The troubled global economy has forced companies big and small to reevaluate their project portfolios, zeroing in on those projects that bring real value and cutting everything else. “Companies aren’t just slashing the top 25 percent [of their portfolios], they want to cut right 25 percent—trimming the fat and focusing their emphasis on projects that support the business more efficiently,” says Margo Visitacion, analyst with Forrester Research, Marlton, New Jersey, USA.
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The key point that I draw from both these articles, as well as from our own recent research on PMOs and Resource Management, is that the PMO is a powerful nexus of people and processes; companies that use this organizational structure wisely can invest wisely, cut costs wisely, preserve valuable resources wisely … and avoid the worst dislocations of recession.