project governance best practice

Why do big IT Projects fail? There are many reasons. Mismanagement, new technology and immature IT Organization are amongst them. However, the most frequent reason for large project failure is organizational dynamics or politics.

 This presentation provides an excellent primer/overview/introduction to Project Portfolio Management (PPM) - the process and frameworks used to get the biggest bang for your buck!

 This presentation discusses the common mistakes CIOs make while managing their project portfolios and ways to overcome them.

 Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) research paper on best practices to realize value from your ALM/PPM investments.

 Project Portfolio Management (PPM) has gained favor with CIOs - this paper discusses the rapid adoption of PPM, the definition of PPM, and best practices in PPM implementation.

 The Project Portfolio Planning (P3) Methodology provides an organized and comprehensive process for developing project portfolios that support the business. The methodology is most appropriate for organizations that continually generate myriads of projects and project ideas that compete for a limited number of available resources. Issues addressed by the methodology include harvesting new project ideas, documenting the business case, evaluating projects on a consistent basis, prioritizing projects, selecting the best portfolio, and planning required resources.

 This presentation provides an excellent overview of the stage gate process - periodic assessment and elimination of "dogs" from your project portfolio.

 10 best practices for project selection decisions in project portfolio management.

 Best practices and lessons learned through initiatives that used the Outcome Management or cost-benefit analysis techniques to demonstrate their value.

 This paper discusses two approaches to help improve strategy and project alignment, and improve project performance across the enterprise.