How should portfolio prioritization work when every initiative claims “strategic urgency”?

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Lissette Indhira Pimentel Sosa

Community Champion

Program Manager| HARPER SRL Santo Domingo / Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

In many organizations, every leader insists their project is critical, and resources are stretched thin. Traditional scoring models often fail to reflect politics, urgency, or hidden risks. How are you handling prioritization when everything looks “high priority” on paper?

Posted: Sep 26, 2025 4:10 PM

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Aung Sint

Community Champion

Lead Consultant| Laminar Projects

I'd say prioritization comes from the objectives that you're trying to achieve as an organization. There will be a trade-off, no doubt.

Love to learn from others!

Posted: Sep 27, 2025 12:30 AM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

Lissette -

This is where it might be better not to try to prioritize all ideas but focus on identifying the highest value project which the decision making body would want to proceed with as soon as capacity or funds free up. As priorities will change dynamically, spending lots of effort to constantly reprioritize a stack of pending project requests is waste.

The key, however, is to ensure there is the right governance system (people, process, tools) in place with the decision makers being willing to work together rather than pushing their own agendas. Without that, no PPM approach will work.

Kiron

Posted: Sep 27, 2025 8:02 AM

Lissette Indhira Pimentel Sosa

Community Champion

Program Manager| HARPER SRL Santo Domingo / Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic

Thanks for the insights! very helpful details

Posted: Oct 28, 2025 9:45 AM

Syed Ashir Riaz

Community Champion

AI-Powered Social Media Strategist

From my perspective, when multiple initiatives are considered “strategic,” I find it helpful to foster open dialogue around impact, feasibility, and resource capacity. I rely on objective criteria linked to organizational goals to guide prioritization discussions. Encouraging leaders to jointly review trade-offs promotes transparency and alignment, helping ensure that decisions are made collaboratively rather than competitively.

Posted: Oct 29, 2025 12:36 AM

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How should portfolio prioritization work when every initiative claims “strategic urgency”?

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