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.
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Apptio, an IBM Company
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Mar 26, 2026
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Episodes
The Need for Change – Getting Started with Strategic Portfolio Management 26.03.2026 29:06
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 19:29
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 15:38
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 18:18
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 15:01
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 24:01
Transforming organizations through strategy-execution alignment
Balancing Hybrid Agile for Better Project Outcomes 24.10.2024 17:14
Blending Agile flexibility with Waterfall structure for better project outcomes
Horizon-Based Planning Strategy for Agile Teams 19.09.2024 26:09
Enhancing agility with strategic timelines and goals
Metrics that Matter: Agile Metrics for Financial Agility 27.06.2024 12:41
Improving financial outcomes with Agile metrics
Streamlining Time Tracking by Ditching Time Sheets 16.05.2024 24:16
Shifting the focus from hours worked to value delivered
Delivering Value with Program Management - Part 2 18.04.2024 17:14
Successful implementations and the future of Agile program management
Delivering Value with Program Management - Part 1 12.04.2024 15:03
The fundamentals of Agile program management
Agile Labor Forecasting for Finance Teams 14.03.2024 17:33
Planning and optimizing labor for rapidly changing projects
Labor Financial Management 11.12.2023 11:23
The ins and outs of Labor Financial Management
Principles of Lean Budgeting 03.11.2023 22:24
The principles of lean budgeting: explained!
SAFe 6.0 Overview and Key Updates 03.10.2023 46:29
The new updates and enhancements introduced in SAFe 6.0
SAFe Fundamentals for Finance & Portfolio Teams 14.08.2023 19:25
The significance of SAFe for finance and portfolio teams
Labor & Headcount Demand Forecasting & Actuals for Agile Programs - Pt 2 14.07.2023 22:01
Learn the ins and outs Headcount Capacity Forecasting and Labor Capitalization
Sound Capacity Management and Allocation of Effort - Pt 1 13.06.2023 19:56
Capacity planning: decoded!
Launching SAFe in Partnership with Finance Teams 08.05.2023 12:23
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 18:12
Kick off strategic planning and OKRs at your organization
Portfolio Management 12.01.2023 11:08
A quick rundown on Lean Portfolio Management to give your journey a fiery start
Capacity Management 11.11.2022 17:41
The what, the why, and the how of Agile capacity planning
Annual Planning 27.09.2022 12:39
Your turn: Craft an IT financial planning process that solves the challenges of continuous planning
PI Planning 09.09.2022 13:09
A breakdown of what happens in the PI planning event and how to get the most value out of it
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