Chapter 17
Establishing a Project Portfolio Management Process
He who attempts too much seldom succeeds.
—Dutch proverb
A good way to outline a strategy is to ask yourself: “How and where am I going to commit my resources?” Your answer constitutes your strategy.
—R. Henry Miglione, Oral Roberts University, An MBO Approach to Long-Range Planning
- Understand current practices in corporate Project Portfolio Management and how they are applied
- Know how to deliver explicit business value through a strategically aligned project portfolio
- Adapt the concepts and practices of Project Portfolio Management to Agile Project Portfolio Management
Organizations that invest in information technology (IT) projects—whether hardware-focused, software-focused, or both—must have a plan for that investment. The dollars needed to fund these projects almost always exceed the dollars available, so the organization is faced with a decision as to which projects should be funded, funded partially, or not funded at all. Is this a short-term decision that looks only at the coming budget cycle, or is there some long-term strategy that spans multiple budget cycles? How can the funding agency determine whether an IT investment is a good investment? Can some criteria be applied? The answers to these questions are simple in some cases and extremely difficult in others. This chapter uses a process life cycle approach that traces the ...
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