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Value Delivery

Maximizing Return on Project Investments

Evolving a PMO helps organizations support outcomes instead of processes. Our report, The Evolution of PMOs: Delivering Value Through xMOs, explores why.

Summary

The "Value Delivery" report presents a comprehensive framework for enhancing how organizations conceptualize, plan, and realize meaningful business outcomes from project investments. This research-driven resource challenges narrow definitions of project success focused primarily on technical deliverables, presenting evidence that mature value approaches significantly enhance return on project investments across industries and organizational contexts. The report identifies key value delivery dimensions—including strategic alignment, stakeholder value definition, benefit measurement, and continuous optimization—that collectively transform how organizations manage the connection between project outputs and business outcomes.

It explores how leading organizations are embedding value focus throughout the project lifecycle, from initial business case development through execution and into post-implementation benefit realization and refinement. Particular attention is given to the evolving governance mechanisms that enhance value focus, with guidance on establishing decision frameworks, accountability models, and measurement systems that maintain outcome orientation amid delivery pressures. The research highlights both methodological approaches and cultural factors, emphasizing that organizational mindset around project purpose is as critical as formal processes.

Through detailed case studies and implementation guidance, the resource illustrates how organizations are achieving improved investment returns through enhanced value delivery capabilities. By presenting value delivery not as a project-specific technique but as a strategic organizational capability that directly enhances competitive positioning, this comprehensive analysis equips leaders with practical insights to strengthen the connection between project investments and meaningful business outcomes in increasingly resource-constrained environments where demonstrable value creation determines organizational success.

65% of organizations

use the term Project Management Office to describe their support office.

34% of organizations

use the term Portfolio Management Office for similar functions.

Only 18% of organizations

focus on fostering psychological safety and tolerance of failure.

What's Inside
Value Measurement Frameworks
Defining and measuring project value beyond traditional metrics
Delivery Optimization Models
Maximizing value delivery throughout the project lifecycle
Stakeholder Alignment Guides
Ensuring stakeholder alignment around shared value priorities