After making the business case to move your Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) to the cloud, it is tempting to rush into the migration process. Online PPM tools, like Microsoft Project Online, offer impressive benefits - from cost savings and unlimited scalability to enhanced collaboration and improved user adoption. With such enticing advantages available, many [...]
Many enterprises never achieve true project portfolio governance. While Project Portfolio Management, or PPM, may be the heart of governance, other factors must be taken into consideration when supervising a portfolio. If you can ascertain a way to manage and oversee your projects at the portfolio-level, as opposed to project-by-project, your company will receive the [...]
There is still time for large organizations to get on board with the Microsoft Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Platform before 2015 ends. Microsoft PPM combines the industry-leading Microsoft Project platform with Office 365. Project Online has become the industry's leading PPM solution only a few months after being introduced! There may be some incentives available to organizations [...]
PROJILITY was thrilled to be well represented at the Microsoft 2014 Project Conference in Anaheim. Here are two examples of presentations we were involved in. Strategic Resource Management with Microsoft Project Online and Project Server. PROJILITY Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Rob Hirschmann teamed with Microsoft Project Program Manager Jean Donati to give an [...]
We usually come across two types of people when companies are ready to invest in project portfolio management (PPM) solutions. The first person is in the Project Management Office (PMO) and has been trying for years to get their company to invest in enterprise level PPM. They know that the technology will make their job [...]
I recently posted a blog that discussed a strategy you could be taking to prepare your company for automated project portfolio management (PPM). In this blog, I’ll discuss some strategies to ensure that an optimized Microsoft Project Server implementation will help you get a handle on your overall project portfolio. First off, to truly take [...]
Vantiv is a payment processing and technology provider headquartered in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area. The company manages hundreds of IT and product development projects and needed a way to more effectively manage its project portfolio as well as at the individual project level. Paul Schaefer, the firm’s IT director responsible for project management technology [...]
We have helped hundreds of companies implement project portfolio management (PPM) technology solutions. When the companies embrace the technology and utilize best practices, it can be a wonderful thing. Executives can understand how to best budget for workforce growth while understanding increasing resource requirements. They can also set internal expectations about new product launches or [...]
