Explore Project Portfolio Management

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title: Explore Project Portfolio Management
description: Learn more about Project Portfolio Management \(PPM\) with a sample workflow and review the benefits it can provide for different users in your organization.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/explore-project-portfolio-management.html
release: australia
product: PPM Collaboration
classification: ppm-collaboration
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 4
breadcrumb: [Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Explore Project Portfolio Management

Learn more about Project Portfolio Management \(PPM\) with a sample workflow and review the benefits it can provide for different users in your organization.

## Project Portfolio Management overview

PPM is a collection of multiple applications that help you analyze and approve ideas and demands, convert them to projects and manage them through completion. You can manage resources and financials of individual projects or the ones that are rolled up to a program or portfolio. PPM enables your teams to plan and execute work in traditional waterfall methodology or combine an Agile approach to execute using a hybrid methodology.

## Project Portfolio Management workflow

\[Omitted image "ProjectPortfolioSuiteProcessOverview\_1.png"\] Alt text: Project execution in a Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid approach using PPM

The project manager \(project\_manager role\) includes all the manager roles for the applications included in the PPM suite.

## Project Portfolio Management benefits

|Benefit|Feature|Users|
|-------|-------|-----|
|Gather and evaluate of ideas and promote accepted ideas to demand, story, epic, or project.|[Innovation Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/innovation-management/innovation-management-landing.md)|Project Teams, Demand Manager|
|Assessing, approve, and promote demands to strategic and operational demands.|[Demand Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/demand-management/c_DemandManagement.md)|Demand Manager|
|Manage projects, tasks, and resources.|[Project Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/c_ProjectApplicationOverview.md)|Project Manager, Project Team|
|Manage programs, the projects under a program and its tasks.|[Program Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/program-management/c_ProgramManagement.md)|Program Manager|
|Manage your projects and programs of different portfolios.|[Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/portfolio-management/c_PortfolioManagement.md)|Portfolio Manager|
|Create resource plans and request resources.|[Resource Management classic](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/resource-management/c_ResourceManagement.md)|Resource Manager|
|Track time on a daily basis against tasks|[Time Card Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/time-card-management/time-card-management.md)| |
|Gain visibility into the status and health of programs, projects, and demands.|[Project Portfolio Management Platform Analytics Solutions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/project-portfolio-content-pack.md)|Project, Program, or Portfolio Manager or Business stakeholder|

## Integration with Digital Portfolio Management

Digital Portfolio Management \(DPM\) provides a unified workspace for owners to view and collectively manage their services and applications through the full life cycle. Installing DPM and Project Portfolio Management enables the integration with Project Management and Demand Management. With this integration, DPM managers can view project data that may impact a business application and create demands on a business application in DPM.

For more information, see [Exploring Digital Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-service-management/dpm-explore-cfw.md).

## Integration with Agile 2.0

TBD.

## Integration with Test Management 2.0

TBD.

## Domain separation

Domain separation provides complete data isolation for domain-specific users. Project Portfolio Management supports domain separation with a few limitations. For more information, see [Domain separation and Project Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/domain-separation-project-portfolio-financials.md).

-   **[PPM Standard \(Project Portfolio Management\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/c_ProjectPortfolioSuiteWithFinancials.md)**  
The ServiceNow® PPM Standard, earlier known as Project Portfolio Suite with Financials, application integrates Financial Management and Project Portfolio Management.
-   **[Test Management 2.0 integration with Project Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/r_TestManagementIntegrationWithPPS.md)**  
Test Management 2.0 integration with Project Portfolio Management enables you to carry out testing activities on projects.
-   **[Agile Development 2.0 integration with Project Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/c_SDLCIntegrationWithProjectPortfolioSuite.md)**  
Project Portfolio Management leverages the Agile Development 2.0 application to combine the Scrum methodology with project-based IT development.

**Parent Topic:**[Project Portfolio Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/c_ProjectPortfolioSuite.md)