The Realities of Strategic Execution
The Challenges of Strategic Execution Strategic execution is not easy – in fact, you almost always fail: » 90% of corporate strategies are never implemented » 70% of complex initiatives fail » 67% of projects are either challenged or impaired One of the continuing difficulties executives…
PPM 101: How To Create A Successful Work Intake Process
Work Intake - The Front Door Does your organization have a “single entry” for new project requests? Or rather, does your organization have a front door, a side door, a back door, and many other ways to receive requests? Having multiple ways to submit requests is a common problem for many companies…
Why Is Strategy Delivery So Hard?
The Challenge Recent studies¹ indicate that strategy implementation fails a stunning 50 to 90 percent of the time. For executives who are pressed to deliver value for their organizations and shareholders, those odds are unacceptable. Why is strategy delivery so difficult? What makes the odds of…
Use Your PMO to Drive Business Results
Today's Perspective As competitive pressures increase, the imperative to invest wisely and to ensure those investments come to fruition also increase. Having a clear view into your portfolio of business initiatives and an effective way of allocating budget and resources to each can yield…
The Current State of PPM Software Is Worse Than You Think
PPM Software Challenges The vast majority of project portfolio management (PPM) software utilizes a traditional licensing model and is expensive relative to the value customers get from the software. There has been little innovation in the licensing model for PPM software since 2008 (when…
An Evolutionary PMO Improvement: Software with Services
The Sad News - PMO Failure Rate The success rate for most project organizations (PMO’s) is not promising. According to Gartner, the majority of PMO’s fail within three years. There are a number of factors that contribute to this failure rate: poorly set up PMO’s, inadequate PMO leadership, weak…