Project Portfolio Management

Learn to deal with all aspects of strategic Portfolio Management and master the tools and techniques to support its practical application during your daily work. 

This course goes beyond PMI’s Portfolio Management Standard, adding Best Practices acquired in the fie

Your Benefits

• Be able to streamline your portfolio set-up through the use of formal processes integrated within your organizational governance
• Be able to analyze the strategic plan and link strategic business portfolios with project portfolios
• Be able to maximize the value of Portfolio Management by gaining full awareness of business objectives and applying different techniques 
• Define criteria for achieving the organization’s strategy and setting metrics for measuring value and periodic progress
• Master portfolio management reporting
• Understand how to manage resourcing demand

Learn to address the challenges of Portfolio Management in your organization by making use of formal portfolio management processes and applying the right set of tools & techniques. Start to manage your corporate portfolio in order to realize the full benefits of Portfolio Management for you and your organization.

Course Outline

• About the Context of Portfolio Management
• What is the Context?
• Organizational Links to Portfolio Management and Influences
• Our Perspective on Portfolio Management
• The Importance of Portfolio Management for Strategic Success
• The Strategic Planning Process
• Generic Strategic Planning Process and Strategic Frameworks
• Definition of Business Portfolio and Project Portfolios
• Operational Portfolio Management
• Project Portfolio Metrics and their Application
• Portfolio Management Tools and Techniques
• Project Identification & Categorization
• Project Evaluation & Selection
• Prioritization & Portfolio Balancing
• Authorization of Projects
• Exercise: Creating a Portfolio
• Monitoring and Controlling from a Strategic & Operational Perspective
• Portfolio Reporting and Review
• Strategic Change
• Strategic Opportunity & Risk Management 
• Long term & short term Portfolio Schedule and Resource Allocation
• Review & Wrap-up