Executive's Guide to Project Management: Organizational Processes and Practices for Supporting Complex Projects

Problem/Opportunity Prioritization

Within your business unit you have a list of problems that have not been solved and a list of business opportunities that haven't been addressed. These are all well accepted by your staff and do not need to be defended. Your resources (time, money, and staff) are not sufficient to attack all of them at once but you do need an action plan. So the question becomes one of prioritizing them and attacking them in the resulting order of their priority. The models discussed in this chapter can be applied within your business unit as well as at the portfolio and organizational levels.