Author: Guy Jelley

Are you one of the growing number of organisations that have or are in the process of implementing a phase-gate process to improve your project benefit realisations? Organisations across all sizes, industries and locations have learnt that one of the best ways to improve benefit realisation it to better manage the flow of their projects … Continue reading "Improving Benefit Realisation through Managing Project Flow"

A growing awareness of the  benefits that cloud computing can bring to business has had a significant  impact on the way companies operate - both on an international and local level. In fact ,cloud computing is  responsible for the growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings in almost  all applications, allowing organisations to subscribe … Continue reading "The benefits of task management software"

Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) has shown incredible resilience during the extended global economic downturn. In fact, rather than suffering during the ongoing crisis, demand for this type of solution has actually seen an upturn andonline project management tools are today’s top choice for increased worker and business productivity. Software as a Service (SaaS) or … Continue reading "Online project management: A necessary service to keep on top of it all"

Any business owner will agree that effective project portfolio management forms an important part of a company’s growth. It is critical, however, to also bear in mind is that there are many elements that contribute to the successful use of technology that supports an organisations project portfolio management needs. In fact, the first step in … Continue reading "Effective project portfolio management"

One of the single biggest benefits of implementing a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) application, is the software’s ability to publish real time status reports. Yet, to achieve credible and quality reporting is a challenge and, typically, some PPM implementations fall short of ever achieving this. Guy Jelley, CEO at Project Portfolio Office, explains that one … Continue reading "Three steps to credible, quality portfolio and project status reporting"

Project planning is a critical component of every successful project, but how do you strike the balance between too little and too much? Post Vision Technology CEO, Guy Jelley is of the opinion that too much planning can be just as harmful to a project as not enough. “Many companies are so concerned about wasting … Continue reading "Too little or too much, how to determine the right amount of project planning?"

User adoption of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software is essential to achieving the application’s main aim of delivering projects to support the organisation’s business objectives. The uptake of the tool thus has a direct impact on the project office’s successful execution of corporate strategy. “Today’s decision-makers are demanding a return on investment on their expenditure. … Continue reading "User adoption key to PPM software success"