Empow­er­ing Orga­ni­za­tions to Adapt and Thrive in a Dynam­ic World

In today’s rapid­ly evolv­ing busi­ness land­scape, orga­ni­za­tions and their Enter­prise Port­fo­lio Man­age­ment Offices (EPMOs) must embrace agili­ty and adapt­abil­i­ty to nav­i­gate change and uncer­tain­ty effec­tive­ly. The EPMO’s role is expand­ing beyond tra­di­tion­al project man­age­ment, becom­ing a strate­gic dri­ver that ensures align­ment, men­tor­ship, and con­tin­u­ous improve­ment across the organization.

Plan­view’s SPM matu­ri­ty jour­ney empow­ers orga­ni­za­tions to adopt mod­ern process­es that enable teams to take own­er­ship of their work, focus­ing on the right tasks at the right time. This decen­tral­ized approach fos­ters col­lab­o­ra­tion and ensures that teams deliv­er val­ue seamlessly.

The dri­ving force behind orga­ni­za­tion­al matu­ri­ty is sim­ple: adapt­abil­i­ty. To embark on this jour­ney, the first step is to assess your cur­rent matu­ri­ty lev­el and iden­ti­fy the next steps to achieve your desired lev­el of adaptability.

Com­mit­ting to the Jour­ney of Adaptability

Embrace the trans­for­ma­tive pow­er of adap­ta­tion. Like any sig­nif­i­cant change, real­iz­ing the ben­e­fits of adapt­abil­i­ty requires com­mit­ment and time.

  • Inte­grate Change as a Norm: Update exist­ing process­es to embrace change as a con­stant real­i­ty. Adapt­abil­i­ty is not just a mind­set; it’s a fun­da­men­tal shift in how orga­ni­za­tions man­age port­fo­lios and work.

  • Align­ing Tech­nol­o­gy Invest­ments with Cor­po­rate Strat­e­gy: Ensure that the orga­ni­za­tion’s appli­ca­tion port­fo­lio aligns with cor­po­rate strat­e­gy. This align­ment ensures that tech­nol­o­gy invest­ments dri­ve and sup­port the right busi­ness capabilities.

  • Accel­er­at­ing Adapt­abil­i­ty through Port­fo­lio Impact Mod­el­ing: Enhance adapt­abil­i­ty by enabling top-down capac­i­ty plan­ning and invest­ment mod­el­ing. This approach helps orga­ni­za­tions assess port­fo­lio impacts, trade-offs, and changes effectively.

  • Stream­lin­ing Gov­er­nance for Agile Work­flows: Imple­ment just-enough gov­er­nance to stream­line work­flows with­out hin­der­ing agili­ty. Avoid unnec­es­sary process­es that slow down work execution.

  • Empow­er­ing Teams for Process Automa­tion and Agili­ty: Empow­er teams to auto­mate process­es and embrace agile method­olo­gies. One-size-fits-all approach­es are obso­lete. Orga­ni­za­tions must embrace diver­si­ty and allow teams to uti­lize deliv­ery meth­ods that align with their work and desired outcomes.

By embrac­ing adapt­abil­i­ty, orga­ni­za­tions can nav­i­gate the ever-chang­ing busi­ness land­scape with con­fi­dence, ensur­ing their con­tin­ued suc­cess and growth.

Plan­view has devel­oped two jour­neys to achieve the max­i­mum of busi­ness val­ue, with con­crete steps, capa­bil­i­ties and ass­es­ments. Read the full report here!