Tech Leaders Struggle in an Agile vs. Legacy World
Supporting an agile business is an ongoing struggle made more challenging by organizations that are based on legacy systems—but expect more nimble offerings.
Just 10% of survey respondents said their project management office (PMO) has enough business agility to “always” pivot easily when there’s a change, while 40% said their PMO can do this on an “occasional” basis.
59% said they have real-time visibility into the state of their projects, but only 48% said they have real-time visibility into their resources.
53% said they are unsure about their PMO’s corporate objectives and values.
Three-quarters still rely on spreadsheets to manage project tasks and information.
Just 27% are using cloud-based solutions for project tasks and only 25% are taking advantage of hosted software tools.
Despite the tech and project management challenges, 69% said they have access to—and utilize—the tools and tech required to effectively manage communications within people and projects.
Project management: 35%, Portfolio management: 20%, Resource management: 19%
Overseeing team schedules and workloads: 47%, Communicating between different departments: 46%, Communicating among different people in the same department: 8%