Apptio, an IBM Company

Amplify Agile

Hosted by Bret Piontek, Partner Solutions Consultant at Apptio, an IBM Company, Amplify Agile explores Strategic Portfolio Management and modern ways of working. Drawing on 15+ years of experience in portfolio management and technology delivery, Bret brings a real-world perspective on scaling agility from team to enterprise and aligning strategy to execution across Agile, waterfall, and hybrid models.

Author

Apptio, an IBM Company

Category

Technology

Podcast website

www.apptio.com

Latest episode

Mar 26, 2026

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Episodes

The Need for Change – Getting Started with Strategic Portfolio Management 26.03.2026

Learn how organizations take the first steps toward Strategic Portfolio Management – from closing the strategy-execution gap to aligning governance, funding, and prioritization.

Optimizing Budgeting for Strategic Portfolio Management 23.10.2025

Learn how organizations can move beyond static annual budgeting cycles with value stream budgeting and modern SPM tools.

Reshaping Strategic Portfolio Investments & Business Priorities with AI 15.05.2025

How to balance innovation with operational demands, and what responsible AI adoption looks like across the enterprise

How Cloud Marketplaces Fuel Enterprise Growth 17.04.2025

Discover the drivers and benefits of adopting cloud marketplaces, enhancing enterprise agility, real-world impact of IBM Targetprocess, and more.

2025 Predictions: Beyond Agile 27.02.2025

Discover key 2025 predictions for portfolio and resource management and how organizations can improve planning, prioritization, and agility at scale.

Strategic Portfolio Management for Agile Leaders 12.12.2024

Transforming organizations through strategy-execution alignment

Balancing Hybrid Agile for Better Project Outcomes 24.10.2024

Blending Agile flexibility with Waterfall structure for better project outcomes

Horizon-Based Planning Strategy for Agile Teams 19.09.2024

Enhancing agility with strategic timelines and goals

Metrics that Matter: Agile Metrics for Financial Agility 27.06.2024

Improving financial outcomes with Agile metrics

Streamlining Time Tracking by Ditching Time Sheets 16.05.2024

Shifting the focus from hours worked to value delivered

Delivering Value with Program Management - Part 2 18.04.2024

Successful implementations and the future of Agile program management

Delivering Value with Program Management - Part 1 12.04.2024

The fundamentals of Agile program management

Agile Labor Forecasting for Finance Teams 14.03.2024

Planning and optimizing labor for rapidly changing projects

Labor Financial Management 11.12.2023

The ins and outs of Labor Financial Management

Principles of Lean Budgeting 03.11.2023

The principles of lean budgeting: explained!

SAFe 6.0 Overview and Key Updates 03.10.2023

The new updates and enhancements introduced in SAFe 6.0

SAFe Fundamentals for Finance & Portfolio Teams 14.08.2023

The significance of SAFe for finance and portfolio teams

Labor & Headcount Demand Forecasting & Actuals for Agile Programs - Pt 2 14.07.2023

Learn the ins and outs Headcount Capacity Forecasting and Labor Capitalization

Sound Capacity Management and Allocation of Effort - Pt 1 13.06.2023

Capacity planning: decoded!

Launching SAFe in Partnership with Finance Teams 08.05.2023

Learn why a partnership with finance is crucial during adoption of SAFe and the best practices for doing so

Strategic Planning and OKR 13.03.2023

Kick off strategic planning and OKRs at your organization

Portfolio Management 12.01.2023

A quick rundown on Lean Portfolio Management to give your journey a fiery start

Capacity Management 11.11.2022

The what, the why, and the how of Agile capacity planning

Annual Planning 27.09.2022

Your turn: Craft an IT financial planning process that solves the challenges of continuous planning

PI Planning 09.09.2022

A breakdown of what happens in the PI planning event and how to get the most value out of it

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