Evolving a Portfolio Approach to IT PPM with Microsoft

This IDC study is one document in a series of IDC Customer Needs and Strategies studies that examine the IT PPM market. This document focuses on Microsoft's IT PPM offerings, its positioning relative to the overall market, and some of the issues confronting its customers via one user case study to exemplify evaluation, adoption, and future plans for use of Microsoft Project. In this case study, an international bank seeks to gain control of its IT project portfolios with Microsoft Project IT PPM technology. Other user findings are summarized.

"There is little leeway for poor IT decision making as companies deal with 10–60%+ fewer resources than they had 12–18 months ago," says Melinda Ballou, program director for IDC's Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) service. "These are not 'nice to have' capabilities. Effective decision making for IT projects and programs is a matter of survival in the current economic and regulatory climate."