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portfolios?
How can @task help you optimize
portfolios?
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What is Project Portfolio Management?
Project portfolio management is an emerging
business strategy in which organizations group and
manage projects and programs as a portfolio of
investments that contribute to the entire
enterprise’s success
While project management focuses on doing things
right, project portfolio management focuses on
doing the right things
Components of a portfolio can be measured,
ranked, and prioritized
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Project Management Vs. Project
Portfolio Management
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Sample Approaches for Creating a
Project Portfolio
The following figure illustrates an approach where
there is one large portfolio for the entire organization.
Sections of the portfolio are broken down to improve
the management of projects in each sector
The IT projects are broken down into three categories:
Venture: Projects that help transform the business
Growth: Projects that help increase revenues
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Sample Project Portfolio Approach*
HR
IT
Venture:
Materials
Value/Timing
Transform
Marketing the business
Discretionary
Risks
Growth: Costs
Grow the
business
Core:
Run the Nondiscretionary
business Costs
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What Techniques Are Used to
Optimize Portfolios?
Common “scores” for projects are related to strategy,
finances, technology, risk, and market factors
@task focuses on being able to adjust the following
priorities based on a given overall budget
low cost
high alignment
high value
high ROI
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How Can @task Help You Optimize
Portfolios?
The following figures are from my book, An
Introduction to Project Management, Third Edition
After entering project and portfolio information into
@task, you can easily change priorities like cost,
alignment, value, risk to benefit, and ROI to make
portfolio adjustments to meet different budgets
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@task User Guide Steps for
Portfolio Management
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Accessing Portfolio Optimization
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Portfolio Optimization Screen
Click Portfolio Optimization. Notice the information at the top of the screen,
including visual symbols like the Alignment gauge (at 59%) the ROI (at 484.4%),
and the Risk to Net Value columns. Also notice the detailed entries made for each
project in the portfolio. 18
Adjusting Portfolio Optimization Entries
Click the check box by HR Training to unselect it since its alignment to business
strategy was only 13% and it has a negative net value and ROI. Notice how the values
and images at the top of the screen have changed, such as the Alignment gauge
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Optimization Panel
Click the Optimize button under Project Prioritization to view the Optimization Panel.
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Setting Priorities and Entering a
Budget Amount
Slide the High Alignment and High ROI options to the far right. Notice the score
indicators changing by several of the projects. Click the Set Priority button to set these
new priorities. Click in the upper left textbox labeled Enter Budget, type 500000, and
press Enter. The project named Branch Merger displays in red, suggesting it for
possible removal from the portfolio. 21
Updated/Optimized Portfolio
Click the checkbox by the Branch Merger project to unselect it. There is now a
positive amount of money remaining in the budget, the alignment gauge is at 73%,
and the ROI is 514.1%.
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