Project Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing

Description: Project Portfolio Management by Harvey A. Levine, Max Wideman Written by Harvey Levine, an expert in the field, this book is an important guide to project portfolio management. It offers a hands-on guide to help program managers and managers of project offices sort through their existing projects and create a healthy portfolio of projects that will lead to increased ROI for the organization. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take a project from the inception of a vision to the realization of benefits to the organization. Project Portfolio Management draws on project management expert Harvey A. Levines years of research and distills the knowledge and best practices from dozens of leaders in the field to show how to select and implement the projects that will garner the best results. Throughout this important resource, Levine tackles the many challenges associated with PPM, including Ranking value and benefitsDetermining the size of the portfolio pipelineAssessing the impact of uncertainty on projects and portfoliosUnderstanding the benefit and risk relationshipEstablishing a portfolio governance capabilityManaging the portfolio to maximize benefitsImplementing PPM Back Cover Project Portfolio Management Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take a project from the inception of a vision to the realization of benefits to the organization. Project Portfolio Management draws on project management expert Harvey A. Levines years of research and distills the knowledge and best practices from dozens of leaders in the field to show how to select and implement the projects that will garner the best results. Throughout this important resource, Levine tackles the many challenges associated with PPM, including Ranking value and benefits Determining the size of the portfolio pipeline Assessing the impact of uncertainty on projects and portfolios Understanding the benefit and risk relationship Establishing a portfolio governance capability Managing the portfolio to maximize benefits Implementing PPM Using Project Portfolio Management as a guide, project managers can create a healthy portfolio of projects that will ultimately improve an organizations effectiveness in using limited resources to support its goals. Flap Project Portfolio Management Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take a project from the inception of a vision to the realization of benefits to the organization. Project Portfolio Management draws on project management expert Harvey A. Levines years of research and distills the knowledge and best practices from dozens of leaders in the field to show how to select and implement the projects that will garner the best results. Throughout this important resource, Levine tackles the many challenges associated with PPM, including Ranking value and benefits Determining the size of the portfolio pipeline Assessing the impact of uncertainty on projects and portfolios Understanding the benefit and risk relationship Establishing a portfolio governance capability Managing the portfolio to maximize benefits Implementing PPM Using Project Portfolio Management as a guide, project managers can create a healthy portfolio of projects that will ultimately improve an organizations effectiveness in using limited resources to support its goals. Author Biography Harvey A. Levine has been a project management specialist and consultant since 1962. In addition to contributing to PM journals and web sites, Levine provides applications, system design, and consulting services in project planning and control. He served as president and chairman of the board of directors of the Project Management Institute and is a PMI fellow. He is the author of Practical Project Management from John Wiley & Sons. Table of Contents Foreword xiMax Wideman Acknowledgments xvii The Author xxi Introduction 1 Part One: A Practical Guide to Project Portfolio Management 11 Section One: What Is Project Portfolio Management, and Why Do We Need It? 13 1.1 Why Do We Need Project Portfolio Management? 15 1.2 What Is Project Portfolio Management? 22 Section Two: The Fundamentals of a Project Portfolio Management Process 29 2.1 Selecting Projects for the Pipeline 33 2.2 Maintaining the Pipeline 42 2.3 Executing Project Portfolio Management 52 2.4 Tools for Project Portfolio Management 59 2.5 Implementing Project Portfolio Management 78 Section Three: The Finer Points of Project Portfolio Management 85 3.1 Defining PPM: A Bridge or a Hub? 89 3.2 A Prequalification Process for Selecting Projects for the Portfolio 93 3.3 The Impact of Uncertainty on Projects and the Portfolios 99 3.4 Is There a Gorilla in Your Portfolio? Turning Opportunity into Value 109 3.5 Work Breakdown Structures for Risk and Strategies 115 3.6 An Introduction to Earned Value Analysis 123 Part Two: Contributed Chapters and Case Studies 133 Section Four: PPM Techniques and Issues: Portfolio Planning 135 4.1 Linking Strategy and Project Portfolio Management 137K. C. Yelin 4.2 How to Determine the Value of a Project 146Ray Trotta, Christopher Gardner 4.3 Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Improve Enterprise Project Portfolio Management 155James Devlin 4.4 The Efficient Frontier Technique for Analyzing Project Portfolio Management 176Mike Gruia Section Five: PPM Techniques and Issues: Organizing and Implementing 183 5.1 Making the Case for Project Portfolio Management 185Clifford B. Cohen, Randall L. Englund 5.2 The Role of Executives in Effective Project Portfolio Management 217K. C. Yelin 5.3 Project Offices Are Key Components of IT Governance 228Matt Light Section Six: PPM Applications: Information Technology 233 6.1 A Summary of First Practices and Lessons Learned in Information Technology Portfolio Management 235Federal CIO Council, Best Practices Committee 6.2 The Backbone System of IT Management and Governance: IT Management and Governance 101 267David Hurwitz Section Seven: PPM Applications: New Product Development 279 7.1 A Stage-Gate® Idea-to-Launch Framework for Driving New Products to Market 281Robert G. Cooper 7.2 Portfolio Management for Product Innovation 318Robert G. Cooper Section Eight: Applications: PPM for Theory of Constraint Advocates 355 8.1 Applying the Theory of Constraints to Project Portfolio Management 357Larry Leach Section Nine: Case Studies 391 9.1 Managing Your Technology Pipeline Portfolio Management Process and Its Evolution over Time 393Rebecca Seibert 9.2 Using PPM to Ease the Hewlett-Packard– Compaq Merger 422Don Kingsberry 9.3 Developing a PPM Capability at America Online 447Rich Dougherty 9.4 EW Scripps: A Media Giants Portfolio Management Solution 456Vanessa McMillan Section Ten: What Others Are Saying About PPM 461 10.1 Beyond the Triple Constraints: Developing a Business Venture Approach to Project Management 463Robert J. Graham, Dennis Cohen 10.2 From Overload to Productivity via Systematic Decision Making 474James Schlick, Andrew Longman 10.3 The Seven Habits of Highly Effective IT Portfolio Management Implementations 482Gil Makleff 10.4 Project Portfolio Management Basics 492PMI Knowledge and Wisdom Center 10.5 Integrating Project Portfolio Management with Project Management Practices to Deliver Competitive Advantage 496James S. Pennypacker, Patrick Sepate Notes 507 Index 522 Review "…a valuable reference for theory and analysis…" (Supply Management, December 2005) Long Description Project Portfolio Management Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take a project from the inception of a vision to the realization of benefits to the organization. Project Portfolio Management draws on project management expert Harvey A. Levines years of research and distills the knowledge and best practices from dozens of leaders in the field to show how to select and implement the projects that will garner the best results. Throughout this important resource, Levine tackles the many challenges associated with PPM, including Ranking value and benefits Determining the size of the portfolio pipeline Assessing the impact of uncertainty on projects and portfolios Understanding the benefit and risk relationship Establishing a portfolio governance capability Managing the portfolio to maximize benefits Implementing PPM Using Project Portfolio Management as a guide, project managers can create a healthy portfolio of projects that will ultimately improve an organizations effectiveness in using limited resources to support its goals. Review Text ??a valuable reference for theory and analysis?? (Supply Management, December 2005) Review Quote "...a valuable reference for theory and analysis..." ( Supply Management , December 2005) Promotional "Headline" "...a valuable reference for theory and analysis..." (Supply Management, December 2005) Feature Written by Harvey Levine, an expert in the field, this book is an important guide to project portfolio management Filled with handy tips, tactics, and tools. Covers the fundamentals of project portfolio management. Includes case studiesÂ that showÂ how PPM can be handledÂ in new product development, IT, pharmaceutical companies, and R&D. Details ISBN0787977543 Author Max Wideman Short Title PROJECT PORTFOLIO MGMT Series Jossey-Bass Business & Management (Hardcover) Language English ISBN-10 0787977543 ISBN-13 9780787977542 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 658.404 Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. Subtitle A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Residence US Affiliation Malta, New York Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780787977542 UK Release Date 2005-08-12 AU Release Date 2005-07-01 NZ Release Date 2005-07-01 Pages 560 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Publication Date 2005-08-12 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2005-08-12 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2192562;

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