ARTICLES

Written to be used, not skimmed.

Long-form articles on selection, prioritization and business value in industrial project portfolios. Each one traces back to one of three things: research I can point you to, a decision method I can show you, or an observation from practice that I label as exactly that.

Everything else

Six more, newest first.

PROJECT

The companies that spot changes in project management methods first, and use them, tend to outperform the ones that adapt late. A comparison of the three approaches and when each one earns its place.

13 min read

PROJECT

A project manager without a solid toolbox is like a soldier without a rifle — seemingly the same thing, but on the battlefield it will not do the job. How to build a dashboard that actually gets used.

24 min read

PORTFOLIO

The selection, prioritization and control of an organization’s projects and programs, in line with its strategy and its capacity to deliver. And what follows from that definition.

3 min read

PORTFOLIO

If your projects still somehow fail to deliver business value, this is the question worth asking before you add another process.

5 min read

PORTFOLIO

Customers no longer pay for products or services. They pay for the value they expect to receive through them — which is why value belongs at the centre of the portfolio conversation.

18 min read

PROJECT

Enterprises that see the shift in the value system first, and can use it, are perceived as leaders and are often more successful than those adapting to it late.

20 min read

One idea a month on portfolio decisions

No schedule padding, no roundups. A single method, failure pattern or decision framework, explained properly.