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9 practical and positive ways to fight the COVID-19 pandemic through top-fit Portfolio Management

1. Cut the reporting periods An accurate daily status snapshot is critical when quick decisions are needed. Cutting the reporting periods of projects in half will result to twice a week or even on a weekly basis reporting – and decision making - cycle. 2. Communicate to the whole organisation Communication to the whole organisation is a key issue. Your Portfolio can be opened to the entire staff or at least to all the key ...

2020-04-08T13:39:25+03:008.4.2020|

7 Critical Steps To Project Crisis Management

Every project manager knows just how stressful it can be to handle damage control in cases of distress. There's plenty of challenges that must be overcome for a successful project crisis management, and here are some of the best practices that every project manager can benefit from.

2020-02-07T08:36:37+02:0011.2.2020|

What Secrets Project Managers Should Learn From Airbnb?

There’s absolutely no doubt that Airbnb is growing exponentially in recent times. There were a total of over 150 million users on Airbnb as of April 2019, and since its launch, the company hosted 500 million guests. Much of its success can be attributed to its flawless project management. Here’s what project managers should learn from Airbnb’s strategy.

2020-02-07T08:30:57+02:007.2.2020|

The university community of Tampere will put together projects, systems, registries and ideas with Thinking Portfolio

When the universities merged, tools were needed to manage more than a hundred simultaneously running projects, to manage resources, and to map the system entity. Now, after merging, the portfolios from Thinking Portfolio continue to be used by the university community of Tampere as a development project portfolio and as a system portfolio for the entire community.

2022-06-29T17:54:32+03:003.12.2019|

7 Things that Chief Financial Officer Should Do for a Project Manager

A Chief Financial Officer is a person who assists the organization with his financial expertise and takes charge of managing the monetary aspects of the company. The duties assigned to a Chief Financial Officer sometimes go beyond just finance and also treads into overall company management. Project management is an integral part of developing and delivering strategic initiatives, as it creates a structure for ensuring that the company’s goals are met appropriately.

2019-11-26T08:41:57+02:0026.11.2019|

Portfolio Landscapes

Manage risks, resources and quality of your business development efforts comprehensively. Examples of different portfolio management applications and variations of our are presented in this document.

2019-11-19T08:34:55+02:0019.11.2019|

Introducing market observations and future trends into portfolios

Individual projects in a portfolio may have significant impacts on risk absorption capacity, financial success and development. However, project management often fails to view individual projects from an overall perspective. From the perspective of overall organisational management, however, observing changes in the operating environment and economic cycles are key to risk and opportunity management. Among our clients, there is a clear trend of incorporating future indicators into investment and development projects. It is becoming increasingly ...

2019-04-05T09:57:05+03:005.4.2019|

SSAB moved on from a vulnerable Excel jungle to the reliable and versatile Thinking Portfolio

SSAB uses Thinking Portfolio’s solution for planning investment activities in the coming years. Plans are prepared in a clear way in the portfolio, which provides a quick overview of upcoming events. Investment Services Director Arto Kangas describes how the implementation of the project portfolio has made it possible to make the company’s approach even more systematic.

2022-06-29T17:56:13+03:0029.3.2019|

Master’s Thesis on Thinking Portfolio’s brand community

Enthusiastic customers, networking, and sharing new ideas and solutions with each other were the first things to come to mind when my thesis advisor asked me to think about the features that make Thinking Portfolio different from other companies. Based on these insights, “The role of C2C relationships in B2B brand community – Case: Thinking Portfolio” became the topic of my thesis.

2019-03-13T17:13:37+02:0013.3.2019|

How to define simple success bonus for the project manager and project group?

Behind every successful project is a forward thinking project manager and their team. Project managers and their teams pour their blood, sweat, and tears into their projects. As a recognition of the hard work that team members put in and the sacrifices they make to steer the project in the right direction, businesses must design and implement a bonus plan for the project manager and their team.

2019-02-18T09:18:24+02:0018.2.2019|