Cora PPM combines strategic functionality with execution functionality, helping you to make the right investment decisions.
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Gain strategic insights
Roll out failsafe projects with accurate resource utilization and deliver maximum value.
Scale with ease
Small to large, local to global, all in the cloud. Your scale is at your command.
Support governance
Ensure the right people have the right oversight with multi-level access protocols.
See the full picture
Quickly view data dashboards that visualize the health of your portfolio and drill down to focus on any issues.
Gain total control
All that you need, all from one place. Manage scope, financials, progress and quality of project delivery all from one centralized system.
Collaborate seamlessly
No matter the team – internal or contractor, desk-based or mobile – seamlessly integrate all of your workflows.
Watch our PPM software in practice
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The bedrock for transformation
Cora PPM can act as the bedrock for delivering your transformation programmes. It will provide you with the strategic plans and capabilities to optimize capacity, analyze scenarios, track benefits and keep all your stakeholders informed across the enterprise.
We guarantee a return on investment
Cora PPM can help you achieve measurable results:
68%
Reduction in systems used
50%
Reduction in canceled projects
33%
Less PMO staff required
10
Hours reporting reduced to seconds
£600k
Efficiency saving over 2 years
Benefits of your implementation
Digitize your PMO
Digitize your programs and lifecycles, make more informed decision-making, and streamline your reporting.
Centralize your project management
A full lifecycle platform providing you with the ability to plan, prioritize, execute and evaluate your project portfolios from one, central source.
Update on the go
Our mobile apps for Android and iOS let you access and update key activity from anywhere, anytime.
Your problems, our solutions
We understand your pains. For over two decades, we’ve provided project portfolio management solutions to organizations around the world. With each engagement, we’ve learned to surmount the diverse problems encountered by project managers.
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Project Portfolio Management - Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Project Portfolio Management Important?
- Private companies and government departments are measured by the success of their projects.
- Good project portfolio management helps the board to define and realize key objectives, helping to properly assign resources, improve the quality of services and critically strategically align project portfolios.
What Industries does your PPM Software serve?
- Our project portfolio management software solution can be used in any industry.
- We currently have clients in Healthcare; Life Sciences; Engineering & Construction; Public Sector; Enterprise Project Management Offices around the world, in areas such as utilities, financial services, transport, etc.)
- Typically, our software solutions are 75% base product plus 25% customized for specific verticals
We have in-house subject-matter experts in each of our five key industries
How is risk evaluated and mitigated in a Project?
- The key to evaluating and safeguarding against risk in a project is to create a mitigation plan that helps to manage, eliminate (or reduce) risk to acceptable levels.
- Once a plan is in place, it must be monitored carefully to assess its effectiveness and can be adjusted if needs be.
How does Portfolio Management Software manage teams & tasks?
- Our Portfolio Management Software solution facilitates real-time collaboration between teams. Tasks can be updated instantly, regardless of users are based
- A visual tool like the Gantt chart enables your project teams to easily view timelines, tasks, and responsibilities. They can be easily auto-generated and edited.
- Managers can select team members from a central resource pool and assign them to those tasks
- Dashboards can surface key information quickly so program managers can quickly get a handle on a vast array of projects in a few instants
- Intelligent workflows can drive the delivery of projects, as well as raise risks & issues when required.
Does Cora PPM assist with Capacity Planning?
- Our strategic capacity management application helps to easily understand requirements for the year ahead so our clients can maximize usage of their global resource pools
- We can help to fulfill 85% of resource requirements quickly and easily, satisfying the balance using readily available data and insights
How do you guarantee a Return on Investment?
- Cora guarantees a return on investment, as it has 20+ years of building metrics into its implementations
- Here, for example, are some measurable results achieved: 55% reduction in forecasting volatility; 85% resourcing “a slam dunk”; 50% reduction in canceled projects; 40% reduction in project deviation; 10% reduction of capital program costs; $2.5m increase in planned savings yearly
What are the critical success factors in Project Management?
- Agree on clear project objectives & results
- Get senior management buy-in
- Communicate project goals clearly and consistently
- Manage scope effectively
What are technical risks in Project Management?
- The likely impact that will incur on a project or program if an implementation doesn’t go to plan
What are the benefits of being Cloud-Based?
- From an end-user point of view, the main benefit is that project data can be accessed and updated in real-time from anywhere in the world on any device
- From an IT infrastructure point of view, Cora is responsible for hosting the application, feature updates, security, etc. so there’s no need for the client to worry about physical servers.
- Having your data backed up and protected in a secure and safe location on the cloud provides a failsafe solution in case you experience, say, a power failure or a natural disaster
- Having your data based in the cloud will ensure that even in the event of a crisis you won’t suffer much downtime or loss of productivity
- Implementation of the project management software solution is much quicker compared to on-premises and as the organization grows the solution can be scaled quickly
What’s the different between a Project and an investment?
- A project is a planned endeavor that will have a goal attached to it; it will likely be carried out in several carefully defined stages
- An investment is an act of investing money in a project or program
What is the role of Portfolio Management in an investment decision?
- The key to portfolio management is selecting the right portfolio of projects and specifically knowing which projects are profitable (or unprofitable)
- When making an investment decision it is vital to properly assess your risk factors
- Ideally, you would diversify your risks when it comes to managing your portfolio
