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Portfolio management is one of the most effective ways for managers to achieve more with less.

PDF Icon Project Portfolio Management: The Issues, Challenges, Business Opportunities And Future Trends

Dr. Shan Rajegopal
In the summer of 2006, Berkshire Consultancy Ltd. brought together a round table of senior managers from FTSE 100 companies. The roundtable followed three key themes: 1) Issues and challenges for companies seeking to implement PPM; 2) Ways of fine tuning PPM practices to make a lasting business impact; 3) PPM trends in the next 5 years.

PDF Icon Evolution of the PMO: Agile Portfolio Management

Grant Thornton
In this white paper, the authors propose four imperatives that comprise what they call Agile Portfolio Management (APM). These imperatives can't be realised through software solutions alone. They define Agile Portfolio Management as the combination of four principles that go beyond software to fundamentally improve the way IT organisations think about projects.

PDF Icon Portfolio management: An Essential Support for IT Governance

Peter Walters
Portfolio management is one of the most effective ways for managers to achieve more with less. In today's competitive and ever-changing business environment, organisations must be able to articulate their business objectives, ensure that resources are only committed to agreed goals and have the processes in place to actively monitor and keep them on track. An inability to do this will ultimately undermine the effort, time and money spent in the pursuit of profitable and competitive business.

PDF Icon Project Portfolio Management: Get More Value From IT Investments

Eric Gabas-Varini
Portfolio management is one of the most efficient ways for management to achieve more with less. It enables companies to generate more value from their technological investments, by more judicious choices upstream and effective and regular monitoring of the execution.

PDF Icon Embracing the Complete Value of Project Portfolio Management

Kazim Isfahani
This white paper provides an understanding of the value of a project portfolio management solution and offers insight into the types of functionality that must be inherent in such an application.

PDF Icon What is Portfolio Management?

Duncan Haughey
Portfolio Management is about more than running multiple projects. Each portfolio of projects needs to be assessed in terms of its business value and adherence to strategy. The portfolio should be designed to achieve a defined business objective or benefit.

PDF Icon A Perspective on Programme Management

Duncan Haughey
This study looks at the technique of programme management. It suggests a framework on which organisations can base their programme management strategy and will be helpful to anyone tasked with the running of multiple projects.

PDF Icon Helping Project Teams Succeed

Duncan Haughey
Do you leave your project teams to succeed despite the organisation rather than because of it. Creating an environment that supports success is a major step towards helping your project teams succeed.