July 2010
Project Prioritisation, It’s easy – once you prioritise
The priority grading of projects must be aligned to the business strategy of an organisation. Only then, can stakeholders truly see what is important, what is urgent and what is unnecessary in terms of projects meeting the desired goals and objectives of a business.

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ERP Integration
PPO has the ability to record project costs so that the full picture - including progress, risks and costs for the project - can be viewed in a single space.

PPO’s web services and integration mechanisms allow for its integration with ERP applications such as SAP, Pastel, JD Edwards and Oracle.

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Introducing MPO - Managed Project Office
The costs of establishing a project management office (PMO) should not exceed the value it adds to the business. Many times, however, establishment costs are excessive and this beckons the questions “is establishing a PMO worth it?” and “can I justify the cost of a PMO?”.

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Business Connexion provides a comprehensive set of project management services including the definition of standards, procedures and processes, project office support, quality review, project consulting such as scoping, prioritisation, project management assessments, training and mentoring.

They have been using PPO internally for more than two years and have implemented PPO for BHP Billiton, The Eastern Cape Department of Roads & Public Works and SA Taxi Finance.

PPO assists projects and public in the Eastern Cape
At the start of 2009, the department implemented a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) project management solution, Post Vision Technology’s Project Portfolio Office (PPO), to assist with the management of accurate and meaningful project performance data of its 400 official projects and is already seeing the benefits of the solution. The initial implementation was done by PPO partner, Business Connexion and included project consulting services, project maturity assessments, fundamental training and extended PPO training.

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