April 2005
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
10h 10m
English
book
IT Portfolio Management Step-by-Step: Unlocking the Business Value of Technology
by Bryan Maizlish, Robert Handler
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REALIZING THE BENEFITS OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Xcel Energy is more than satisfied with the initial results of its efforts to manage its IT project portfolio and overall IT demand (see Exhibit L). After one year of portfolio management experience, their KPIs looked like this:
IT DEMAND AT XCEL ENERGY CATEGORIZED BY REQUESTING UNIT, ONE OF MANY METRICS AVAILABLE IN REAL TIME
Source: Copyright © Xcel Energy, Inc.
Identified and stopped $8 million in grandfathered projects determined unlikely to deliver expected business value
Redeployed $10 million in capital from budgeted projects that couldn't demonstrate value to projects that could
Reduced operating and maintenance spending by almost $1 million through improved PMO processes
Reduced project change requests 21% through better front-end analysis and business case development
Increased the number of healthy (green) projects in Xcel Energy's IT portfolio by more than 70% in the first five months of use—from having only half of the projects meeting schedule and budget criteria to having more than 85% do so
Reduced the percentage of capital budget consumed by PCR's from over 69% to under 5%
Between June 2003 and July 2004 approved $100 million in projects that over a seven-year life are expected to return over $600 million in value to Xcel Energy
41% turnover in project management resources as result of increasing level of accountability ...
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