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Project Portfolio Selection
, : 21 January 2011 / 5:18 PM : 0 
So you’ve collected the demand for projects from your organization, not an easy feat! Congratulations! Next step is portfolio selection. Again, this can be a simple process to start with and you can continue to improve as your organization gets comfortable with Project Portfolio Management (PPM).
In this blog, we will discuss portfolio selection. Portfolio selection refers to the process of grouping, comparing, selecting and prioritizing the IT project portfolio to ensure business alignment.
How does your organization select their project portfolio?
Based on individual business cases and not from a...
Tagged: Business Value CIO Information Management IT Planning IT Strategy IT to Business Alignment IT Value Project Management Project Methodology
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IT Project Portfolio Management – Where do you start?
, : 28 October 2010 / 11:47 AM : 0
So now that you’ve decided that you need Project Portfolio Management (PPM) in your organization, how do you get started?
PPM has multiple process categories such as demand management, portfolio selection, resource management, project management, portfolio governance and financial management. In this blog, we will focus on demand management.
PPM demand management can be defined as the process for capturing and understanding all demand for IT projects in your organization. Demand Management is a crucial step to begin to manage the influx of project requests coming into the IT department. You will need to get the project request process und...
Tagged: IT Planning IT to Business Alignment Project Management
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IT Project Portfolio Management – Do You Need It?
, : 22 October 2010 / 2:52 PM : 0
Have you heard the term Project Portfolio Management (PPM) being kicked around and wondered if it was necessary for the health and well-being of your IT organization? Ask yourself if any of these statements ring true at your organization:
Tagged: IT Planning IT Strategy IT to Business Alignment IT Value Project Management
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Repurposing Your Project Management Office (PMO)
, : 11 May 2009 / 1:52 PM : 0
In an economic environment characterized by near unprecedented losses in business profitability, jobs and personal wealth, the average business professional is focused on keeping the lights on. With thousands of organizations faced with delivering an acceptable level of business with fewer and fewer resources, who can afford Project Managers or a Project Management Office (PMO) full of Project Managers and Project Administrators?
Some leaders may feel that project management is not critical to the operation and survival of their business and so the PMO is sometimes the first thing to be disbanded. Project Managers are laid off or re-purposed int...
Tagged: Information Management Project Methodology
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