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Gebundenes Buch

Project Portfolio Management

A View from the Management Trenches

Beschreibung

Written by ten successful project portfolio managers from companies including AAA, Boeing, Franklin Templeton, Johnson & Johnson, Safeway, and the UK Government, this easy-to-follow guide takes you through the project portfolio management process. It's based on what actually works, giving you a clear road map and the tools needed to determine the optimal mix and sequencing of projects in order to meet your organization's goals. The book begins by explaining basic PPM principles and why PPM is more critical than ever for business success. This introduction is followed by a story, tracking the experiences of a manager new to PPM as he discovers the issues that all of us face in trying to get traction with our PPM initiatives. In answering the questions our story raises, the book then details each step of the PPM process, using cases and examples drawn from the authors' first hand experience to help you address such key questions as: * Which projects should our organization invest in? * How can we optimize our organization's capacity? * How well are we executing the PPM process? * Can our organization absorb all the changes that our PPM plan requires? * Are we achieving all the expected benefits? The authors are all members of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Council, a group of senior portfolio management executives dedicated to helping organizations develop their own portfolio management capabilities. Now you can benefit from their collective wisdom and experience, and duplicate their successful results within your own organization.

Autor

James Pennypacker has directed benchmarking projects on management topics, including strategy and projects, portfolio management, PMOs, and process maturity. He is the author/editor of several books, including Seven Steps to Strategy Execution, Project Portfolio Management Maturity Model, and Managing Multiple Projects. San Retna has spent over twenty years deploying and operating project, program, and portfolio management capabilities. He is the Vice President of IT Effectiveness at Safeway, Inc. As a thought leader, he has been profiled in numerous publications including CFO magazine, CIO magazine, Computerworld, and PM Network. Case studies of successes have also been published by Gartner, Corporate Executive Board, and the Project Management Institute.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780470505366
• ISBN-10: 0470505362
• Artikelnr.: 26606996

Rezensionen

"Portfolio management is critically important, but oftenquickly dismissed as unnecessary 'strategy overhead'.Applied in the right ways, with the right level of discipline, itcan be an extremely insightful lens through which to see untappedsources of business value. Credit to the authors for shedding muchneeded light on both the art and science of project portfoliomanagement, both strategic and operational."
--Matt Wagner, Director, Strategy & Planning,Hewlett-Packard

"This is one of the most straightforward and easy to readbooks on Portfolio Management. It contains simple and relevantexamples of how to organize and execute a PM process that willsatisfy senior leadership's needs while streamlining theinformation and processes

that are supported by the'trenches'."
-- Christine Cioffe, Vice President, Enterprise-widePortfolio Management Merck & Co., Inc

"Project Management has been hailed as the foundation ofmodern business, but managing the organization's entireportfolio of projects carries this discipline to the next level.Based on a wealth of hard-won experience, this book offersno-nonsense guides that can turn your organization into anenterprise-wide system for managing R&D programs, productlaunches, IT systems, new facilities, mergers, PR programs, changeefforts, and any of the myriad other activities that challengeleaders in all walks of life. Essential reading."
--William E. Halal, PhD Professor Emeritus of Science,Technology, & Innovation George Washington University,President, TechCast LLC

"'Project Portfolio Management' provides valuable guidanceon how organizations can optimize the return from their investmentsin change - not least in balancing process with the equallyimportant dimensions of governance and changed behaviors."
--John Suffolk, HM Goverrnment CIO

"In order to 'run IT as a business', it isimperative to have portfolio management in the center of yourstrategy. This book acknowledges its importance and providespractical guidance for success!"
--Zackarie Lemelle, Vice President, IT CorporateSystems, Johnson & Johnson

"Doing the right things" is just as important as"Doing things right". This book gives a practical guideon how to select the right projects (and those that we shouldabandon), ways to dynamically match the business demands to thecapabilities of your organization, and finally ensure businessresults and benefits are harvested. Many of the LessonsLearned ideas are valuable gems gained from years of experience bypractitioners of Portfolio Management."
--David Ching, CIO, Safeway Inc.

"Thought-provoking contribution to a key strategic topic,anchored in the political realities of organizationalbehavior."
--Andrew Bragg, Chief Executive, Association forProject Management

"Provides framework to blend culture, strategies,processes and technologies in the right proportions for the highestreturns."
--Mark C. Russell - CAO Grange Insurance

"This book helps illustrate the importance of a welldefined process, for technology to deliver results." -
--Michael Fergang - CIO Grange Insurance