Author: Tarryn-Leigh Frans

Tarryn-Leigh is the Marketing Manager at PPO. She is enthusiastic about business improvement and is keen to share information and influence change. In her free time, she loves traveling, reading, and spending time with her husband and dogs.

Why you might not be ready to implement PPM software

In this blog post, we’ll explore five signs that indicate your business might not be ready to implement PPM software. By identifying these signs early on, you can avoid potential pitfalls and ensure that your transition to PPM software is smooth and successful.

Project Portfolio Office Scoops Up Industry Award

We’re bursting with excitement, and we just couldn’t wait to share the news with you all! Brace yourselves, because we’ve clinched one of Intelligent ICT’s prestigious Channel category awards. The Intelligent ICT Awards celebrate the best of the IT Industry in Africa and highlights the many diverse and innovative ICT implementation projects taking place within the various vertical and technology areas.

Coming Soon – Multiple Select Custom Lists…

This highly anticipated feature will revolutionise the way you interact with your custom lists. No longer bound by the constraints of single-item selection, you will be able to effortlessly choose multiple items from a single custom list in one go.

Effortless Planning with Calculated Task Duration

Manual task duration is a thing of the past! We’ve implemented calculated task duration regardless of how you load your tasks into PPO. This enhancement helps streamline tasks within PPO which will hopefully lead to improved accuracy and most importantly save you valuable time.

Understanding the benefits of setting default values

Our latest product news feature introduces “setting default values” on all data fields in PPO. This administration enhancement has huge potential for streamlining data inputs, improving user experience and can even serve as an onboarding tool for the creation and automation of project artefacts like demand requests and project charters. Simply put, default values are pre-populated data inputs that users can either accept or modify.

Recap of Our First New Feature Product Webinar in 2024

Welcome to a double dose of innovation! In this blog post, we’re thrilled to announce some small yet powerful features that have recently been added to PPO. But that’s not all – we’ll also take you on a journey through the highlights of our 2024’s first new feature webinar.

Exploring our Newest Feature: Automated Budget using Resource Allocations

We get that for the project manager, understanding and managing project costs (including resource costs) is crucial for effective project planning and tracking. So today, we’re thrilled to introduce you to the automated workflow that will save you precious time and eliminate manual inputs for generating your resource budgets.

Clear related feed items with a single click

You’re probably already familiar with how quickly your feed can fill up in PPO. Like when you’ve just returned from a long but well- deserved break or when you’ve already clicked the first notification and caught up on the related comments and replies. With our new “Mark All Related as Read ” feature, you can quickly reduce the items that are filling up your PPO feed.

Say Hello to the New Customisable Home Page

After months of hard work, we’re delighted to unveil PPO’s customisable home page! Until now, all information on your Home Page was displayed in tables only. It’s time to say goodbye to lists and tables and hello to a new visualised view of your portfolio, project and project related items.