In 2026, the aerospace and defense industry is projected to grow and progress: the air travel demand has already returned to the pre-pandemic level, while geopolitical tensions cause increased defense...

Most portfolio dashboards answer only “what is happening,” cluttering screens with historical actuals and lagging KPIs. But static visibility alone does not show leaders where intervention can still c...

Schedule variance is a specific project management metric that quantifies project progress by subtracting planned value (PV) from earned value (EV) at a reporting cutoff date. If you get a negative re...

Managing a delivery project pipeline is rarely a tracking problem; it is a decision-latency problem. Treat it as a static status report and new initiatives will almost immediately overload active comm...

In multi-project environments that operate with a shared pool of scarce resources, projects can remain within their monetary budget and still damage portfolio performance. Monetary headroom does not s...

Project cost management (PCM) is the discipline of planning how costs are governed, estimating required resources and money, approving and time-phasing a budget, measuring actual cost and progress, fo...

Portfolio and project management tools have similar features, but ultimately, some might be more suitable than the others for specific use cases. For many Smartsheet users, their current tool of choic...

Implementing new technology is an important part of business growth and one that allows organizations to greatly improve efficiency, increase revenue, and reach long-term goals faster. But measuring t...

Focusing on simply delivering projects can lead a company to a place where productivity is commendable, but the actual achievement of business benefits is low. Strategic portfolio management (SPM) see...

Jira is a leading tool for project management and issue tracking, but when it comes to advanced tasks required of a multi-project management tool, Jira has a number of limitations. For larger companie...

Shipbuilding projects are extremely complex. But managing a portfolio of initiatives in this sector introduces a new level of difficulty – all of these complex projects share limited resources, infras...

Microsoft’s decision to retire Project Online has left many organizations searching for Microsoft Project alternatives. But what if we look at this not only as a forced migration but as an opportunity...