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Many organisations continue to find themselves wrestling with Excel spreadsheets and disconnected tools to manage their portfolios. Christopher and Peter's session will explore how to break out of “disconnected / spreadsheet culture” and transition to an integrated PMO Operating System.

We’ll discuss the pain points of manual project management – version issues, manual reporting taking days each month, and siloed data that leaves PMOs acting as “reporting factories” instead of strategic partners - and the gains from integration.

The focus will be on real experiences of moving from Excel and point solutions to connected platforms like TPG’s ProjectPowerPack (PPP) on Microsoft 365 and TPG PSLink for system integration.

How can an integrated PPM solution eliminate tedious work, improve visibility and control, and help teams deliver more efficiently?

Bring your questions, war stories and insights – this is about practical peer learning on making the leap to a modern, streamlined PMO toolset.

This session will be a guided peer discussion with a strong emphasis on problem-sharing and collective advice.

As facilitators, they’ll kick off with a brief introduction to the topic and a few thought-provoking questions, but there are no slides or formal presentations.

Instead, participants will be invited to share their own challenges and successes. We’ll use a prompt scenarios or cards to spark conversation (for example, a familiar scenario of scrambling through multiple spreadsheets for a status report).

Overall, expect an open conversation where everyone can swap experiences, ask questions, and offer ideas. It’s a relaxed, informal approach designed to get people talking and learning from each other.