Project Portfolio Management

Learn about the crucial role PMOs play in the execution of project portfolios in the finance industry and how they solve industry-specific challenges.

Some complexity in an organization is good (and necessary), but to keep complexity under control, try these five ways to reduce complexity.

To understand which projects are actually a priority, you'll need to define prioritization criteria for a scoring system.

Building project plan visibility can seem difficult, but we’ve got a few recommendations to help improve the visibility of your project plans.

The Meisterplan team is very excited to announce the release of Actuals – Time Worked. With this new feature, Meisterplan users are now able to compare their project plans to actual project performance.

It’s that time again. Your management team is meeting soon to make decisions on your organization’s project portfolio. Learn how to prepare with Meisterplan.

Excel is a great tool with many functions, and most people know how to use at least the basic functions. So, you may think it makes sense to use Excel for project portfolio management and resource management. If your company is looking for a PPM tool, that fits your budget, is easy to use, and easily and quickly accomplishes the necessary functions, is Excel really the best choice?

There’s one crucial question you should ask yourself about every project you commit to: Why are we doing this project?

Everyone in your organization uses reports but not everyone needs the same information to get their job done. A NASA public relations manager doesn’t need to know the ins and outs of rocket fuel sourcing. Technical aspects of data security at NASA are not relevant to an engineer. These are just a few examples where data that is useful for one part of the organization is irrelevant for another. No matter your industry or organization size, different people need access to different types of insights to be successful within their role. Consequently, reports are not one size fits all.