PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTPORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTMark Carlson | Prof. Grantville Jones | MPM650 P4IP1 | August 8, 2008Mark Carlson | Prof. Grantville Jones | MPM650 P4IP1 | August 8, 2008

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

WHAT IS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT?WHAT IS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT?

THE BENEFITS OF PORTFOLIO THE BENEFITS OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

• Maximize value• Improve

communication• Encourage team focus• Efficient resource

management• PM efficiencies

THE APPLICATION OF PORTFOLIO THE APPLICATION OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTMANAGEMENT

• Inventory• Evaluation• Prioritization

ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATIONORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATION

• Global 2000 company study– Half start PPM– High program failure rate– Modest efficiency gains

SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTSSUCCESSFUL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Executive buy-in• Program Execution– Inventory– Evaluation– Categorization

• Monitor and Review

SO WHAT?SO WHAT?

• Business alignment• Software• Not Easy

SO WHAT? (CONTINUED)SO WHAT? (CONTINUED)

"It [PPM] forces IT and businesspeople to talk about investments from a business perspective," reports Datz .

"That’s its most powerful feature" (Datz, 2003).

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