From Spreadsheets to Strategy: Navigating the Shift to Modern PPM Solutions
Planisware
Time
11.00 - 11.30
Details
This session explores the real-world considerations, trade-offs, and challenges organisations face when moving from fragmented tools like spreadsheets, MS Project, PowerPoint, and other disconnected systems to a centralized Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solution.
The discussion will go beyond the “why” and focus on the “how – including:
- The limitations and hidden costs of current-state tooling
- Organisational readiness for change (people, process, governance)
- Common barriers (adoption resistance, data quality)
- Defining success: what “good” looks like with a PPM platform
- Lessons learned from past transformations (what worked, what didn’t)
It’s designed to surface practical insights rather than theoretical best practices.
Key Features
A group discussion to tackle common issues such as:
- Driving adoption beyond PMO teams
- Migrating and standardising data
- Balancing flexibility vs governance
- Integrating with existing enterprise systems
The session is run by Clayton Tagg, Senior Solutions Engineer at Planisware