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Portfolio project management (PPM) requires a delicate balancing act. Employees in these departments must know enough about their company’s values and long-term goals while also understanding the total efforts needed to guide individual projects to completion. Adopting PPM best practices is crucial to ensuring that projects align with business objectives and resources are optimized effectively. […]

Remember the simpler times when all you had to do to initiate a project at work was send an email to a few people? You might not have even thought of those endeavors as projects. They were simply the tasks you needed to complete to keep the lights on. You had no choice but to […]

Anyone familiar with Project Management knows that a team is only as strong as its structure. Moreover, a Project Management Office (PMO) is more than a collection of individuals working on projects: there are defined roles and functions that support project planning, execution, reporting, and analysis. Ultimately, the PMO roles and responsibilities you define for […]

A Project Management Office plays a crucial role in generating value, delivering projects, and supporting organizational change. The strategic PMO is a powerful, influential, versatile tool for carrying out long-term business strategies. It does more than manage projects: it handles programs, portfolios, and project selection to ensure all functions are aligned with strategic goals and […]

If you have ever been involved in a project—as a manager, team member, or stakeholder—then you are probably familiar with “the crunch.” This intense period happens on nearly every initiative, no matter how well planned. People stay late, work weekends, or sacrifice personal time to push the project across the finish line. To prevent project […]

Project portfolio management (PPM) has been around for some time now. But that doesn’t mean that business needs have stopped evolving. Keeping pace with developments in PPM means turning an eye to the trends within the industry. Below, we break down some of the biggest PPM trends in 2025 to help you get ahead. Keeping […]

When I first started managing projects, something struck me as odd. We spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing risks in the first few days and weeks. Then we dedicated significant time during the project to managing key risks, reviewing and revising strategies as needed. Yet no one considered how those risks could impact […]

Any efficient Project Management Office (PMO) relies on a solid foundation to scale its operations and impact. A major part of that foundation is a robust resource allocation and management approach that embraces flexibility as much as it does forethought. Understanding the basics of resource allocation methods that are common within the realm of project […]

If there is one thing we can say with certainty about projects, it’s that they’re uncertain! Today’s operating environments evolve rapidly due to high competition, shifting customer demands, and advancing technology. Organizations must commit to discretionary investments, expecting that those initiatives will need to adapt during delivery. Mastering agile resource management is essential to ensuring […]

As a business-driven PMO, the decisions you make can directly influence organizational success. That means that you need forward-facing data that empowers you to manage portfolios and programs in ways that support your strategic goals. A PMO dashboard is a great way to ensure that data is always available and actionable. Below, we break down […]

If your organization is rapidly growing, you probably understand the fine line between scaling operations and overloading your team all too well. Even when things are going well, without a project management system in place, you might find yourself “stuck in the mud” or treading water to stay afloat. Our essential PPM tools list can […]

So far in this short blog series on preventing burnout, we’ve looked at what causes it and why organizations sometimes create environments where it is likely to occur. We have also seen how a project portfolio management (PPM) solution like Sciforma Vantage can help prevent problems. In this final blog in the series, we’re going […]