Anton Kravsov

Enterprises run waterfall, Agile and hybrid delivery across Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Planner and more. A four-layer operating model for governing all of it as one portfolio, plus eight questions to ask any platform vendor.

Project Online retires on September 30, 2026. If you are still planning, the answer is not a rushed, high-risk replacement. Here is what a credible migration has to preserve, what an automated path actually covers, and a compressed plan for teams running late. Migrate now and use PPM Express free until December 31, 2026.

Organizations invest heavily in PPM tools but struggle to embed them into daily practice. Success is often measured by system go-live rather than actual behavior change. Here's how to rethink adoption — and how conversational AI via Claude Desktop + PPM Express MCP changes the equation.

With Project Online retiring in September 2026, here's how to pick the right project portfolio management platform for your Microsoft-first organization — and why PPM Express stands out.

A practical guide for business leaders on what's changing in AI-powered PMO, how to evaluate tools, where to start, and how PPM Express delivers AI project management today — with a roadmap for portfolio and resource AI coming next.

Learn how Timesheet Approvals in PPM Express bring governance, accuracy, and accountability to your project time tracking — and why it matters at scale.

Traditional PPM gave enterprises visibility and governance, but static reporting no longer keeps up. What agent-enabled portfolio intelligence changes.

Agentic PPM moves portfolio work past status reports and dashboards, with always-on agents that watch the portfolio, run scenarios and flag decisions early.

Microsoft's September 2026 deadline is approaching fast. After 15 years in the Microsoft PPM space and helping hundreds of organizations navigate this decision, here's an honest breakdown of every path — the costs, the tradeoffs, and the one option nobody's talking about.

AI chatbots in PPM draft status updates and explain variances. Agentic portfolio intelligence targets capital allocation, risk and strategy. That gap matters.

Project Server Subscription Edition looks like the safe choice for Project Online customers. After 15 years in the Microsoft PPM space, here's why it's the wrong move for 90% of organizations — and what the better alternatives look like.