Chapter

Project Portfolio Management Guides

The “Project Portfolio Management Guides” category is a curated collection of resources, articles, and information designed to provide comprehensive guidance and best practices for implementing and managing Project Portfolio Management (PPM) within an organization. This section of our CIO Reference Library offers valuable insights for CIOs, IT executives, and other decision-makers seeking to understand PPM concepts, adopt effective PPM methodologies, and optimize their PPM practices to achieve strategic goals and maximize return on investment.

PPM guides offer step-by-step instructions, tips, and best practices to help organizations establish, execute, and improve their PPM capabilities, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives, efficient resource allocation, and successful project execution.

Key topics within the Project Portfolio Management Guides category include:

  1. PPM Basics and Fundamentals: Gain an understanding of the core concepts, principles, and objectives of PPM, as well as its benefits and importance within an organization.
  2. PPM Methodologies and Frameworks: Learn about various PPM methodologies and frameworks, such as PMI’s Portfolio Management Standard, Agile PPM, PRINCE2, and others, and how they can be adopted and adapted to your organization’s unique context.
  3. PPM Governance and Processes: Discover the importance of establishing effective PPM governance structures and processes, ensuring proper oversight, decision-making, and alignment with business objectives.
  4. PPM Tools and Software: Explore the different types of PPM tools and software available in the market, and understand best practices for selecting, implementing, and using these tools to support your organization’s PPM processes.
  5. PPM Resource Management: Learn about best practices for managing and allocating resources across your project portfolio, ensuring the efficient use of resources and the timely delivery of projects.
  6. PPM Risk Management: Understand the principles and best practices of PPM risk management, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with your project portfolio.
  7. PPM Metrics and KPIs: Discover the various metrics and key performance indicators used to measure PPM effectiveness and success, and learn how to establish, track, and optimize these metrics to drive continuous improvement.
  8. PPM Continuous Improvement: Gain insights into best practices for ongoing PPM improvement, including regular reviews, assessments, and optimization efforts to ensure continued alignment with evolving business objectives and IT landscapes.

The Project Portfolio Management Guides category offers valuable insights and guidance for IT leaders seeking to adopt, implement, and improve PPM practices within their organizations. By leveraging the knowledge and resources shared within this category, IT professionals can effectively establish and manage their project portfolios, ensure alignment with strategic goals, and ultimately deliver successful projects that create value for their organizations.

e-Book: A Guide to Project Portfolio Rationalization

This document discusses Project Portfolio Rationalization in the context of risk management. An excellent resource for the CIO who wants to understand PPM and use it to manage risk and increate shareholder value in their organization. Excellent Read! (100 pages) This guide to Project Portfolio Rationalization discusses the following: What

PPM Guide and Templates

This guide is a thorough resource for IT project management in higher education, detailing processes from initiation to completion.

IT Project and Portfolio Management Overview

This paper introduces project portfolio management (PPM), explains the importance of PPM, discusses common tools, templates, and techniques, demonstrates the contribution of PPM to organizational success and the use of PPM in the creation of business value. Excellent place to start your PPM journey.

A Guide to Project Portfolio Management

This presentation provides an in-depth (50+ pages) introduction to Project Portfolio Management (PPM). What is PPM? Why is PPM important? What are the key challenges in implementing PPM? What are the key myths related to PPM? What are the benefits of PPM? What are the key steps in implementing PPM? How do you measure success? What are portfolio metrics that matter? And much more!

Project Portfolio Management Process

This document defines the project portfolio management process – the steps to follow to implement project or program portfolio management (PPM) in the enterprise. (50 pages)

Project Portfolio Benefits Realization Management

This document discusses project portfolio benefits realization management, benefits harvesting, benefits reporting, the role of the executive sponsor, and improving the project portfolio.

Project Portfolio Management Framework and Guide

This research introduces a project portfolio management framework that combines traditional PPM techniques with a critical new capability: project/program classification and categorization. Are there different classes/categories of programs? Does each class impact PPM process the same way? Can PPM be made more effective using project categorization? The research explores this by implementing this framework in different organizations. So, what did the research reveal? Read On…

Strategy Execution and Portfolio Management

The authors take a critical look at traditional portfolio approach which treats each individual project as separate, distinct and unrelated to each other and propose an alternative approach that optimizes the entire portfolio factoring in the interdependencies between projects. This portfolio management approach create better synergy with strategy and business results.

Please login to unlock all 18 posts in Project Portfolio Management Guides

Featured

Please visit the CIO Wiki for comprehensive coverage of IT Management terms and concepts.

Join The Largest Global Network of CIOs!

Over 75,000 of your peers have begun their journey to CIO 3.0 Are you ready to start yours?
Mailchimp Signup (Short)