Portfolio Management: A Strategic Approach

360 Pages·2014·6.79 MB·English

by  Ginger Levin

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Recognizing the importance of selecting and pursuing programs, projects, and AV
operational work that add sustainable business value that benefits end users, the Project LIN
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Management Institute (PMI®) issued its first Standard on Portfolio Management K
in 2006. In 2014, it launched the Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP®)

credential—which several of the experts who contributed to this book earned—to
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recognize the advanced expertise required of practitioners in the field.
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A STRATEGIC APPROACH
Presenting information that is current with The Standard for Portfolio Management,
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Third Edition (2013), Portfolio Management: A Strategic Approach supplies
in-depth treatment of the five domains and identifies best practices to ensure the
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organization has a balanced portfolio management that is critical to success.
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strategic alignment, governance, portfolio performance management, portfolio risk O
management, and portfolio communications management.
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Each chapter presents the insight of different thought leaders in academia and business.
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Contributors from around the world, including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, O
Africa, and Australia, supply a global perspective as to why portfolio management
is essential for all types of organizations. They provide guidelines, examples, and
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models to consider, along with discussion and analysis of relevant literature in the
field. Most chapters reference PMI standards, complement their concepts, and expand
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on the concepts and issues that the standards mention in passing or not at all.
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Overall, this is a must-have resource for anyone pursuing the PfMP® credential from
PMI. For executives and practitioners in the field, it provides the concepts you will
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need to address the ever-changing complexities that impact your work. This book is
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also suitable as a textbook for universities offering courses on portfolio management.
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DR. GINGER LEVIN, PMP, PgMP
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JOHN WYZALEK, PfMP
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Contents
Preface ix
editor Bios xiii
contriButor Bios xv
acknowledgments xxvii
chaPter 1 organizational agility through Project Portfolio
management 1
CATHERINE P. KILLEN, PhD
chaPter 2 Portfolio selection and termination 15
WERNER G. MEYER, PhD
chaPter 3 corPorate strategy—converting thoughts
and concePts into action 35
DAVID V. TENNANT, PE, PMP, MBA
chaPter 4 estaBlishing a governance model for strategic
Portfolio management 47
J. LeROY WARD, PMP, PgMP, CSM, PfMP
chaPter 5 it governance as an innovation tool 63
DR. SUBBU MURTHY
chaPter 6 governance and Portfolio management 77
LAURENCE LECOUVRE, PhD
chaPter 7 Project Portfolio governance 87
JENNIFER BAKER, PfMP MSPM, PgMP, PMP, ITIL, MBB, PfMP
chaPter 8 Business intelligence framework for Project
Portfolios (BiPPf) 109
MUHAMMAD EHSAN KHAN, PhD, PgMP, PMP
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chaPter 9 Portfolio management success 123
CARL MARNEWICK PhD
chaPter 10 Building the Bridge Between organizational strategy
and Portfolio management: alignment and Prioritization 149
MANUEL VARA, PMP, SCPM
chaPter 11 the accuracy of Portfolio risk estimation 165
DAVID A. MAYNARD, BSEE, MBA, PMP
chaPter 12 marketing the Project Portfolio 175
RODNEY TURNER, PhD and LAURENCE LECOEUVRE, PhD
chaPter 13 strategic Portfolio management through effective
communications 193
AMAURY AUBRÉE-DAUCHEZ, PMP, PgMP
chaPter 14 Project Portfolio management and communication 209
WANDA CURLEE, DM, PMP, PgMP, PMI-RMP, PfMP
chaPter 15 addressing Portfolio information issues through
the use of Business social networks, stars,
and gatekeePers 219
ROBERT JOSLIN PhDc, PMP, PgMP, CENG
chaPter 16 when stakeholders, goals, and strategy conflict 261
JOHN WYZALEK, PfMP
chaPter 17 Portfolio alignment: a strategic aPProach through
the Predicative value of outliers’ data 267
ING. KARI DAKAKNI, MReg, CENG
chaPter 18 delivering organizational value in the zone
of uncertainty 303
DR. LYNDA BOURNE, DPM, FACS, FAIM