Focusing on the portfolio: How to bring development portfolio to the Senior Management agenda

What are the first steps Project Office, PMO, or the owner of a portfolio has to take to deliver portfolio information into the agenda of the Management Group? How to bring the portfolio to the core of strategic discussion and make each member of the Management Group interested in it? What triggers the Senior Management to focus on the Portfolio?

2020-04-14T08:58:38+03:0014.4.2020|

What could Project Managers learn from Traffic Jams

Traffic is a real-time dynamic system that is constantly changing. Every tiny change in traffic has repercussions down the line. The field of RTM or road traffic management has come about to manage such systems and prevent traffic jams and random congestion. These systems use data analytics to predict and manage traffic.

2018-10-14T12:33:26+03:0014.10.2018|

7 Charismatic PMO Leader Habits

One of the most vital qualities of leadership is to be able to inspire others by achieving goals through extraordinary performance. At the end of a project, your team should feel motivated to perform at exceptional levels, matching your passion and enthusiasm. Here are seven habits that make a PMO leader charismatic and inspirational.

2018-01-17T11:22:44+02:0017.1.2018|

6 Characteristics of an Effective Project Management Officer

Project management officers are vital to any business as they can take important decisions that lead to great ideas. While good PMOs are hard to find, great ones are even rarer. However, all good PMOs share certain traits and characteristics that make them an effective and valuable part of the team. Here are six of the best traits you should cultivate to become an effective and profitable project management officer in your organization.

2018-01-17T11:23:56+02:008.1.2018|

Savon Voima uses Thinking Portfolio as its management and communication tool

At Savon Voima, Thinking Portfolio operates as a development portfolio used to manage the company’s strategic programmes and the project contained within it, as well as various types of research and development projects. The development includes programmes such as: Carbon dioxide-free electricity generating systems, a weather-reliant electricity grid, giving definitive form to client relations , 100% self-sufficiency domesticity and zero accidents.

2017-11-14T22:34:20+02:0012.3.2017|

Terveystalo achieves transparency with project resources thanks to Thinking Portfolio

By virtue of its network, Terveystalo is Finland’s largest healthcare service provider. Operating nationally, Terveystalo employs over 6,800 healthcare professionals. In 2015, ten per cent of all Finland’s annual visits to the doctor were made to Terveystalo. Thinking Portfolio chosen to eliminate time-wasting At Terveystalo, the project managers and other project members play a part in project tasks in addition to handling their own tasks. This is why it is vital to achieve transparency with ...

2017-07-17T14:01:25+03:0012.3.2017|

Lemminkäinen forms the foundations of its project using Thinking Portfolio

The implementation of Lemminkäinen’s Thinking Portfolio was conducted at the end of the year when the application was used for monitoring and prioritising internal development projects for business operations and support functions. The previous version of the application was in use earlier on, but back then there was no great need for a project portfolio that continued to be in active use.

2017-11-14T22:35:27+02:0012.3.2017|

Finnair opens up its route to Thinking Portfolio’s Project Portfolio

Finnair is an airline network specialised in flying between Europe and Asia along the shorter northern route. Finnair uses Thinking Portfolio’s Project Portfolio, which currently manages its IT projects. There are plans for Thinking Portfolio to become the go-to project management application for all types of projects including procurement, commercial investigation and projects to open new flight routes. The intention of the ongoing Roadshow is to communicate information about the potential of the application for future ...

2022-06-29T17:59:30+03:0012.3.2017|

Digitalization as a Part of Good Portfolio Management

Managing a large number of proposed and existing projects is no easy task, but it is certainly easier in the digital era. Effective project portfolio management can make all the difference between success and failure while it could also mean better ROI for your organization. Reports say that organizations that have an efficient portfolio management system had 62 percent of their products either meet or outdo the ROI expectations as of 2012. Digitalization can be ...

2017-07-04T11:19:42+03:009.5.2016|

How to Implement Six Sigma in Project Management

Failure in project management is often due to weakness in business process implementation and decision making, as opposed to the efforts and executions themselves. Six Sigma is an effective business management principle that can help enhance process outputs by correcting flaws that hamper progress. Let's take a look at how the five important steps in Six Sigma can be implemented in project management. The five six sigma principles that we are looking at today are ...

2017-07-04T11:24:39+03:0022.3.2016|