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PPO before and after

It took months of preparation and buckets of sweat, but finally the office was ready for the grand reveal. The extreme makeover was unveiled earlier this month at an intimate cocktail party attended by staff, family and friends. The theme for the event was “here is the before, now come see the after”! With this … Continue reading

2013: the year of expansion

... At home The past year has been a significant one for Project Portfolio Office (PPO), with the common theme across the board being expansion. In the last 12 months we have almost doubled our team, adding new staff members to our marketing, sales, delivery, support and development areas. These new faces have brought much … Continue reading

World Aids Day 2013

We had the privilege of sponsoring the Amadea Safe House in Pretoria North this week in support of World Aids Day. Every year, Amadea holds an Aids Day Christmas party for the more than one hundred children that are both in its care and also from the surrounding community, and this year a few of the … Continue reading

UTi Project of the Year winner announced!

After numerous entries, the Project Portfolio Office team is delighted to announce the 2013 UTi Project of the Year winners! To recap, this initiative was introduced to identify examples of great project management, which were measured against business benefit, results, collaboration, improvements and lessons learned. The contest began in September with nominations closing on 31st … Continue reading

What makes a good system administrator?

Organisations are often baffled when a newly implemented PPM tool does not deliver the expected returns. The blame often falls on the implementation approach, the end-users, inadequate change management processes and, more often than not, the tool itself. However, the one person who can make or break your PPM tool is often over-looked, the system … Continue reading

Hip hip hooray

We surprised Mia on Monday morning with a lovely flowery cake at tea time. Mia was one of the first ladies in our team. The teamsters enjoyed the three layered cake, each layer a different shade of pink. The healthy eating plans were momentarily forgotten, but I did notice they all took the 7 flights of … Continue reading

Who says that size doesn’t count?

Over recent months, alpha geeks across many businesses have been working away at replacing or upgrading the Microsoft Windows operating system of many personal computers. Due to the progression of technology and the increase in memory size, some computers have been upgraded from a 32-bit to a 64-bit version of Windows. Project Portfolio Office (PPO), … Continue reading

Benefitting from a web-based project management system

Cloud computing has expanded significantly over the last few years, leading to an considerable increase in the use of web-based project management systems. These software applications can provide organisations of any size with a number of benefits, including workflow management, keeping project teams informed at all times, and allowing organisations to manage their projects and … Continue reading

Project Management Funkymentals

Dorienne, one of our fabulous PPO consultants, went on a training course recently. She was joined by various team members, and while the others made notes, she doodled a great poem down that I thought was so fun and clever I just had to share it with you here: Project Management Funkymentals: a poem by … Continue reading

Jeanette’s turn to wear the purple ears

Whenever it is a team members birthday we like to dress them up in a pair of funny ears, or an outrageous tie. This week our trendy office manager enjoyed the purple polka dot ears. The neon coloured cupcakes also added to the festive party celebration! I love PPO birthday parties.