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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.

Taking on the PPM software myths, part one

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There are a number of reasons behind an organisation’s decision to implement Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software. Key motives include a clearer understanding of whether projects currently being executed are aligned to strategic objectives in terms of benefit realisation, assessing the prioritisation and sequencing of projects given the company’s capacity, and measuring health levels of … Continue reading "Taking on the PPM software myths, part one"

Exploring coaching in projects

While effective people management has been cited as one of the key reasons for successful project delivery, the reality is that hostility among team members, conflicting goals, inconsistent performance and unclear expectations are all challenges that we, as project managers, face daily. Over the years, project managers have adopted numerous management techniques (some successful and … Continue reading "Exploring coaching in projects"

PPO incorporates user feedback in new major version release – for free!

The latest major version of Post Vision Technology’s Project Portfolio Office (PPO) solution is certain to please current users and win an even greater customer base. “As is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) custom, PPO users receive frequent software updates, automatically and for free with no need to reconfigure or reimplement each version,” says Estie van der Watt, … Continue reading "PPO incorporates user feedback in new major version release – for free!"

Project Portfolio Office wins Best of Project Management 2012 award

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), an online project portfolio management (PPM) and collaboration application, has been named as one of FindTheBest.com’s top 10 project management software offerings worldwide, garnering the solution a “Best of Project Management 2012” award. FindTheBest.com is an unbiased, data-driven comparison engine, which organises and presents data in a consumer-friendly format. The site … Continue reading "Project Portfolio Office wins Best of Project Management 2012 award"