• the individual Project Managers (DP) in the Planning and Operational Control activities necessary to take managerial decisions aimed at maximizing effectiveness in achieving the Project objectives;

• the individual Functional Departments (DF) in optimizing the use of their resources and their operational efficiency;

• Management Control (CG) in exercising the "period" Economic and Financial Planning and Control activities of the Company as a whole.

The assumption of this role introduces additional problems for the Project Control activity compared to the application of the same within a single Project. In fact, the need to plan and control a set of projects (large, small, innovative, recurring, research, etc.) enters into play, requiring the intervention of resources managed by the Functional Departments (Engineering, Procurement, Production , etc.), bring out the problem of priorities by causing conflicts between Project and Project, and between PM and DP.

The Project Portfolio Management (PPMS) IT solutions are a valid support to face with greater objectivity such problems whose solution requires, in any case, a high maturity and a spirit of collaboration of all the parties involved.

In the implementation initiatives of EPCS solutions, our advice consists in identifying solutions to overcome these problems and in supporting customers in managing all the necessary change processes.