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Why Project Managers Need to Understand
the Strategic Management Process
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Why Project Managers Need to Understand the
Strategic Management Process
FIGURE 2.1
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Closely linked
toward future Mission
sucess of General
purpose
organization
Goals
Implemen
-tation Global
(via target
projects) within
Strategic mission
Management
Objectives
Strategy Specific
To reach target to
objective goals
Mission
General
purpose Review and Define organization
mission
Why is needed?
Aimingat aligning project with strategic
goal and prioritized appropriately system.
Nostrong priority system linked to strategy
create problems
Benefits of Project Portfolio Management
FIGURE 2.5
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A Portfolio Management
System
Selection Criteria
Financial (when high level of confidence
with estimation of future cash flow):
payback, net present value (NPV), internal
rate of return (IRR)
Non-financial:
projects of strategic
importance to the firm (imposible to
measure)
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Financial Models
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Financial Models (cont’d)
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Example Comparing Two Projects
Using Payback Method
EXHIBIT 2.3a
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Example Comparing Two Projects
Using Net Present Value Method
EXHIBIT 2.3b
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Nonfinancial Strategic Criteria
Checklist Model
Uses a list of questions to review potential projects
and to determine their acceptance or rejection.
Fails to answer the relative importance or value of a
potential project and doesn’t to allow for
comparison with other potential projects.
Sample Selection Questions Used in Practice
Topic Question
Strategy/alignment What specific strategy does this project align with?
Risk Where does the proposed project fit in our risk profile?
Benefits, value, ROI What is the value of the project to this organization?
Topic Question
Organization culture Is our organization culture right for this type of project?
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Project Screening Matrix –project scoring
matrix
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Project Portfolio Matrix
capitalize
balance
eliminate balance
FIGURE 2.7
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Project Portfolio Matrix
Dimensions
Bread-and-butter Projects
Involve evolutionary improvements to current
products and services.
Ex : software upgrade and manufacturing cost
reduction efforts
Pearls
Represent revolutionary commercial opportunities
using proven technical advances.
Ex : next generation integrated circuit chip and
subsurface imaging to locate oil and gas.
Oysters
Involve technological breakthroughs with high
commercial payoffs.
Ex : embryonic DNA treatment and new kinds of
metal alloys.
White Elephants
Showed promise at one time but are no longer
viable.
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Key Terms
Implementation gap
Net present value
Organizational politics
Payback
Priority system
Priority team
Project portfolio
Project screening matrix
Project sponsor
Sacred cow
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Strategic management process
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