Project Portfolio Office (PPO) Reviews

This year, I joined the IT PMO team and my new manager introduced me to PPO. Ever since i started to use use this tool. here is how i feel about it:

PPO gives us a clear view of all our projects, making it easier to track progress and resources. It helps us prioritize projects based on their importance, so we focus on what truly matters. The framework encourages teamwork by providing a single source of information where everyone can share updates and challenges.

Having visibility to all the projects and being able to report on them is great. In the past, setting up of the PMO was not successful due to the lack of visibility and with PPO I now have the buy in and confidence from the executive level that the PMO will be a success this time.

I have not had any formal training on PPO but I am able to navigate my way around, with the help of the Support Portal, and that just shows how user friendly PPO is.

Since these are the early stages of setting up the PMO I have not found anything that does not work for my organisation and the maturity level of the PMO as yet.

PPO is easy to use, easy to implement and it is cost-effective (charging only per active license)

The ability to have all my projects in one place, even though they may be at various project stages, as well as to be able to update the project's status from work and home at any given time.

I would like to have the ability to use PPO as a mobile application, especially when doing site visits. It will cut down on the double work, i.e. drafting or capturing a voice note and then getting back to the office to capture same on PPO.

PPO is faster during early morning or later at night. During working hours, it slows down a tad.... and the capturing time slows down...

the software is scalable to your organizations project management maturity so you can start where you are with simple process and grow the process and functionality as your organization matures.

we are in the setup stages of the implementation and I haven't found anything I don't like yet.

We have been working with PPO for the past few months to setup a brand new PMO in our organization and the process has been like nothing I’ve been through before.

PPO is passionate about project management and the value a good project management culture can bring to an organization, they understand that good software is only a portion of the solution. The PPO team have used they’re vast experience in the Project Management space to coach and guide us through the journey of implementing a PMO in an organization that is new to the project management way of thinking, having the PPO team backing and guiding us has been invaluable. Their passion for project management is contagious, they’re experience in the field is enviable but the fact they they’re willing share this knowledge and the lessons they’ve learnt to help us succeed is what sets them apart. I’m excited for the future success of our PMO and what will no doubt be a long and happy relationship with PPO.

It is a cost-effective, integrated, easy-to-use, top-down and bottom-up delivery management solution.

It allows a customer to do their own customisation, but still give goods guidance to ensure performance isn’t compromised.

PPO is always available for guidance, to mentor you on the best possible solutions or to sound board against when you need to design a solution.

PPO keeps the tool current by looking at users’ requirements and finding ways to improve the experience where possible.

The health indicators on PPO is a very helpful dashboard for EXco and Sr Management. At a glance it tells the holistic story of what state the project is in. I have seen how PM's creates "how green is your valley" views and then the risk log and milestone plan tells a contradictory story. PPO is well tied together where the management areas integrates with one another.

We unfortunately don't use the resource scheduling and timekeeping functions. We have a bespoke system for that. It would have been wonderful to use these features of PPO in an integrated manner.

Don't customize too much!

It enables us to have a Portfolio view of projects per delivery area. It creates a view of the interdependencies and trends; it provides inputs into the enterprise risk management of the company.

The ease of getting info quickly - everything is at one's fingertips. Filters are easy to set up to retrieve the correct information and the Super Awesome Support Team are always available to interact and help with the many challenges I throw at them.

Tab titles should indicate which report is open or which area in PPO one is busy with and not the title one's company name (I already know which company I work for!) :) Some of us have many tabs open simultaneously all the time and flip back and forth for different information - with all tabs having the same name it gets a bit confusing.

Assess your needs and interact with the PPO team for your customised solution

Single platform for Management reporting on important project elements for large value projects individually and for portfolio reporting of many projects which their selection criteria.

Well for starters we had the best hands on "Re-implementation" Team who helped us make the system work better for our company. Not only were they great at CUSTOMER SERVICE from Guy Jelley and Lindi and her team but they went over and above what was expected from them.

Well, the way certain functions work on PPO like when you work on a Project you have to scroll back up to submit.... I think that could be changed to work better :D

If I start with our list I could be here all day.

PPM is a user-friendly; easy to use; highly efficient & effective tool used for our project & portfolio management. Our strategic objectives are achieved via PPM. The PPO staff are extremely friendly & always willing to assist.

Nothing comes to mind currently that I dislike about PPM.

Our business strategy is rolled out via the PPM tool. We can easily perform portfolio analyses on our projects & hence focus on our key priorities using the allocated resources, (people & associated costs). We can visually present our portfolio progress to management via the relevant Steercom discussions.

Efficient tool to delivery project reports and have a view of project activities.

I don't have any dislikes, I just need to explore all functionality to get the best out of the tool.

Its always a delightful experience to use the tool. Support from the ninjas as the support team in called is great.

Efficient management of projects.