Project portfolio management for strategic execution
Accelerate your enterprise vision with PPM software that syncs strategy with planning, execution, and results.
Strategize, collaborate, and execute with agility.
Focus on delivering strategy
Identify and prioritize work aligned to corporate goals that bring value to the organization.
- Define, track, and prove project performance that align with expected business outcomes
- Align multi-disciplinary teams to optimize delivery and value
Streamline processes for effective work management
Reduce time to market and increase revenue
- Consolidate work around value streams that drive results
- Enable intelligent, nimble decision-making with impact analysis and real-time constraint identification.
Enable visibility
Centralize data from disparate sources to visualize real-time performance metrics related to resources, financials, and project progress.
Execute with financial transparency
Forecast, plan, and track all project-related costs including Capex, Opex, IT financials for a 360-degree view, and actualize real dollar savings.
Fuel collaboration
Unify teams following agile, waterfall, and hybrid processes into a central view to perform and communicate efficiently.
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Project portfolio management and then some
Our enterprise-grade PPM software meets the needs of diverse use cases, purpose-built to deliver out-of-the-box value with vast opportunities to expand and grow.
Continuous Improvement / Business Process Improvement
Prioritize programs that demonstrate productivity and cost savings.
- Configure any process methodology including RAID, DMAIC or ASDEO.
- Visualize cost vs. benefit vs. time.
IT PMO
Introduce governance and accountability for project execution.
- Align IT project execution with corporate objectives.
- Monitor cost and performance of outsourced IT activities.
Enterprise PMO
Drive projects and portfolio activities that bring maximum value to the overall business.
- Align executives, finance, and other stakeholders.
- Connect strategies, priorities, investments and resources.
New Product Development
Deliver product innovation at scale and increase portfolio value.
- Conduct business case evaluation and prioritize the highest value projects.
- Apply a fail-fast methodology with stage gating approvals.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Act quickly on Day 1 to ensure optimal transition outcomes.
- Develop an integration plan that tracks time, cost and impact.
- Plan ahead to reduce risk and minimize disruption.
Reliable products.
Real results.
PowerSteering
Johnson Controls needed continuous improvement software to help them launch and manage a new cross-divisional Six Sigma initiative.
Since implementing PowerSteering, JCI was able to replicate best practices across their global manufacturing facilities that resulting in significant cost savings and a reduction in energy usage and GHG emissions.
Embrace Complexity. Deliver Simplicity.
Upland PowerSteering streamlines enterprise portfolio management with powerful features and rich, configurable analytics.
Program and portfolio management planner
- Central program console
- KPI dashboards and drill down reports
- Continuous program-level planning
- Reprioritization, funding reallocation and trade-off analysis
Demand management
- Centralized idea capture
- Out-of-the-box business case development
- Customizable weight scoring for risk, alignment, priority, etc.
Prioritization
- Program or agile-centric prioritization
- Configurable project criteria ranking
- Demand and business impact prioritization
Project planning, execution, and delivery
- Central program console
- KPI dashboards and drill down reports
- Continuous program level planning
- Reprioritization, funding reallocation and trade-off analysis
Resource planning and utilization
- Capacity forecasting and reallocation tools
- Personalized bottleneck identification
- Configurable resource demand and availability grouping o Resource management to match needs
Time tracking
- Web and mobile timesheet capture and approval
- Agile time tracking against stories, epics, or projects
Financial analysis across projects, programs, and portfolios
- Phased benefit tracking with configurable categorizations and approval processes
- In-flight expense tracking
- Cost vs. benefits, OpEx, and CapEx
- Financial roll-up including project, program or portfolio analysis
Collaboration
- Microsoft Teams integration
- Document management tools
Build your enterprise powerhouse
Pair PowerSteering with other Upland products to drive bigger, better ROI
Resources to drive impact
PMO Metrics: The 4 Focus Areas That Matter (+19 Measures to Track Them)
Learn which metrics to use to measure project success in a consistent way and demonstrate alignment to strategic outcomes.
Ideation in the PMO: How to Capitalize on Good Ideas
Learn how to evaluate and prioritize ideas to select the best suggestions for the project execution pipeline.
Think Six Sigma is dead? We’ve got proof that it’s alive and well.
Learn how Six Sigma process improvement methodology is evolving to stay relevant, and help continuous improvement leaders demonstrate value for their organization