Project Portfolio Management

The PMO is under constant pressure. From maintaining standards for project management practices to planning and delivering projects – the PMO needs to be in constant sync with strategy and business outcomes. This PMO blog category provides numerous recommendations from experts to encourage top down and bottom up planning, improve processes, promote stakeholder satisfaction, and ultimately eliminate silos to advance the PMO function. Get expert advice on the pros and cons of adopting a continuous planning model. Experts will also share real-world advice on choosing your next Project Portfolio Management tool and how to #BeThatPMO your business needs.

The Art Behind Becoming a Strategic PMO Leader

Discover how Athena Smith’s strategies can transform your PMO into a true partner that empowers teams. Learn to drive people-centric change and use AI for smarter prioritization.

Flexibility Is Your New Competitive Advantage

Today’s professional landscape is a tapestry of new possibilities, unique challenges, and a myriad of solutions to address those challenges. In this environment, the key to success is adaptability. Organizations need solutions that can bend without breaking. Solutions that can adapt to address challenges like economic uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and new and disruptive technologies....

A Tale of Two Forecasts: Using Sales Forecasting Software to Bridge the Gap

A common problem in both portfolio management and sales and operational planning (S&OP) is reconciling product revenue forecasts between a company’s regional sales analysts and its corporate decision-makers. Typically, regional sales analysts focus on short-term objectives, and their forecasts must align with targets or commitments set by regional heads. By contrast, corporate staff tend to...

The Missing Puzzle Piece: How to Connect Planning to Delivery

This blog post examines how to efficiently turn strategies into actions, highlighting Value Stream Management (VSM) as a critical method to streamline work from conception to delivery, ensuring strategies get executed effectively.

Maximizing Your PMO’s Value Starts with a Mindset Shift

Elevate your Project Management Office (PMO) to become one of the most effective strategic partners in your organization. You have big plans for the new year. But how do you turn those plans into business outcomes while navigating the unexpected? It all starts with a mindset shift. Adopting a sponsor’s mindset enables the PMO to...

3 Predictions for What’s Next in Project Portfolio Management 

The pressure to evolve is mounting for the PMO, which needs to adapt to new digital strategies – and more strategic, product, or initiative portfolios – while bridging traditional practices. Find out how you'll need to adapt, so you can move into the next phase of portfolio management with confidence.

Getting Capacity Planning Right: Aligning Resources to Meet Demand

Today, organizations are constantly asked to “do more with less.” However most organizations lack essential resourcing capacity, and plans are often approved before resource capacity is evaluated. Discover some best practices and tips on navigating common capacity planning challenges.