UMT360 Enterprise Guides

As a concept, capability based planning is fairly straightforward.  It’s the idea that an organization’s planning, investments and delivery are aligned to provide the business capabilities that will …

You’ve heard the phrase “people are your most valuable asset”.  It’s true, but they’re also among the most expensive assets.  So making sure you have the right amount …

Application Portfolio Rationalization, sometimes referred to as AppRat, is an important part of modern strategic business.  As the name suggests it is the process of assessing and streamlining …

In today’s fast paced world organizations have to consistently deliver the right products to meet their customers’ needs.  They need to constantly innovate, constantly advancing and ruthlessly abandoning …

Agile has become a mainstream approach to delivering work in many organizations.  Alongside traditional and ad hoc methods it is a valuable tool for organizations in ensuring they …

At UMT360 we talk a lot about managing the big picture.  Take a look at our site and you’ll find guides to strategic portfolio management (SPM), to the …

Enterprise architecture (EA) has become an increasingly important part of how organizations visualize and drive their businesses outcomes.  While not a new discipline, it has been embraced by …

Business architecture is something that most people are aware of, but that few people fully understand.  There is often confusion around what it is, how it benefits an …

Application portfolio management or APM has become an important discipline for organizations in recent years.  The idea that technology assets need to be managed collectively – as part …

A lot of organizations are pursuing, or at least considering, agile transformation.  It’s the latest evolution of the agile concept that, if you believe the hype, will single …

Program management is not a new discipline, but it is one that continues to cause confusion and misunderstanding.  What is program management and how does it differ from …

Strategic planning is one of those things that every organization undertakes, but that very few organizations fully understand.  Sure, it’s how you figure out what to focus on …

Advice about how to achieve business agility seems to be everywhere these days. If you believe the hype, business agility is the silver bullet solution to all of an …

Benefits realization management, sometimes referred to as outcome management, is critical to the success of projects, products, portfolios and entire enterprises.  This guide will help you understand what …

An effective roadmap provides that clarity by allowing all strategic portfolio management stakeholders to review plans collaboratively, to make adjustments instantly, and to assess the implications of those potential changes.

Scenario planning, scenario analysis, portfolio analysis, portfolio modeling, what-if analysis.  Many names for what is essentially the same thing.  A critical aspect of strategic portfolio management that helps …

The enterprise project management office, enterprise PMO, or EPMO concept has gained a lot of traction in recent years. The “PMO” in the acronym can mean “program management …

The PMO or project management office (sometimes also referred to as a program management office), is a business function that has become much more popular in recent years.  …

Keeping the focus on effective and efficient execution across all workstyles After 16 years of simply calling it PPM, Gartner now acknowledges that there are multiple elements to …

Integrated IT Portfolio Analysis recognizes the close relationship that must exist between IT portfolios, business objectives, and the strategic decisions that drive those objectives. To succeed, CIOs need …