The strategic role of the enterprise portfolio management office in enabling the alignment and prioritisation of projects and programmes for organisational strategy execution

Humphrey Matlala; Hannelie Ne; Jan Harm C. Pretorius

doi:10.17159/2309-8775/2025/v67n2a2

The strategic role of the enterprise portfolio management office in enabling the alignment and prioritisation of projects and programmes for organisational strategy execution

Humphrey Matlala, Hannelie Ne, Jan Harm C. Pretorius

Postgraduate School of Engineering Management

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Organisations continue to face challenges in aligning and prioritising projects and programmes with strategic execution, and research shows that there is a need for organisations to develop a process that could assist them in achieving this. Using a survey study and literature, this study developed a conceptual model illustrating an ideal framework for aligning projects and programmes with organisational strategy execution. The model also proposes the optimal positioning of the enterprise portfolio management office (EPMO) within the organisational value chain to facilitate effective strategy execution and benefit management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-25
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering
Volume	67
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-8775/2025/v67n2a2
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025

Keywords

benefits realisation management (BRM)
enterprise portfolio management office (EPMO)
organisational change
project management
strategic management

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Civil and Structural Engineering

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The strategic role of the enterprise portfolio management office in enabling the alignment and prioritisation of projects and programmes for organisational strategy execution. / Matlala, Humphrey; Ne, Hannelie; Pretorius, Jan Harm C.
In: Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, Vol. 67, No. 2, 06.2025, p. 15-25.

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