Author: Guy Jelley
Guy is one of the founders of PPO and is the company’s CEO. He is very passionate about the Project Management industry, and through this also very driven. Guy is a husband & father of 2, loves jazz, soccer and is a huge Spurs fan.
This is the next posting in our “Simplify PPM” series. The aim of this series is to eradicate the, often unnecessary, over-complication of project portfolio management, providing clear and effective explanations and guidance for our readers. This post explores programme management (sometimes spelt program management) specifically. There are lots of articles about, and definitions of, …
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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 …
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The benefits of using software as a service (SaaS) technology are widely recognised – its no-fuss, speedy implementation, scalability and flexibility features are understood by companies the world over. Why then do so many businesses take a traditional implementation approach: spending 80% of their time customising the technology pre-live and 20% on post rollout tailoring, …
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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 …
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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 …
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Energy management consultancy, Annasa Energy has implemented Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, in order to assist in the rollout of two million compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) to the public of the Western Cape. According to Tsholo Matlala, MD of Annasa Energy, the organisation opted for PPO to …
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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. …
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For our Users Post Vision Technology are pleased to announce that version 3.0 of PPO will be available to all users on our hosted platform at the beginning of September 2009. The release highlights include (but are not limited to): Changes to PPO Planning Mode In order to make the currently planning functionality more usable …
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As another year draws to a close we would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients and partners for their support and business during the past year. We appreciate the tremendous value you place in Project Portfolio Office and want to reassure you that we will continue to work hard in 2009 to …
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