Background: Why Traditional PPM Tools Failed the Business
In 2018, Microsoft launched Project for the Web (called initially Modern Project), which was rebranded as Planner Premium in August 2025. At that moment, it became clear that Project Online no longer represented the future of project portfolio management.
Since 2018, Project Online and Project Professional have effectively stopped evolving. These tools were designed primarily for advanced project managers who required complex planning capabilities — but not for business-wide strategy execution.
As a result, they failed to address key organisational challenges:
- digitalisation of corporate strategy
- project portfolio and program management
- idea and initiative management
- integration of multiple project management tools
- real-time transparency for executives
At the same time, Microsoft launched Power Platform, combining Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate into a single low-code ecosystem.
This shift enabled the development of flexible, business-driven management systems rather than rigid planning tools.
What Is LEO PPM?
In April 2022, LEO Consulting began developing LEO PPM — the first Ukrainian solution focused on strategy execution and project portfolio management.
The first implementation went live in August 2022 at FOODCOM (https://velmart.ua/), a retail group operating the Velmart, Velyka Kyshenia, and Express chains.
Today, LEO PPM is successfully used by 13 companies across agro, pharma, IT, banking, retail, manufacturing, construction, and non-commercial industries.
LEO PPM is not just another PPM tool. It is a single management hub that connects:
Strategy → OKRs → Portfolios → Programs → Projects → Tasks
All development and change initiatives are managed within one coherent ecosystem.
LEO PPM has built-in Power BI reports.
What Business Problems Does LEO PPM Solve?
In most organisations, the problem is not strategy — it is execution.
Based on our experience, over 90% of companies face the same issues:
- strategy exists in presentations, not in daily operations
- projects are scattered across different tools
- no single source of truth
- no clear link between annual goals, portfolios, and daily work
- lack of transparent analytics on real progress and priorities
LEO PPM is designed to address these challenges, providing a unified system for managing company development.
What Makes LEO PPM Different?
- Built for the Modern Business Context
LEO PPM reflects real organisational structures, decision-making models, and strategic cycles of modern companies — not abstract “global templates”.
- Fast Time-to-Value
Most clients receive an operational MVP within 4–6 weeks, with full production rollout in 3–4 months.
- Flexible Management Models
LEO PPM adapts to how your company works:
- Waterfall
- Agile
- Hybrid
- OKR / KPI
- proprietary internal methodologies
- Native Microsoft 365 Integration
Teams, Planner, SharePoint, Outlook, Power BI, Azure AD — everything works out of the box, inside your existing ecosystem.
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Power Platform–based licensing makes LEO PPM significantly more cost-effective than enterprise PPM platforms.
Real Value for Different Roles
For CEOs and Owners
- complete transparency of strategy execution
- clear visibility of priorities, risks, and accountability
For Operational Leaders
- balanced resource allocation
- portfolio forecasting instead of firefighting
For PMO
- standardised portfolio processes
- unified analytics
- automated governance and reporting
For Project Managers
- intuitive interface
- simple status reporting
- less bureaucracy, more control
Measurable Results Our Clients Achieve
(average results across implementations)
- 70–90% less time spent on status reporting
- portfolio visibility increased from 20–30% to 80–100%
- prioritisation decisions made 2–3 times faster
- 25–40% reduction in duplicated initiatives
- 30–50% time savings for PMO teams
- 15–25% improvement in execution discipline
A System That Grows with Your Company
LEO PPM continuously evolves and expands:
- strategic roadmaps
- Kanban execution boards
- risk and incident management
- resource demand planning
- integrations with Jira, Azure DevOps, and other task systems
- AI-powered Copilot scenarios
- advanced Power BI analytics
A Ukrainian Product with Real Impact
LEO PPM is a Ukrainian product, developed during wartime and already trusted by large Ukrainian and Swiss companies.
By choosing LEO PPM, organisations invest not only in technology but also in the development of a local, resilient PPM culture that is independent of foreign enterprise platforms.
We in Ukraine know how to resist, adapt, and win. Our products too.
Technology Overview
LEO PPM is deployed within the customer’s Microsoft 365 environment and is built on:
- Model-Driven Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Power BI
Thanks to its open architecture, LEO PPM integrates easily with existing systems.
For example, portfolio and project governance may be managed in LEO PPM, while task execution remains in Jira or Azure DevOps.
