Eye on Innovation: Advancing AI Maturity
Planview's Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Rich Sonnenblick, explores why most AI pilots never scale, and how connected intelligence moves organizations from experiments to enterprise impact.
After the Plan: How Portfolio Visibility Carries Strategy Through Delivery
In complex portfolio environments, strong prioritization decisions are only as effective as the organization’s ability to sustain alignment during execution. Even when initiatives are evaluated rigorously, ranked objectively, and aligned to capacity targets, execution can drift if priorities, plans, dependencies, and risks are not consistently visible across teams and leadership. This blog post concludes the...
How to Turn Portfolio Priorities into Achievable Targets
Organizations invest significant effort in prioritizing initiatives. Strategic alignment is defined. Financial impact is evaluated. Risk and feasibility are assessed. A ranked portfolio takes shape, reflecting enterprise objectives and leadership intent. However, even well-prioritized portfolios can break down during planning. As funding decisions are made and delivery plans begin to form, gaps emerge. Total investment...
Why New Software Won’t Fix Your Broken Portfolio
Editor’s Note: This blog post launches a new series on software implementation. We’re sharing these insights – gleaned from years of working alongside Planview customers on hundreds of unique implementations – to support leaders and teams in finding lasting software success. Today, we hear from Amichai Faran, Director, Planview Evolve Advisory Services.
Planview and Ozmosi: Bringing AI-Powered Insight to Pharmaceutical Portfolio Decisions
Pharmaceutical organizations are under increasing pressure to make faster, smarter R&D decisions in an environment defined by complexity, uncertainty, and constant change. Making the environment even more vulnerable – and volatile – is the looming “patent cliff” for some of the world's best-selling drugs, which some analysts predict will trigger up to $350 billion in losses by 2032, according to CNBC.
Navigate Software Delivery with Speed
Modern product leadership is not simply about managing features, scheduling releases, or filling dashboards with data – it is a navigation exercise. The roadmap is vast, customer needs evolve quickly, and priorities shift like weather fronts over open water. Even well-staffed engineering teams and mature product processes can find themselves off-course when context is scattered,...
How to Build a Ranking Model That Drives Better Portfolio Outcomes
The hardest part of portfolio management isn’t generating ideas — it’s choosing which ones truly deserve investment, and in what order. As demand grows and capacity remains constrained, portfolio leaders face constant pressure to make confident, defensible trade-offs. Yet in many organizations, prioritization still relies heavily on influence, urgency, or fragmented data rather than a...
Four Demand Intake Criteria That Improve Portfolio Prioritization
Portfolio leaders are expected to make confident investment decisions under tight timelines and competing priorities. They are often faced with a growing pipeline of initiatives, each competing for limited capacity and positioned as important. Some proposals are well-defined, grounded in clear outcomes and business context. Many are not. Yet the expectation remains the same: evaluate,...
6 Criteria for Smarter, High-Impact Portfolio Investment Decisions
Imagine it’s portfolio review season. Leaders debate which initiatives to advance, business sponsors push for their projects, delivery leaders warn of capacity constraints, finance scrutinizes ROI, and risk teams highlight compliance. After lengthy discussions, decisions feel negotiated rather than determined. And months later, the debates return. The challenge is rarely a lack of expertise or...
6 Essential Leadership Shifts for the AI Era
The most powerful metaphor for modern leadership comes from the symphony orchestra. When you watch a conductor at work, they guide the flow of music with their baton. If a musician makes a mistake, they give a subtle tap to get them back on track. What they never do is jump down, grab the instrument,...
