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Portfolio Design Maturity Check: Are You Ready for Tomorrow?

Organizations today face unprecedented complexity and relentless change. Portfolio design is fundamentally about an organization's capability to navigate and respond effectively to continuous change. Assessing the maturity of your strategic portfolio management approach can significantly enhance your organization's readiness and adaptability, empowering teams to confidently face tomorrow's challenges through enhanced visibility, intentionality, optimization, and anticipation.

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Delivery Delays: Why Your Projects Are Always Behind Schedule

March 12, 2025
Gino Marckx

Timely delivery is often the most critical measure of success in project management. Yet many organizations - particularly those running large, complex programs - routinely miss deadlines and battle extended timelines. Discover the seven root causes of persistent delivery delays and understand their profound impact on budgets, stakeholder trust, and team morale.

Lost Focus: The Silent Killer of Organizational Agility

March 5, 2025
Wayne Hetherington

Spinning Wheels: How Inefficient Structures Are Holding Back Your Success

February 26, 2025
Peter Maddison

In today's fast-paced business environment, countless organizations experience a familiar frustration—despite endless activity, progress remains painfully slow. This post explores how hidden flaws in organizational design silently drain potential through unclear value streams, cognitive overload, and problematic team structures. Learn to recognize when your organization's structure has become the spinning wheels keeping you stuck rather than the engine driving you forward.

Unlock Adaptability: 7 Strategic Portfolio Management Challenges to Avoid

February 19, 2025
Gino Marckx

Discover the seven critical portfolio design flaws that could be hindering your organization's adaptability. Learn how to identify and address these common mistakes to create a more agile and efficient portfolio management system.

Enhancing Product Delivery Through Iterative Processes

April 24, 2024
Gino Marckx

This blog discusses the core activities, tools, and stakeholders involved in the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC). It explains how the Xodiac PDLC framework helps businesses identify gaps in their product development process and continuously refine their products to meet user needs and business goals.

Contingency Planning: How to Navigate and Mitigate Risks

February 2, 2024
Peter Maddison

Effective product delivery is a constant challenge in today's dynamic business world. Whether embracing agile methodologies, implementing DevOps practices, or following traditional project management approaches, one common thread runs through them all: the need to manage risk.