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PBT chooses PPO to deliver Middle East and Africa based projects

PBT Group was founded as Prescient Business Technologies in 1998, starting out as an information technology company. A couple of years later, PBT was established as a specialised BI company that spans more than two decades in over 25 countries. The company’s ability to provide end-to-end solutions gives their valued clients not only a competitive … Continue reading

PPO wins tender at Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority

Project Portfolio Office (PPO), online project portfolio management application provider is pleased to announce our first Kenyan client, Capital Markets Authority (CMA)! The CMA is a regulating body charged with the prime responsibility of supervising, licensing and monitoring the activities of market intermediaries, including the stock exchange and the central depository and settlement system and all … Continue reading

Search in PPO just got a whole lot faster!

The search functionality in PPO has always been one of our most popular features. It easily lets you find items by simply typing in what you are looking for and clicking on the search button. However, if you have thousands of projects and lots of related content, searches could be slow, especially if multiple search … Continue reading

New time entry enhancements are coming!

Based on valuable feedback from you, our awesome users, we are going to be rolling out some tweaks, design changes, and enhancements to time entries over the next several weeks. So this is just a heads up that you know to look out for these changes. We’re pretty excited about it, but check in periodically and … Continue reading

New Drop-Downs – here to impress!

Holy Moly, our development team was at it again! We are rolling out our new enhanced entity drop-down lists – this might seem like a small change to you, but these puppies will be doing all the heavy lifting from now on. Not only did we make these drop-downs easy on the eye with their … Continue reading

Our PPO Support Portal just got a face-lift

We’re proud to announce that we’re introducing an improved Help Centre. Whether you’re just getting to know PPO or you’re a seasoned veteran, the new format will help keep our support portal fresh, exciting, and accessible for years to come! The look is a sleek, neat, and the simple new interface is meant to make … Continue reading

Governance versus ‘Gate Ready’ RAG

‘Why is my governance RAG always RED? I’ve uploaded all the required documents for previous phases in PPO.’ Does this sound familiar, because it does to us here at PPO. Our valued customers have asked (some complained) and we’ve listened. The current Governance RAG indicator in PPO gives you an indication of whether or not … Continue reading

Project Portfolio Office expands African footprint into Nigeria

Online project portfolio management (PPM) application provider, Project Portfolio Office, has boosted its focus on the African continent, with the appointment of leading Nigerian project management, business analysis, and information technology consultancy, Project People. Says Project Portfolio Office co-founder and director, Guy Jelley: "We see huge potential for PPO within Nigeria, a country that is … Continue reading

PPO helps JRA improve road construction

The Johannesburg Roads Agency’s (JRA) core competencies are the planning and design, construction, control and rehabilitation of the roads and storm-water infrastructure in the City of Johannesburg. With various million rand projects to provide quality roads that are accessible, safe and liveable for the communities they service currently underway, the JRA needed a project management tool … Continue reading

Santam implements PPO after a successful pilot experience

Santam is one of South Africa’s best known short-term insurance companies. As part of the largest general insurance group in Africa, Santam currently holds a local market share of 23%. At Santam they believe in keeping things simple and to the point and this was a contributing factor in their selection of Project Portfolio Office … Continue reading