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Collect your tasks from anywhere in the cloud with ITM Platform and Zapier
ITM Platform and Zapier now work together to empower your teams and create projects with the most relevant tasks, from anywhere in the cloud.
Implementation of a PMO: people, organization and documentation
The users are the ones that bring a project management system to life, either as collaborators or external consultants. It is imperative that the PMO believes, manages and offers support to all of them. Collaborators or suppliers, everyone is...
PPM Maturity Level: What Is It and Next Steps Towards Growth
Here at ITM Platform we often hear PMO professionals say, “our maturity level is too low for PPM” or “we are not ready yet for project management”. In this article, we delve and explore into what project management maturity actually means and how a PPM solution is a...
How much are we investing? Financial factors to consider in project and portfolio management
Tracking expenditure and revenue flows answers one of the burning questions of every board: “How much are we actually investing in our projects?”. This question often crops up when we are talking about internal, IT or transformative projects. The...
Strategic alignment: Selecting the most valuable project portfolio for your business
Choosing which projects to invest in is a strategic decision to be taken based on objective data. In this article, we explore the problem of subjectivity and analyze the solution that allows management to make decisions based on a business plan, in a...
6 elements to consider when defining a PMO framework
Everyone´s starting point is different, but we can all agree you need a steady foundation when building anything and your PMO´s framework is no exception. It should be clear and shared by the entire organization. We’ll guide you through planning,...
5 keys of success when it’s time to build a Project Management Office
To successfully build a project management office, don’t rush, make sure you have the necessary resources and an adequate environment, and simply follow those 5 steps that will guide you on the right track.
4 questions revealing the need of a PMO in an organization
When you have limited visibility, limited resources and capacity planning, or when you are missing a consistent methodology, you usually start building a PMO. However, it is necessary to ask yourself the relevant questions that will assure its success and meeting the objectives.
How to choose the type of project office that best fits your organization
We seperate a strategic PMO on one side, from a tactical PMO on the other side. To know which one you need to implement, you have to base your understanding of your company’s current state through three determinants, that we have developed in this article.
How to manage demand with Zapier
Managing the demand for internal and transformation projects is a complex and frustrating process for limited capacity work teams. The key to success is not to try to do everything, but to classify, prioritize and communicate with intelligence. In this article we teach how to simplify demand management using Zapier and ITM Platform.
The competencies of a portfolio manager
The soft skills of a portfolio manager are similar to those of a project manager, only that they become much more important in the total valuation of the profile. In this article we see that competencies are needed to improve as portfolio manager.
How to manage your task portfolio with Trello
To manage tasks, Trello is one of the best tools available. However, if you need to manage resources or project portfolios, this is not the right solution. But there is a way to manage tasks with Trello and at the same time manage a portfolio management…
ITM Platform hailed with the “Great User Experience” award for PPM Software
Finances Online, A reputed business software directory, has recently recognized ITM Platform for setting the gold standard for user experience in our niche