Project Portfolio Planning: Create Storms, Not Forms By Sondre Bjørnebekk Strategic portfolio management goes beyond what is typically achieved in a project management office. My best attempt at formulating this is: Create storms, rather...
How to Choose a Project Portfolio Management Tool? By Miley W. Merkhofer Tools are good. Tools for project portfolio management can help organizations improve the selection and management of their project portfolios. This can...
Stealth Projects By Kiron D. Bondale A stealth project is an initiative that was never formally sanctioned or approved. This is not a value judgment – many stealth projects are able to deliver worthwhile...
Common Mistakes in IT Portfolio Management By Vaughan Merlyn IT Portfolio Management is at the heart and soul of leveraging IT for business value. And yet most IT organizations do a poor job of...
How to Choose a PPM Solution By Curt Finch According to a recent article in a leading technology magazine, the demand for project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions is rising in response to the...
Evaluating Mandated and Ongoing Projects By Miley W. Merkhofer Although some organizations exempt mandated and ongoing projects from formal evaluation, my recommendation is that both types of projects should be routinely evaluated just as...
Reasons for Tuning a Project Portfolio By Pradeep Bhanot Creating a perfect portfolio may be a dream, but striving for one should not be. Lean thinking encourages incremental measures that focus on the customer,...
Project Portfolio Management in Ten Minutes By Kailash Awati Let’s begin with a few definitions: Portfolio: The prioritised set of all projects and programs in an organisation. Program: A set of multiple, interdependent projects...
Change as a Positive Force in Project Portfolio Management By Pradeep Bhanot My work in change management has taught me that change is enviable and should be embraced, not feared. Project management needs the...
Benefits of Project Portfolio Management – PPM By Craig Brown The following are the main benefits of Project Portfolio Management – PPM: Builds discipline into project selection process. Links project selection to strategic metrics....
