Portfolio Strategy Support for Federal Executives
Powering Strategic Execution with Clarity, Control, and Confidence
NOVACES delivers Portfolio Management systems that help organizations transform strategic goals into operational success. With extensive experience supporting executive leadership and headquarters-level operations, our approach integrates certified project management practices, knowledge proliferation, and continuous improvement to support enterprise-level priorities.
We help leaders overcome complex challenges by organizing strategy into structured portfolios and providing a system for monitoring, adapting, and advancing mission-critical goals.
Organizing Strategy Through Portfolio Discipline
Our work begins by helping clients define and organize their key efforts into unified portfolios. This portfolio approach:
- Aligns projects with agency mission and strategic priorities
- Improves visibility into resources, risks, and progress
- Creates standardization across programs and functions
- Enables better decision-making and performance management
Certified Project Management with Government Focus
Using certified project management techniques (PMBOK, Agile, Lean), NOVACES applies project delivery methods—borrowed from IT and private sector best practices—and adapts them for executive and headquarters-level operations in federal government.
- Custom dashboards and reporting for portfolio oversight
- Templates and playbooks for repeatable success
- Ongoing project reviews to promote learning and adaptation
- Embedded training for upskilling staff and institutionalizing processes
Decision Support for Executive Leadership
NOVACES equips government leaders with the information they need to lead confidently. Our Portfolio Management structure provides:
- Real-time visibility into portfolio health, risks, and interdependencies
- Visual management tools to support briefings and planning sessions
- Centralized repositories for knowledge sharing, templates, and guidance
- Tools for stakeholder engagement and collaborative visioning
Built for Sustainable Impact
Our Portfolio Management model drives results beyond the lifecycle of a single project:
- Cultivates a culture of continuous improvement and shared learning
- Builds communities of practice to spread effective methods
- Encourages co-development of tools, dashboards, and policies with end-users
- Leaves behind a trained, empowered team ready to lead the next cycle
Representative Projects & Capabilities
- NOVACES Portfolio Strategy Support has led projects that meet the priorities of a diverse and geographically distributed set of stakeholders.
- Enhanced talent management planning through workforce modeling, scenario planning, and future force structure analysis.
- Improved patient movement protocols, supporting HIPAA compliance, transport safety, and real-time metric tracking.
- Conducted healthcare data analysis integrating disparate systems to support readiness, telehealth, and COVID-19 backlog mitigation.
- Delivered standardized project support to over 35 projects, supporting key phases from problem framing to sustainment.
- Developed analytic tools, dashboards, and SharePoint sites to support data-driven governance and project transparency.
- Delivered training and Appreciative Inquiry workshops to over 70 personnel, embedding a culture of continuous improvement.
Outcomes & Impact
NOVACES has directly supported over 20 federal program leaders to deliver on their objectives for the following:
- Greater visibility, consistency, and collaboration.
- Stronger mission alignment, improved workforce agility, and scalable best practices across the enterprise.
- Measurable results in terms of project outcomes, readiness posture, and long-term organizational performance.
Turn Strategy into Measurable Results
Partner with NOVACES to equip federal leaders with portfolio strategy support that aligns priorities, enhances visibility, and drives sustainable mission impact.