Thinking Portfolio Finland and the Planario management consultancy Sweden agree on international collaboration
We look forward to the beginning of our international cooperation with the Planario management consultancy Sweden.
We look forward to the beginning of our international cooperation with the Planario management consultancy Sweden.
Thinking Portfolio’s Portfolio Management Trends 2025 survey has revealed interesting experiences in portfolio management and hopes and insights into future development.
Projects are a concrete means to execute the strategies of organisations. Portfolio management is an essential tool that also serves as support for management and decision-making. How to motivate project managers to actively update information in the portfolio? What if portfolio management is seen as cumbersome or unnecessary? And what if new projects are started continuously without careful planning? Among other things, this requires an effective project culture with leadership throughout the organisation.
All successful organizations have a common quality: they are led by efficient managers. A good manager is someone who motivates employees and propels them toward success. They know when to modify a strategy when something doesn’t go according to plan or praise an employee for any accomplishment.
Achieving company-wide goals can be a challenging task for project and portfolio managers if they are not sure of the nitty-gritty of the trade. One of the most crucial factors to consider while executing a project to meet company goals of profitability and success is project portfolio management.
Just like any undertaking in life, projects in the corporate world involve an element of risk. From the start to the end of the project cycle, risks and issues can keep cropping up. If not addressed on time, these can become major bottlenecks in the process, often leading organizations to incur hefty monetary and resource losses.
Then how to succeed? Successful projects are united by good portfolio management. In the long run, project portfolio management focuses on project prioritisation.
In the course of managing a project, managers are faced with the tough challenge of communicating the status of the project to the concerned stakeholders, both internal and external.
If there’s one condition that’s plaguing organizations across the globe, then it’s employee burnout. Cases of employee burnout have reached such a point that the World Health Organization (WHO) has given it the official status of an “occupational phenomenon.” As per a recent study conducted by Gallup, about two-thirds of workers working full-time face burnout at work.
The growth of any business is necessary to ensure continuity for the future. If your business is not growing over time, that means it could eventually stagnate or fail. In case your business is displaying any of these signs, that means that you need to follow your projects closely. Use these signs to make informed changes to your existing modus operandi or scale of your operations.
Kanban is a methodology implemented in different fields to help the team become more efficient and drive down costs. It gives the companies flexibility to empower their team to accomplish more by improving and visualizing their workflows. In this article, we will be discussing what Kanban is and why it is so easy to use.
Believe it or not, project planning and management is something that most people struggle with. It’s certainly not a piece of cake, especially in large organizations where there are tight deadlines and specific processes to follow. One wrong move on your end can cause the entire workflow to go haywire. The consequences of such a thing is not limited to just your reputation at work but extends to the entire organization.
Selling a project idea is the ultimate key to unlocking all good business deals. Be it to your team members or subordinates or even the client itself, the idea must sit well with everyone.
Project managers are some of the most resilient and hard-working bunch. They will keep at it until nothing else can be done to deliver the perfect product. But sometimes this isn’t enough, and there are telltale signs of this. It is a project manager’s job to identify the problems and tackle them head-on. Carefully dismantling each problem so that the project is completed can be a tedious task, but alas, some projects are doomed to fail.
Choosing a project is an art form in itself now. The project you do can make or break your future in the firm or company. You must take into consideration all the things that might cause a project to go off the rails.