SECTION 4
PPM Techniques and Issues
Portfolio Planning
We initially covered PPM techniques in Part One and made special note of two very important aspects of PPM: the vital element of aligning projects with strategies and the importance of assigning value to a project to aid in the evaluation of candidate projects for the portfolio.
These are not simple topics and deserve considerable additional space. In Chapter 4.1, consultant K. C. Yelin provides a thorough and thoughtful discussion on the topic of strategies and of aligning projects with strategies. Yelin brings a special ability to provide practical guidance to help corporations solve problems and adopt new methodologies. This capability will be apparent in the two chapters that she ...