4 Concluding Remarks
The empirical evidence collected in the case study is broadly consistent with literature and supports
its main tenets, specifically the issue of strategic alignment, PPM processes and organisation, and
common challenges of PPM. This study provides further empirical support to it and contributes to the
extant body of literature.
To help businesses improve their PPM practices, the study benchmarks the effective PPM tools and
methods to support managerial decision-making. The study is rich in its managerial implications. PPM
should be introduced pro-actively, in anticipation of growing organisational project complexity, not
when it is already late. In doing so, strategic commitment of senior executives should be secured. An
organisation should know exactly what it wants to achieve before embarking on a transition towards
PPM. If expectations of PPM are not expressed, actually developed PPM is unlike to deliver solutions to
the problems of organisational project complexity. In introducing PPM, organisations should keep in
mind that PPM entails a change in the way projects are managed and organised. IT-systems play only a
supportive role, but do not equate to PPM. As a business process, PPM needs to be continuously adapted
to changing business requirements and dynamics. This sets challenges to the flexibility of mindset and
IT tools within the organisation.