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Strategic Portfolio Management
Align decision-making to strategic objectives across portfolios
Connecting strategy, funding, and delivery
As your organization scales, maintaining alignment between strategy, investments, and execution becomes a key competitive advantage.
Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) extends traditional portfolio management by linking portfolios to business strategy and uniting planning, funding, and delivery in a continuous cycle. Across waterfall, hybrid, or agile delivery models, SPM gives leaders the visibility and agility to stay aligned, prioritize effectively, and deliver measurable outcomes.
See the full picture, from strategy to execution
Achieving enterprise-wide alignment requires a single view of how strategy connects to work and outcomes.
SPM breaks down silos by integrating financial, operational, and portfolio data—giving leaders real-time visibility into performance and enabling data-driven decisions that keep priorities aligned. With this connected view, organizations can anticipate change, adapt quickly, and maintain alignment as objectives evolve.
CIOs
Gain a single view of investments and outcomes to connect IT strategy with business priorities. SPM enables CIOs to align initiatives to enterprise goals and deliver measurable value.
EPMO
Eliminate silos and improve collaboration across programs and portfolios. With visibility into dependencies and capacity, EPMO leaders can align strategy and execution to drive results.
IT Finance
See where every dollar goes—and what it delivers. SPM links financial, operational, and delivery data so IT Finance can adjust funding dynamically and maximize ROI.
Capabilities
SPM unites the essential capabilities needed to connect strategy with execution. Through integrated planning, budgeting, resource management, and program delivery, teams can align goals, funding, and capacity—ensuring every initiative is prioritized, resourced, and executed to deliver measurable business results.
Strategic Planning
Portfolio Budgeting
Resource Management
Program Management
Strategic Portfolio Management that connects strategy to outcomes
IBM Targetprocess has been named a Market Leader in Strategic Portfolio Management by Research in Action, recognized for delivering visibility from planning to execution and seamless ITFM integration.
Read the full report to see why we ranked highest in customer satisfaction and value.
Get the clarity you need to turn strategy into action
IBM Targetprocess enables SPM in practice by connecting strategy, financials, and delivery into a single, real-time view. As the foundation for SPM, it gives leaders visibility into how work, funding, and outcomes align—so they can track progress, identify risks early, and keep execution on course to achieve strategic goals.
- Strategic Planning
- Resource Management
- Program Management
- Portfolio Budgeting
Answers questions like:
- Are our current initiatives aligned to strategic objectives?
- How much progress are we making toward each goal?
- Which objectives or key results are falling behind?
Answers questions like:
- Are teams balanced or is one overloaded?
- Do incoming requests exceed current team capacity?
- Where is work getting stuck: approved, rejected, or pending?
Answers questions like:
- Are programs delivering expected outcomes on time?
- Which milestones or dependencies are at risk?
- How quickly can we pivot when business priorities change?
Answers questions like:
- Are investments aligned with business priorities?
- Can we show how costs are allocated fairly and transparently across the business?
- What value and outcomes are we realizing from the money we invest?
“Having all of that information in there, making sure that everybody is on the same page, making it transparent, making it visible, and then also tying it to our strategic themes and our corporate strategy has given people a sense of how their work is contributing to the success of the company.”
