Gartner defines the adaptive project management and reporting (APMR) market as technologies that can support multiple delivery models to optimize project management practices and complex resource management needs across an organization. These tools promote continuous collaboration and unification of diverse and distributed teams. To support accelerating rates of change and continuous value delivery, these tools adapt to changing customer needs and governance approaches across multiple organizational designs and operating models. They provide multiple execution approaches that are grounded in value-based decision making and the time-to-value perceptions of their customers. Organizations need tools to support the integration of traditional development practices alongside agile, adaptive and hybrid ways of working while driving high levels of productivity from contributors and team members. The dynamic and complex multiple organizational operating model design of all organizations makes the correct governance approach imperative, yet difficult to achieve. To drive organizationwide outcomes, APMR tools need to support adaptive decision making without incurring additional bureaucracy.
PPM software providers covered under this market definition aim to support the selection, planning and execution of a variety of different work packages or containers, including, but not limited to, traditional projects. They often fold in collaboration and communication capabilities and allow work teams and project offices to report, monitor and identify course correction in resource-intensive project and work environments. Providers included in this market offer these capabilities directly through their own products, but frequently recognize that specific integration points may also be needed to connect niche tools or data sources. The PPM capabilities identified as essential or critical include: Project demand management Project planning and management Time management Resource management Resource capacity planning Project portfolio management Project collaboration Program management Reporting services Security and user management Integration Usability
Gartner defines the strategic portfolio management (SPM) market as cloud-based and on-premises applications for enterprisewide strategic planning, which forecast the transition to a future state where desired business outcomes are realized. SPM offerings provide advanced modeling capabilities and continuous monitoring, engaging stakeholders in informed, data-driven portfolio decision making. These products are ideal for organizations investing in digital strategies that demand frequent stakeholder collaboration and continual adaptation to maximize outcomes. SPM helps organizations navigate complex, ever-changing business needs and constant IT evolution, enabling dynamic stakeholder engagement to maintain strategic alignment and make critical decisions. SPM technologies model an organization’s strategic plans to achieve its desired outcomes through initiatives as a strategic investment portfolio. Organizations can use SPM product capabilities to forecast outcomes, monitor portfolio performance, analyze impacts, and compare alternative scenarios to continually optimize investments for better outcomes. Digital strategies involve multiple interdependent portfolios, such as business capabilities, products, platforms, applications, and IT services, in addition to investments. SPM modeling enforces portfolio relationships, yielding contextualized insights for collaborative and confident portfolio decisions to adapt to outcome-related performance concerns and changing business conditions.