03/04/2008 by Peter Helfenstein
In the context of large commercial software installations, the opportunity to reduce costs in the long run – all through the life cycle of the systems – is tremendous. Four fields of Application Management, pragmatically introduced and applied, are able to substantially contribute to this potential benefit.
Project Portfolio Management
A consistent Project Portfolio Management (PPM) which [...]
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02/07/2008 by Dieter Steiger
Whether in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for PPM or in evaluations for project portfolio management tools, HP PPM (HP Project and Portfolio Mangement Center) and SAP xRPM (xAPP Resource and Portfolio Management) are always positioned as competitors. But do the specific features of these very specialized solutions justify this positioning?
What are HP PPM and SAP [...]
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01/18/2008 by Marco Gerussi
The upgrade from Mercury ITG 6.0 to HP PPM 7.0 entailed a much improved project management module. Project Management has been separated from the actual PPM workbench and is now available as a “zero client” over the web. The new Project Management Cockpit centrally integrates all project activities from modules like Portfolio Management and Resource [...]
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11/29/2007 by Marco Gerussi
Today’s PPM market is changing. The term PPM as a software category is used by Project Portfolio Management (PPM) as well as Project Management (PM) software vendors. For the sake of clarity there should be a comprehensive category including both subcategories: Project & Portfolio Management (P&PM).
For this reason we analyze the P&PM market in detail [...]
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11/22/2007 by Marco Gerussi
In the articles “PPM - Gartner Causes Confusion” and “Project Portfolio - Hype and More” we covered the issue of the nonspecific use of the term PPM.
Today the PPM market is changing. On one hand software companies are being acquired (HP / Mercury Interactive / Kintana, Oracle / Peoplesoft, Primavera / Prosight, Serena / Pacific [...]
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11/16/2007 by Marco Gerussi
Project Portfolio and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) are well established terms used in many industries and heavily by software vendors. Accordingly, there are some standards and a number of software solutions that support the planning and controlling of ideas, initiatives and projects. But do these approaches and tools really meet the actual needs of organizations?
Reasons [...]
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11/16/2007 by Marco Gerussi
Stimulated by HP’s limiting use of “Portfolio Management” in the new name of its powerful IT Governance solution HP PPM, we already covered the often misinterpreted and ambiguous use of the term “Project Portfolio” in earlier blogs.
Confusion around PPM
Similar vagueness as for “Portfolio Management” can be observed for “Project Portfolio Management”. Software vendors trying [...]
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11/15/2007 by Marco Gerussi
After the acquisition of Mercury HP has changed the product name of Mercury ITG to HP Project Portfolio Management Center, HP PPM. Dieter Steiger criticized this new naming already in his blog “Lifecycle Management - HP BTO makes it happen!”.
Unfortunately, by changing the name of their Software Suite to HP Project and Portfolio Management Center [...]
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Application Management Reduces SAP Costs
