Ministry turns to PM software

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) overspent by £3.3 billion last year, and turned to project management software to help control its costs, states ComputerWorld UK.

The National Audit Office (NAO), which monitors government spending, noted that the MOD had developed a system in-house called 'Sentinel' to help manage its projects and bring them on schedule.

Public disclosure of the £3.3 billion cost overrun in the NAO report came only days ahead of this week's government Strategic Defence Review, under which a range of costs are set to be slashed. It has been speculated that the Defence Review could see a cost reduction to a £7.1 billion advanced soldier radio terminals programme with HP.

Oracle has unveiled the Primavera Inspire for SAP 7.0 designed to enhance integration between Oracle's Primevera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and SAP enterprise resource planning project related modules, reports Manufacturing Digital.

Oracle's Primavera Inspire for SAP 7.0 is said to enable executives and project managers to achieve measurable return of investment by aligning material, resource, schedule and financial information between SAP's Materials Management, Project System and Plant Maintenance modules and Oracle's Primavera P6.

In a statement, Oracle revealed that Primavera Inspire for SAP 7.0 can improve project planning and execution by giving project managers the visibility needed to more efficiently manage and utilise resources across corporate divisions and departments.

Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, has deployed TeamDynamixHE's Web-based project and portfolio management (PPM) software to its technical staff within the school's Division of Information Resources, according to MarketWatch.

Xavier will initially use the solution for project management and portfolio analysis, and plans to leverage the time and expense modules and capacity planning in the near future, the company says.

TeamDynamixHE PPM software was designed for the higher education market, and is driven in part by the insights and ideas of the TeamDynamixHE Advisory Committee, a self-governing body of TeamDynamixHE users.