Research Note: Agile Planning & Portfolio Management (APPM) Market
The Agile Planning & Portfolio Management (APPM) market represents a rapidly growing segment of the enterprise software industry focused on enabling organizations to align software investments with business outcomes and deliver products to market faster. APPM solutions provide capabilities for strategic planning, investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance, helping organizations optimize the flow of value through their technology delivery pipelines. The APPM market is being driven by the need for enterprises to respond more quickly to market changes, improve the efficiency and predictability of software investments, and enable greater collaboration between IT and business stakeholders.
Leading APPM solutions are evolving to support the needs of both traditional project-centric organizations and modern product-led enterprises practicing Agile and DevOps methodologies at scale. Key capabilities include strategic portfolio planning, Agile program and team-level execution, resource capacity planning and financial management, value stream management and Lean governance, and increasingly, AI/ML-powered insights and automation. The APPM market is highly competitive, with a mix of legacy Enterprise PPM providers like Planview and Broadcom, Agile ALM leaders like Atlassian and Digital.ai, and disruptive new players like Ahai focused on more modern, AI-native experiences.