Projektisalkku – Thinking Portfolio – Salkunhallinnan pilvipalvelu

How to Cope with Unexpected Changes While Keeping a Project on Schedule and Within Budget

Especially large projects are susceptible to changes, often due to schedule challenges. The underlying causes may include difficulties in resource allocation of the right people or unforeseen personnel changes. Fortunately, a well-planned change strategy and effective change management can help adapt to the situation quickly. These 6 key aspects are crucial to keeping even large projects within budget and on schedule amidst a constantly changing environment.

Vidar Cabell2024-07-05T14:41:21+03:005.7.2024|

Practical Tips for Improving Risk Management Amidst Change

Changes are an inevitable part of project management. They can bring not only opportunities but also risks that may jeopardize the success of the project. Good risk management is essential to ensure that the project stays on course even amidst changes. In this blog, we share some practical tips for improving risk management.

Vidar Cabell2024-07-05T12:33:02+03:005.7.2024|

Thinking Portfolio Webinar: AI-Driven Project Portfolio Success

AI-Driven Project Portfolio Success, August 14.2024 at 1 PM-2 PM EET. Join our free webinar where we dive into the world of artificial intelligence and discover how it can revolutionize project portfolio management. Senior Portfolio Advisor Esa Toivonen will explain how AI can provide new perspectives and enhance decision-making in project portfolio management.

Vidar Cabell2024-08-14T13:44:44+03:0031.5.2024|

Tips for project managers: leading your team through change

Project managers play a crucial role in ensuring that the project team remains functional even amidst change. The role of a project manager is to support and guide team members so that the project can progress and achieve its goals.

Vidar Cabell2024-05-17T07:56:20+03:0016.5.2024|

TEPPO provides an overview of projects, euros, and work hours – Everyone at Turku University of Applied Sciences uses Thinking Portfolio

Thinking Portfolio's Project Portfolio, or also known as TEPPO among friends, has been in use at Turku University of Applied Sciences for almost seven years. There's no shortage of fans for TEPPO, as almost eight hundred university employees have accounts in the system.

Vidar Cabell2024-05-17T08:47:33+03:0016.5.2024|

Good project portfolio management enhances productivity by up to 30% by appropriately allocating the use of resources.

Implementing project portfolio management and effective resource management can provide organizations with up to 30% efficiency or help reallocate 30% of resources from ongoing projects to more critical and strategic initiatives. In today's business environment, no organization can afford to miss this opportunity.

Vidar Cabell2024-03-01T14:18:15+02:001.3.2024|

A Decade of Partnership: University of Helsinki’s Collaborative Journey with Thinking Portfolio

This year commemorates the remarkable ten-year collaboration between the University of Helsinki and Thinking Portfolio, specifically marking the decade since the launch of the Thinking Portfolio Application Portfolio by the University's IT Centre. The Project Portfolio joined the lineup six years ago, adding another dimension to this enduring partnership.

Vidar Cabell2024-02-12T15:37:42+02:0012.2.2024|

At the University of Jyväskylä, the Thinking Portfolio Project Portfolio creates opportunities for better decision-making.

At the University of Jyväskylä, project culture is systematically developed with a focus on action. The Thinking Portfolio Project Portfolio was adopted to provide the organization with better and more unified situational awareness regarding ongoing projects aimed at developing operations. Jaakko Sivusuo, Development Manager at the University of Jyväskylä, was involved as a project manager in implementing the Thinking Portfolio and is now its primary user. He trains the university staff in using the Project ...

Vidar Cabell2023-12-13T14:46:34+02:0013.12.2023|

Thinking Portfolio User Day is back – Sign Up for the 2024 Event!

This is what you've been waiting for! Thinking Portfolio User Day will once again gather a full house of portfolio management enthusiasts in Helsinki Musiikkitalo.

Thinking Portfolio2024-01-29T13:43:59+02:008.12.2023|

Thinking Portfolio’s straightforwardness convinced software house QOCO Systems

In the photo, QOCO Systems project team members Heli Kivisoja, Janne Kulmala, Laura Auhto-Savolainen and Valeriia Diupon. Software house QOCO Systems Oy is an ICT supplier to the airline industry. For a growing company, Thinking Portfolio has provided much-needed consistency and structure in project management. Growth created space for a new project management tool QOCO Systems Oy is an aviation software house whose customers include airlines, maintenance companies and aircraft engine manufacturers. Growth objectives have created ...

Tyyne Taunila2023-05-23T12:31:55+03:0023.5.2023|

The Savings Banks’ Union gets an up-to-date project description through Thinking Portfolio

The Savings Banks’ Union (Säästöpankkiliitto) chose Thinking Portfolio when its goal was to gain a better understanding of the overall picture of the project portfolio and develop a more professional project model. Several tools have been replaced by one transparent solution Just a year ago, The Savings Banks’ Union’s project portfolio was managed with several different tools and PowerPoint-based reporting. As in many other organizations, The Savings Banks’ Union also needed an up-to-date and transparent ...

Tyyne Taunila2023-05-12T13:25:18+03:0012.5.2023|

Five years of Thinking Portfolio and Opera’s duet – The portfolio has improved information transmission, planning and project management maturity

Photo: Heikki Tuuli, Finnish National Opera and Ballet “The Finnish National Opera and Ballet – The art institution of the entire Finnish nation. We offer opera and ballet performances and other events to people of all ages. Thanks to visiting performances, school operas, recordings and live broadcasts as well as television and radio broadcasts, the experiences we create can be enjoyed everywhere in Finland and around the world.” - https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/about-us/ The prelude to the development ...

Tyyne Taunila2023-05-05T09:36:41+03:005.5.2023|

Portfolio management supports knowledge-based decision-making at the University of Vaasa

The project portfolio was introduced at the University of Vaasa last year. It was expected to increase transparency and support reporting and knowledge management. "Data-driven portfolio management has not been possible before because the information has been fragmented and reliant on people's recollection," says Tapio Männistö from the University of Vaasa's Finance and Project Management Services.

Thinking Portfolio2023-02-02T13:47:14+02:0031.1.2023|