Companies adopt project, program and portfolio management practices to enable the realization of business value and the achievement of strategies and objectives. In order to advance the organizational

Organizational enablers are the structural, cultural, technological, and human resource practices that support effective portfolio, program, and project management. Strengthening these enablers creates an environment where management practices can flourish and remain aligned to business strategy. PMI's frameworks emphasize that without robust organizational enablers, even well-defined processes and PMOs will fail to deliver consistent value.

Strategic planning is a critical activity but alone does not advance the organizational capability needed to sustain portfolio management practices.

Establishing a PMO is one structural mechanism but addresses only part of the organizational capability needed and is not sufficient on its own.

Strengthening processes and procedures is important but represents only one dimension of organizational capability, excluding cultural and human resource factors.