Government agencies around the world are under increasing pressure to deliver more. In addition to the volume of delivery, they’re also expected to deliver it faster, more transparently, and with fewer resources.
Whether it’s capital works, ICT modernisation, policy reform, transformation programs, or whole of government initiatives, the expectations placed on public sector delivery teams has never been higher.
At the same time, many departments are still relying on legacy tools, complex spreadsheets, siloed systems, or outdated project management platforms. These constraints make it hard to report with confidence, prioritise strategically, manage resources effectively, or gain a unified and complete view of delivery.
Why Government clients choose Altus
Microsoft-native architecture
Full data sovereignty and security within your Microsoft tenant. Altus’ unique architecture allows it to be deployed securely within your Microsoft environment, so your data never leaves the Microsoft service boundary, unlike SaaS solutions.
Proven in government environments
Proven in government and high-compliance jurisdictions. Altus has a track record as the preferred project portfolio management platform for government and public sector clients.
GCC High Compatible
Supporting US federal and defence agency requirements, Altus is compatible with the GCC High cloud.
Rapid deployment & easy adoption
Altus is designed to be deployed within days, not months, because we know you can’t afford any delays to your project delivery. Built on the Microsoft tools agencies already use and approve, Altus makes it quick and easy to get staff up-skilled and operating at full capacity.
Future-ready and Secure AI-enabled
AI-enabled, extensible, and free from legacy lock-in. Altus is Microsoft Copilot enabled, so you can use use artificial intelligence within your secure Microsoft Dataverse environment. With a range of configuration options, you can deploy Copilot in line with your organisational policies, or disable it altogether.
Built for the challenges of the modern public sector PMO
Altus is a best-practice project and portfolio management (PPM) platform designed specifically for organisations already invested in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. For government, this means a secure, , compliant, fully integrated PPM solution that meets modern expectations of transparency, efficiency, and accountability, without the complexity, cost, and headaches of traditional enterprise systems.
Across federal, state, and local jurisdictions, governments face a common set of challenges:
Siloed systems and fragmented delivery
Most agencies run multiple tools: Planner boards, Excel trackers, Emails, SharePoint lists, Legacy Project Online instances, and specialised delivery tools like Jira or DevOps.
The result?
Conflicting data, duplicated effort, and no single source of truth.
Growing audit, assurance and transparency obligations
Departments must be able to demonstrate clear governance, traceability, and compliant reporting, often across highrisk, highscrutiny portfolios.
Slow, manual reporting cycles
Regular status reports, briefings, dashboards and steering committee papers consume hours of PMO time. Data is collected manually, reformatted, and it’s often outofdate by the time it’s presented to key stakeholders.
Resource shortages and capacity constraints
Government PMOs are stretched thin. Workforce management and forecasting are difficult without joinedup schedules, shared resource pools, or reliable forward views.
Pressure to deliver outcomes, not just outputs
Government organisations are being asked to prioritise strategically, justify investment decisions, and measure benefits realisation. All of this requires structured, crossportfolio data, exactly the type that’s absent across fragmented tech stacks and legacy tools.
Security, sovereignty and compliance
The security requirements for government agencies are extensive, and with good reason. Public sector IT teams must validate every platform for:
- Data residency
- Identity and access controls
- Vendor risk
- Compliance alignment
- Sovereign environments
- M365 tenancy boundaries
And for US government agencies in particular, GCC High compatibility is nonnegotiable.
Altus was built with these realities in mind.
Altus is designed to give government organisations a secure, efficient, and intelligent way to plan, prioritise, manage and deliver their portfolios. Best of all, this lives entirely within Microsoft 365, using the tools teams already know.
Built inside your Microsoft 365 tenant
Altus’ unique architecture allows it to live natively within your Microsoft tenant. Enabling the benefit of regular updates to both your Altus and Microsoft service layers. Plus, customisations built by our Certified Altus Partners can co-exist in this unique architecture ensuring a secure deployment, tailored to your needs.
All Altus data is stored securely in Dataverse, within your organisation’s tenant.
This means:
- No data leaves your environment
- No proprietary data hosting
- No third-party data residency risk
- M365 security, identity, governance and compliance controls apply automatically
For public sector organisations, this is a major differentiator, especially when sovereign environments and tight internal access controls are non-negotiable.
Compatible with GCC High
Altus is architected to run in GCC High environments, supporting US federal, state and defence agencies that operate in restricted Microsoft 365 regions.
This allows highly regulated agencies to modernise their PPM capability without compromising security or compliance.
Trusted Microsoft-native and third-party platform integrations
Altus connects seamlessly to the Microsoft ecosystem, including:
- Teams – collaboration and embedded project workspaces
- SharePoint – document management
- Power BI – real-time dashboards and reporting
- Power Automate – workflows and process automation
- Microsoft Project Desktop / Project for the Web / Planner – unified scheduling
- Jira & Azure DevOps – integrated agile delivery streams
- Copilot – Secure AI-driven insights, summaries, and reporting
Because government teams already use M365, adoption is significantly higher and change management significantly easier.
Key Capabilities for Government Agencies
Government delivery teams need more than a project tracker, they need portfolio governance, investment oversight, assurance, reporting accuracy, and enterprise-wide visibility.
Altus provides this through a set of capabilities built for the public sector:
Strategic Planning & Prioritisation
Score, compare, and prioritise initiatives against strategic objectives, budget constraints, and criticality, supporting better funding decisions and transparent governance.
Demand & Intake Management
Standardise business case submission and triage, helping PMOs manage competing requests across departments with a structured, defensible process.
Resource & Workforce Planning
Forecast capacity, understand demand, model utilisation, and ensure critical initiatives are staffed appropriately.
Budget Management & Cost Governance
Track planned vs actuals, financial milestones, and benefits to improve investment oversight and Treasury/Finance reporting.
Risk, Issue, RAID, and Assurance Frameworks
Government portfolios rely on strong controls. Altus provides structure, consistency, and audit trails across all projects and programs.
Schedule Management Across Multiple Tools
Use Microsoft Project Desktop, Planner, Project for the Web, Jira or DevOps, Altus integrates them all for a unified portfolio view.
Embedded Reporting and Real-Time Dashboards
Eliminate manual reporting. Altus provides Power BI dashboards outofthebox that update automatically, helping PMOs provide early warning indicators, exceptions and status at a glance.
Integrated Collaboration & Documentation
Teams and SharePoint become the natural workspace for project teams, with Altus surfacing the project context, data and governance layer.
AI-Powered Administration Reduction
With Copilot, government PMs and PMOs can generate status updates, briefing notes, risk summaries and data insights in seconds, improving throughput during heavy workload cycles.
How Government Agencies Use Altus Today
Across the public sector globally, including early adoption in Australia, government organisations are using Altus to support:
- ICT portfolios and transformation programs
- Modernisation of legacy systems
- Digital and cybersecurity initiatives
- Capital works & infrastructure programs
- Transport, health, justice & education portfolios
- Organisational reform and policy delivery
- PMO uplift, governance reform, and standardisation
- Migration away from Project Online
Regardless of sector or scale, agencies benefit from the same core value:
a single platform that unifies work, data, people, and governance in a secure Microsoft environment.
Government departments worldwide are under pressure to deliver more with less, while increasing transparency and accountability. Altus provides the platform foundation to make that possible.
