HP ships latest PPM software

governance processes, says CRN.

The new capabilities in HP PPM 9.1 also broaden the scope of the product beyond IT projects to manage everything from professional services to construction and engineering projects.

While the HP PPM 9.1 has been available to some existing customers since late last year, the company is now making the software generally available, said Bruce Randall, HP PPM product marketing director.

Randall notes in an IT Business Edge report that as projects become more complex, the software to manage the project becomes a lot more strategic to the overall business.

The challenge, he says, has been finding a way to turn project management software into a tool that provides the communications framework for sharing information about the project, rather than just serving as a repository for data that only the actual project manager ever consults.

According to Datamation, HP PPM 9.1 includes an integrated executive scorecard and financial planning and analysis modules, which HP says provide near real-time data in line with its 'Instant-On Enterprise' initiative.

The Instant-On Enterprise initiative has been a theme of recent HP releases in the areas of cloud computing and security.