S10E22723 October 2026

S10E227: Your Project Is On Time. So What? with Matthieu Sors

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S10E227

S10E227: Your Project Is On Time. So What? with Matthieu Sors

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Your project is green. Every milestone hit. And the CIO still can't tell the business what value it created. Matthieu Sors has watched that conversation play out inside banks, telcos and software companies for 20 years, and he thinks the fix is a shift most PMOs haven't made yet: stop tracking outputs, start owning outcomes. Matthieu is French, based in Sydney, and has spent his career on portfolio management: NBN, banking EPMOs, and now Planview, where he works with executive teams on what comes next. He joins Dale and Machine Gun Martin to unpack the difference between an output and an outcome, why senior executives are already ready for the outcome conversation (and why the middle layer isn't), and what OKRs look like when they are done well. In this episode: the bank that reported 10 platinum, 6 gold and 5 silver milestones and still couldn't answer "what did we deliver?"; why large programmes are being broken into waves; delegation and empowerment without blowing the budget; the asset lifecycle and the sponsor role on infrastructure projects; value streams and product operating models; why OKR rollouts fall apart after two quarters; AI, quantum and the human in the loop; and Matthieu's final thought for every project manager updating their CV in a panic: you are not going anywhere. Connect with Matthieu Sors on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieusors/ Hosted by Dale Foong and Martin C. The Project Chatter Podcast has been running since 2018 and is free to access, always. Contains one instance of strong language.

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Matthieu Sors

Senior Director - Executive Advisory & Transformation at Planview

Matthieu Sors is Senior Director at Planview, where he works with enterprise leaders to connect strategy, delivery, and customer outcomes across complex transformation environments. With a background spanning consulting, banking, and enterprise software, Matthieu brings first-hand credibility from large-scale transformation programs, including Product Operating Model transformation, strategic portfolio change, and executive-level delivery across complex organisations. He is especially strong on topics such as strategic portfolio management, product and operating model transformation, OKR governance, executive alignment, and the link between planning platforms, delivery execution, and measurable business outcomes. In his current work, he is actively shaping conversations with major enterprises and partners across banking, insurance, energy, aviation, and retail.

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