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Portfolio management consultancy

We rebuild PMOs around the value they deliver

Advisory for enterprise portfolios: target operating models, delivery governance and compliance, and the automation of PMO process at scale.

Portfolio value managed
£100M+Portfolio value managed
Annual savings delivered
5–15%Annual savings delivered
Years in PMO leadership
15+Years in PMO leadership
Largest team led
30+Largest team led

We have sat on your side of the table

Four problems turn up in almost every portfolio we are asked to look at. None of them is really a tooling problem.

  1. 01

    Reporting absorbs the effort the decisions deserve

    The pack takes three weeks to assemble and is contested in the room. By the time the portfolio view is agreed, the position it described has moved.

  2. 02

    Capacity is an opinion, not a number

    Resource positions live across spreadsheets with different formats and update cycles. Asked what the portfolio can absorb next quarter, nobody can answer without a fortnight of work.

  3. 03

    Scenarios are unaffordable

    Changing one assumption means rebuilding the model. So the board sees one plan and a sensitivity, rather than the three options it actually needs to choose between.

  4. 04

    The tool was never the problem

    Enterprise PPM platforms get bought, configured and half-adopted. The delivery teams return to spreadsheets, and the investment shows up as licence cost rather than better decisions.

Advisory

Six engagements

Each is scoped to a decision you need to make better, not a framework you need to adopt. Most clients start with one and extend.

  1. 01

    Value-focused PMO setup

    Design and deploy a portfolio management office that measures business value delivered, rather than tasks completed.

    Foundation
  2. 02

    Stakeholder coaching

    Move PMO leaders and project managers from output tracking to outcome realisation across the portfolio.

    Capability
  3. 03

    AI and automation strategy

    Introduce automation and applied AI into PMO practice for predictive insight and materially lower administrative overhead.

    Innovation
  4. 04

    Data analytics enablement

    Turn project data into decision support: analytics that answer the questions the investment committee actually asks.

    Intelligence
  5. 05

    Technology advancement

    Evolve existing PPM tooling towards scenario planning, value scoring and portfolio optimisation, without a rip-and-replace programme.

    Evolution
  6. 06

    Value delivery framework

    Establish a continuous value delivery framework that keeps portfolio investment aligned to strategic outcomes.

    Delivery
Jo Dourou Schrader

The founder

Jo Dourou Schrader

Founder and Principal Consultant

A PMO strategist with over fifteen years transforming portfolio management functions inside enterprise organisations. Jo specialises in designing target operating models, leading delivery governance and compliance, and digitalising and automating PMO process at scale.

That work has delivered measurable cost savings and operational improvement across retail, financial services, media, technology and logistics.

  1. 01

    15+ years

    Strategic PMO leadership across enterprise organisations

  2. 02

    100+ mentored

    Project management professionals coached and developed globally

  3. 03

    M&A governance

    Led governance for major acquisitions and ownership transfers

  4. 04

    Multi-sector

    Retail, banking, media, technology and logistics

  5. 05

    Automation at scale

    Digitalised and automated PMO process across multiple organisations

  6. 06

    Award-winning

    Recognised internationally for PMO leadership, and a judge of others

In their words

“Jo's vibrant personality and focus on the big picture were the first traits that made our partnership effortless. Her projects were driven by timelines, eye for detail, resilience and high levels of empathy.”

Anushree KavoorMicro Focus

“Jo has that perfect combination of vast experience, in-depth technical knowledge and superb people skills. With such a deep knowledge and practical application of project management methodologies, her attention to detail has been unparalleled in my experience.”

Richard AndrewsOcado

“Jo's ability to juggle multiple projects was unlike any I've seen before, and it made a dramatic difference to the productivity of the PMO team she led.”

Mary SamboFinancial Times

Whether you are standing a PMO up or straightening one out

The first conversation is thirty minutes and costs nothing. If we are not the right people for the problem, we will say so.