Project Portfolio Management

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typicalproject management approach to offer a set of proven businesspractices that can help executives, program managers, and projectmanagers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overallenterprise. Step by step, this book shows how to take aproject from the inception of a vision to the realization ofbenefits to the organization. Project Portfolio Managementdraws on project management expert Harvey A. Levine's yearsof research and distills the knowledge and best practices fromdozens of leaders in the field to show how to select and implementthe projects that will garner the best results. Throughout thisimportant resource, Levine tackles the many challenges associatedwith PPM, including
* Ranking value and benefits
* Determining the size of the portfolio pipeline
* Assessing the impact of uncertainty on projects andportfolios
* Understanding the benefit and risk relationship
* Establishing a portfolio governance capability
* Managing the portfolio to maximize benefits
* Implementing PPM