Navigate Economic Upheaval with Confidence

Discover how Project Portfolio Management helps organizations stay resilient, flexible, and forward-focused — even when the future is uncertain

About this eBook

When the economy is uncertain, it’s easy to slip into panic mode – slashing budgets, delaying decisions, and focusing on the short term. But the most resilient businesses take a different approach. They use strategic Project Portfolio Management to stay ahead of the curve, adjust with purpose, and turn disruption into a competitive edge.

In this updated and expanded eBook, PPM pioneer Harvey A. Levine draws on over six decades of expertise to explore how leaders can rethink risk, manage uncertainty, and use PPM to support smarter resource allocation, more strategic project selection, and faster scenario response.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify and protect your most critical and strategic resources
• Differentiate between upheaval and uncertainty – and adapt to both
• Revisit and revise strategic plans without losing focus
• Use your PPM systems to test scenarios, rebalance portfolios, and communicate priorities
• Turn downturns into opportunities by re-evaluating stalled or sidelined projects

Whether you're a PMO leader, portfolio manager, or executive decision-maker, this eBook will help you use your PPM framework not just to weather volatility – but to thrive through it.

About the Author

Harvey Levine is a widely respected consultant, expert, and author on the topic of project management. He is the author of 3 books and over 300 articles and videos. He is a past president of Project Management Institute and PMI Fellow. With his 63 years of experience, he is an expert in Project Portfolio Management, Project Management Offices, Risk Management, Earned Value, and PM tools. While on the board of PMI, he was instrumental in the establishment of the PMBOK and the PMP certification standards. He was an early proponent of Project Portfolio Management, contributing to its establishment as an important component of project management and authoring the first substantive text on the subject. Harvey also provided guidance to the project management software industry on extending software capabilities to support PPM.