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PPM Central™ is a web-based, project, program and portfolio management system offered by Métier. PPM Central is offered in two delivery methods: PPM Central Self-hosted or PPM Central Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). PPM Central™ was released in November 2011 as the next generation of the WorkLenz® software.

The PPM Central interface is search-based. Users can navigate the system by searching for work, tools, resources, reports, templates and documents.

Users can also explore and navigate their portfolios using the interactive Taxonomy visualization tool. The Taxonomy in PPM Central provides a structure for analysing and reporting on portfolios and sub-portfolios of data. The integrated toolset in PPM Central allows users to derive reports at all levels of the Taxonomy. PPM Central includes 15 tools and offers 50 standard reports. In addition, PPM Central includes the following capabilities:

•	Task planning and scheduling •	Configurable workspaces •	Notifications and approvals •	Schedule templates •	Security and permissions •	Custom attributes for user-defined fields •	Resource management •	Integrated timesheet •	Document management •	Financial tool •	Earned Value Management system compliant with ANSI/748 •	Assessments and SmartForm™ •	Wiki •	Dependencies •	Expenses •	Process workflows •	Risk management and mitigation