PPM software boosts efficiency

As companies struggle with scarce resources in a tough economy, more CIOs are looking to project portfolio management (PPM) software for organisation and efficiency, whether or not they have a project management office, says Search CIO.

PPM software solutions found a convert in Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Michigan. Faced with a $1.5 million (R15 million) budget cut, Bertolini and his team found their PPM solution, CA's Clarity, to be essential in determining priorities.

"With the PPM, we know what we're doing from the administration to discretionary projects," Bertolini said. "When new development began to shrink and we had to reduce, we were able to look at the project list, find the lowest priority on the list and make the reduction."

Journyx and Cognitive Technologies have partnered to develop a resource management solution that enables project management offices (PMOs) to manage hundreds of projects and people, and can be rolled out and fully functional in just a few weeks, states FOX Business.

"Together, Journyx and Cognitive Technologies combine practical and pragmatic application of resource management best practices. The companies will close the gap of not only resource management, but also detailed functionality associated with managing the portfolio of resources required to run projects," said Bruce McGraw, CEO of Cognitive Technologies.

"We're offering a solution that takes away the daily burden of manual resource balancing, and alleviates bartering for the right person at the right time," he added.

Method123 released the enterprise version of its methodology, the Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM), which includes a complete step-by-step methodology for managing projects, reports MSNBC.

Based on the two worldwide project management standards PMI and Prince2, the new edition, MPMM Enterprise, offers the complete solution for creating and customising project management methodologies within an organisation.

MPMM Enterprise also provides an enterprise-wide licence to use all of the templates, tools, methods and practical examples within an organisation.