December 2009
Intermediate to advanced
188 pages
3h 40m
English
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Chapter 4. Principle 3: Manage Projects and Portfolios Effectively
Project and portfolio management offers great opportunity for IT. There is no reason that IT should not be a company leader in this respect. Right now that is not the general case. Excellent management and governance at this level is by no means widespread across IT units. But why shouldn't it be? Consider the high percentage of company budgets that are dedicated to the IT portfolio; that is a good indication that IT organizations have as many if not more opportunities to hone these skills as do other parts of the company.
Of course there are reasons that IT has not been strong at managing projects and portfolios. IT projects were not always given the scrutiny that they should ...