Project portfolio management (PPM) is a centralized approach to planning and managing projects, including the practices of capital planning, workforce optimization, project selection, and portfolio analysis. The project management institute says that projects will deliver far more quickly and at lower cost if there are good PPM processes and systems in place. Why is that? […]
Industry Perspectives on Project Controls: Webinar Insights
April 7th, 2017
We regularly present webinars on the challenges inherent in delivering today’s complex projects and introducing the concept of Enterprise Project Controls. We discuss how this approach supports improved planning and execution of projects across the entire enterprise. During and following the webinars there is a large amount of participation from the attendees. We thought it […]
10 Reasons Why Your Projects Aren’t Improving
November 15th, 2016
With today’s increasingly tight budgets, organizations need greater visibility into project and program performance in order to ensure that funds are being well spent. As a result, Project Controllers need to deliver timely and accurate information to pro-actively shape business decisions. EcoSys regularly meets with project controls professionals across a variety of industries and the […]
No-Code Mobile Apps Provide Right-Fit Functionality for Projects, Without the Overhead
September 27th, 2016
As more and more organizations look to mobile apps to distribute enterprise business application functionality to their employees, they face an all new challenge. Enterprise mobile apps are seemingly simple, yet often require more development effort than their desktop/laptop counterparts: functionality, UX, platform support, and integration with secure data sources can add up to much […]
4 Persistent Myths About Earned Value Management
September 23rd, 2016
Myths are great material for the movie screen. The lost kingdom of Atlantis, bloodthirsty vampires, or fire-breathing dragons: these are all the “good” kind of myth and will fill theaters. Of course, everyone usually knows that these myths are just that. The danger is when myths are confused with reality. When large amounts of money, reputations, and […]
Bechtel Named in Fortune’s 25 Most Important Private Companies List
May 23rd, 2016
Congratulations Bechtel! We’re thrilled to see Bechtel in Fortune’s 25 Most Important Private Companies list. The list includes private companies who have a deep connection to our daily lives, and what has a deeper connection to all of our daily lives than the environment and infrastructure around us? We rely on the infrastructure around us […]