Smashing Project and Resource Prioritisation in a £1bn Organisation
Dom Wilson & Alex Gooding
The session shares how the BDO UK PMO took a leap of faith to transform a fragmented project intake landscape into a coordinated, enterprise-wide prioritisation capability fit for a £1bn organisation by taking a client centric approach to building support.
It outlines how uncontrolled demand, inconsistent responses, and misaligned expectations were replaced with structured governance, strategic triage, and transparent decision‑making.
Starting with a Pilot, BDO built an end‑to‑end framework centred on clear business rationale, cross‑functional review groups, and evidence‑based resource allocation.
The approach improved strategic alignment, reduced bottlenecks, and strengthened organisational trust in prioritisation decisions. For PMO and project leaders, the session highlights practical insights on designing collaboration‑driven governance, engaging stakeholders, iterating processes at pace, and embedding prioritisation as a value‑creating discipline rather than an administrative exercise.
