Executive's Guide to Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

Day 1

• What is PPM?
• Fundamental PPM Concepts
• Sources of Project Failure and Success
• Why project success is not enough
• PPM Roles and Responsibilities
• Promise of PPM
• Role of formal Project Management in PPM
• People, Process and Tools
• The power of a PPM Project Charter
• Organizational Impact of PPM
• Prerequisites of PPM
• PPM Process Groups

Day 2

• The PPM Process – Overview
• Portfolio Definition Process
• Stakeholders & Governance
• Project Identification & Categorization
• Using the Project Register
• Evaluating Projects
• Selection Criteria & Scoring
• Evaluation Tools and Techniques
• Importance of Estimates

Day 3

• Project Selection and Prioritization
• How to Fund Projects Effectively
• Managing Risks to the Portfolio
• Managing the Portfolio
• Stakeholder Communication
• Reporting on Portfolio Results
• Managing the PPM process
• PPM Implementation as a Program
• PPM Milestones
• Gaining Organizational Adoption of your new PPM Process