm, BCX, expands PPO use as a management tool for greater project visibility"

Project Portfolio Office chooses Boitumelo Children’s Home to make a sustainable difference.

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“We rise by lifting others” Robert Ingersoll Project Portfolio Office (PPO) is committed to making sustainable improvements in everything we do and extend this philosophy to our culture of “giving back”. Our team is committed to change, and for this reason has selected the Boitumelo Children’s Home as the recipient of our sustainable contributions over … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office chooses Boitumelo Children’s Home to make a sustainable difference."

Lessons learned – key to project management success

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A critical aspect of successful project management is to review completed projects, identify successes and failures, or “lessons learned”, and incorporate them to help deliver value for future projects. “The recent implementation of PPO, Project Portfolio Office’s online project portfolio management (PPM) application, at one of Africa's largest retailers of food, general merchandise and clothing, … Continue reading "Lessons learned – key to project management success"

Unified Payment Services Limited to refine project management process with Project Portfolio Office

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Unified Payment Services Limited has rolled out Project Portfolio Office, an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, to meet its need for a more integrated approach to project management activities. Unified Payments, otherwise known as Unified Payment Services Limited, is a card-neutral and option-neutral payments service provider founded in 1997 by a consortium … Continue reading "Unified Payment Services Limited to refine project management process with Project Portfolio Office"

SBV Services implements PPO’s project management tool to achieve vision for a mature PMO

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SBV Services (Pty) Limited (SBV), a company specialising in the provision of services within the cash supply chain and  jointly owned by ABSA Bank Limited, FirstRand Group, Standard Bank of SA Limited and Nedbank Limited, has implemented an online collaboration and project management tool, Project Portfolio Office (PPO), to its ICT business change management department … Continue reading "SBV Services implements PPO’s project management tool to achieve vision for a mature PMO"