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Business Driven Project Portfolio Management

Business Driven Project Portfolio Management
Conquering the Top 10 Risks That Threaten Success
By Mark Price Perry

Hardcover, 6x9, 320 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-60427-053-2
March 2011

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Project portfolio management (PPM) is a term that is used to describe methods for analyzing and collectively managing groups of projects based on numerous factors and considerations. The fundamental objective of PPM is to determine the best projects to undertake in support of the goals, objectives, and strategies of the organization. Business Driven Project Portfolio Management covers the top 10 risks that threaten PPM success and offers practical alternatives to help ensure achievement of desired results. Written from a business perspective, it contains the executive insights, management strategy, tactics, processes and architecture needed for the successful implementation, ongoing management, and continual improvement of PPM in any organization.




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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1—PPM Risk #1: Shared Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives
Project Portfolio Management Is Not Easy
Shared Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives
Inspiring a Shared Vision
What Is the Vision of Project Portfolio Management?
What Does Project Portfolio Management Include?
Does Project Portfolio Management Change with Time?
Mission, Goals, and Objectives
Showcase #1: Microsoft

Chapter 2—PPM Risk #2: Executive Level Support
Starting at the Top with Senior Management
Focusing on Business Goals from the Start
Establishing the Project Portfolio Management Executive Playbook
Reserved Powers for Project Portfolio Management Executive Discretion
Showcase #2: Compuware

Chapter 3—PPM Risk #3: Functional Champion
Project Champion vs. Functional Champion
Why Is a Functional Champion Needed?
Who Should Be the Functional Champion?
Functional Champion Techniques
Showcase #3: Innotas

Chapter 4—PPM Risk #4: Big Bang vs. Incremental Adoption
Don’t Overwhelm the Organization
Use a GAP Analysis
Use a Proof of Concept
Tolerate Imperfect Information
Allow Sufficient Time To Get Systems in Place
Recognize that Data Integrity Is Not a Tool Issue
Be Open to the Possibility of a Big Bang Approach
Showcase #4: PowerSteering Software

Chapter 5—PPM Risk #5: The Effects of Changing Processes and Measures
Understanding Perspectives on Processes and Metrics
The Effects of Changing Processes and Measures
Changing Processes and Measures—Bottom-up Evolution
Changing Processes and Measures—Top-down Evolution
Showcase #5: Planview

Chapter 6—PPM Risk #6: Timeframe for Analysis and Decision Making
Decision Timing
Decision Style
Organizational Level
Decision Criteria
Showcase #6: UMT

Chapter 7—PPM Risk #7: Quantifying Business Value
Project Success Perspectives: Enabler or Impediment?
Caveats of the Two Dimensions of Project Success
Quantifying Business Value
Showcase #7: Outperform

Chapter 8—PPM Risk #8: Ensuring Data Integrity
Understanding Data Integrity
Producing Data Integrity
Improving Data Integrity
Showcase #8: Hewlett-Packard

Chapter 9—PPM Risk #9: Tooling and Architecture
Overcoming the Tool Mindset
An Architecture Approach
Examples of PPM Architecture
Showcase #9: Planview International

Chapter 10—PPM Risk #10: Sustaining Value
PPM Maturity Models—The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Emergence of Multi-dimensional PPM
How Projects Are Viewed—Myopic vs. Ubiquitous
How Management Is Viewed—Scientific Management vs. Complex
Adaptive Systems
Showcase #10: AtTask

Epilogue
Index



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