Schedule conflicts belong to the typical challenges of managing multiple projects with a shared resource pool. For example, the activities team members participate in can overlap or it can turn out th...

Matrix organizational structure has become common for a great number of business organizations and that’s for a good reason: it facilitates flexibility, contributes to employee engagement and retentio...

In larger companies that have a large pool of distributed resources and execute multiple projects simultaneously, scheduling resources without running into performance issues can be a struggle. A str...

Shipbuilding projects are extremely complex. But managing a portfolio of initiatives in this sector introduces a new level of difficulty – all of these complex projects share limited resources, infra...

What projects should you accept and which ones can you decline? Many companies take every project that comes their way, and that might be a good solution in some situations. But at some point, you’ll ...

Managing multiple projects and programs simultaneously becomes more and more challenging for modern companies. Especially for large enterprises running hundreds of projects, it is extremely hard to co...

When an organization doesn’t have a clear way to prioritize projects in a large portfolio, either prioritization happens arbitrarily or every project seems equally important. This often leads to a cha...

Some decades ago, when the manufacturing market was much less competitive, it was a common practice for Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) just to operate costs and ensure project delivery within the bud...

Project portfolio management (PPM) has developed significantly over the past few years and is expected to evolve even faster in the years ahead. What can portfolio managers expect in the near future? ...

Resources are everything that a company needs to complete a task or project and achieve its goals. It can be anything from people to funds, and when you have to deal with shared resources across multi...

Managing projects can be different: it depends on their number, organizational goals and priorities, and stakeholder requirements. These factors will determine your choice between project, program, an...

Successful product portfolio management process requires more advanced tools than simple spreadsheets. Companies need solutions that provide them with real-time data, comprehensive visibility into the...