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.

Clearing the Gridlock: Building a Responsive Pipeline for Product Development in Uncertain Times

Remember when road trips meant unfolding paper maps and arguing over missed turns? Today’s navigation apps have transformed that experience, providing real-time guidance that adapts to traffic, construction, and changing destinations. Product portfolio management is undergoing a similar transformation. While technology has made business more complex, the right integrated solution can simplify your product development...

Manage Risks, But Don’t Eliminate Them

When companies value stability over innovation, some risks increase: they risk slowly losing market share and fading into the background of their industry. So what do we do? The solution lies in the understanding that effective R&D governance cannot, and should not, distill projects into a single number. Here are five ways to assess and communicate risk in your portfolio.

The Project Value Accelerator Behind Targeted AI Strategies

As AI rapidly transforms from a niche capability to an essential component of modern project management, organizations face a critical question: how can we leverage AI as a true team member rather than just another tool? In a recent webinar, “AI Team Members: How to Form a More Effective Partnership in Value Delivery,” Andy Jordan...

5 Project Management Trends to Catch in 2025

With business disruptions now constant, organizations must continuously evolve how they deliver projects to anticipate market shifts. To explore this challenge, I sat down with Andy Jordan, President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., to discuss the key project management focus areas for 2025. In this article, I offer a quick glimpse into that discussion and some...

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...

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.