Lack of a Strategic Priority System Creates Problems:
Multiple Projects and Resource Contentions

Most organizations have many projects in process at any given point in time. The number of small and large projects in a portfolio almost always exceeds the available resources (typically by a factor of three to four times the available resources). This capacity overload inevitably leads to confusion and inefficient use of scarce organizational resources. The presence of an implementation gap and of power politics add to the problem of which projects are allocated resources first. Employee morale and confidence suffer because it is difficult to make sense of an ambiguous system. A multi-project organization environment faces major problems without a priority system that is clearly linked to the strategic plan.