AI investment is accelerating across the enterprise, but the gap between ambition and actual results is widening. According to Gartner®, a mere 24% of portfolio management offices (PMOs) successfully adopt AI for project, program, and/or portfolio management activities, underscoring that these core challenges are present in PMO AI transformations.
By 2028, 70% of PPM leaders will leverage predictive, optimization, and agentic AI to reduce portfolio risk and boost planning and delivery efficiency. The leaders who get there will be the ones who look past the hype, build genuine AI literacy, and deploy the techniques that actually fit how portfolio work gets done.
Our key takeaways from the research include:
- Why GenAI alone won't move the needle on forecasting, planning, or decision intelligence
- Which AI techniques are best suited for portfolio forecasting, planning, and decision-making
- How to build the AI literacy your PMO needs to deliver real results
Gartner, Think Beyond GenAI: AI-Driven Portfolio Management for PMOs, James Boyle, 19 March 2026.
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