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Your real intelligent collaborator for project and portfolio management.

RICO helps portfolio managers stay on top of projects and resources, project managers spend more time managing, and team members focus on the right priorities across Microsoft Planner and Teams.

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RICO for every role

Stay in control of the work that matters.

From portfolio oversight to project delivery and daily priorities, RICO helps each role focus its time where it makes the greatest difference.

  • Portfolio managers

    Keep every project and resource in view.

    Stay on top of projects and resources across your portfolio. Quickly identify issues that need your time and attention, and keep delivery aligned with the commitments made to your business partners.

    • See project health and resource demands across the portfolio.
    • Identify where your intervention is needed.
    • Track progress against business commitments.
  • Project managers

    Spend less time updating and more time managing.

    Let RICO highlight issues that need action and send communications to your team and leaders, giving you more time to manage the project and move delivery forward.

    • Reduce routine updates and status administration.
    • Bring emerging issues into focus.
    • Keep teams and leaders informed.
  • Team members

    Know where to focus your time.

    Stay focused on priorities across projects. Know which tasks and issues need your attention, and how best to use your time.

    • See priorities across your assigned work.
    • Understand what needs attention next.
    • Plan your time around the work that matters most.

One connected RICO experience

Three connected solutions. One intelligence layer.

RICO brings together three connected solutions for project execution, collaboration, and performance management. Each solution serves a distinct purpose while contributing to one connected intelligence layer across projects, portfolios, and teams.

  1. 1

    RICO for Microsoft Planner

    Role-based project and portfolio intelligence that extends Microsoft Planner with greater visibility, proactive insight, and focused action.

    • Portfolio ProPortfolio visibility, trends, and attention items
    • PM ProProject health, alerts, schedules, risks, and issues
    • Team Member ProTasks, issues, risks, priorities, and mobile updates
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  2. 2

    RICO for Microsoft Teams

    Connected Teams experiences that bring plans, project information, documents, controls, and management views into the flow of work.

    • Project WorkspacePlans, documents, controls, and project information
    • Portfolio HubPortfolio status, metrics, and project access
    • PM HubProject status, metrics, plans, and controls
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  3. 3

    RICO Performance Management

    Real monthly metrics and trends that help leaders strengthen coaching, focus portfolio reviews, and measure improvement.

    • PM Performance ManagementMonthly metrics, trends, and coaching recommendations
    • Portfolio Performance ManagementDelivery trends and prioritized management focus
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Intelligence beyond the base applications

Turn project activity into insight and action

RICO extends Microsoft Planner and Teams with proactive intelligence, connected management experiences, and performance insight. Together, these capabilities help users understand what is happening, identify what requires attention, and act sooner.

  • Proactive insights and notifications

    Identify plan-quality concerns, late tasks, schedule risks, unresolved issues, and other conditions requiring attention before they have a greater impact on delivery.

  • Connected hubs and workspaces

    Bring plans, project information, documents, controls, portfolio metrics, and management views into role-based hubs and Microsoft Teams workspaces.

  • Performance management

    Use real monthly metrics, trends, and recommendations to strengthen project manager coaching, focus portfolio reviews, and measure improvement over time.

  1. ConnectBring project and portfolio information together
  2. InterpretUnderstand performance, patterns, and exceptions
  3. NotifySurface the work and conditions requiring attention
  4. ActFocus coaching, decisions, and follow‑through

Challenges to outcomes

Better outcomes for every role.

Each role faces a different management challenge. RICO connects those challenges to practical capabilities that help people make decisions, manage delivery, and focus their time.

  • Leaders

    Decisions grounded in the plan

    ChallengeDecisions rely on subjective highlights and disconnected reports.

    Outcome: Decisions grounded in the planGet data-backed insights and reports with visibility down to the underlying plans, so you can understand performance and decide where to act.

  • Portfolio managers

    Focused oversight across the portfolio

    ChallengeKeeping track of projects, resource demands, and business commitments takes constant effort.

    Outcome: Focused oversight across the portfolioSee projects and resources together, quickly identify issues that need your time, and track delivery against commitments to business partners.

  • Project managers

    More time to manage and act

    ChallengeRoutine updates and communications leave less time to manage delivery.

    Outcome: More time to manage and actLet RICO highlight issues and send communications to teams and leaders, so you can focus on resolving concerns and moving delivery forward.

  • Team members

    Clear priorities and better use of time

    ChallengeCompeting work across projects makes it difficult to know where to focus.

    Outcome: Clear priorities and better use of timeKnow which tasks, issues, and risks need your attention across projects, and plan your time around the highest-priority work.

Microsoft first by design

Built around your Microsoft environment

RICO builds on the Microsoft tools your organization already uses, connecting planning and collaboration with practical management insight.

  • Microsoft Planner

    The planning foundation for project and portfolio work.

  • Microsoft Teams

    The workspace for connected project information and collaboration.

  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Power Platform

Why Protivix

Business aligned solutions

RICO is built on more than 20 years of Protivix experience consulting on and delivering project and portfolio management solutions across more than 20 industries. The platform incorporates proven best practices, practical insights, and ongoing feedback gained from working directly with project teams, project managers, and management leaders every day.

  • 20+ YearsMicrosoft solution experience
  • 20+ IndustriesBusiness aligned solutions

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Talk with Protivix about your planning, collaboration, and performance-management needs. See how the RICO solutions can work together in your organization.

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