Project Portfolio Management

Foreword.
Preface.
Why We Created the EPMC.
Why We Wrote the Book.
About the Authors.
About the EPMC.
Acknowledgements.

Part I: Introduction.
1. What is Project Portfolio Management?
-Introduction.
-Successful PPM.
-The Five Questions in Brief.
-Project Portfolio Management Defined.
-The PPM Players and Roadmap.
-The PPM Process Views.
-A Few More Questions to Get the Mental Synapses Firing.
-Chapter Summary.

Part II: Project Portfolio Management: A Story.
2. Introduction.
-10 Years Ago . . ..
-Present Day . . ..
-Later that afternoon . . ..

3. Are We Investing in the Right Things?
-EPMC Working Document on Portfolio Investment.

4. Are We Optimizing Our Capacity?
-Demand-Side Resource Management.
-Supply-Side Resource Management.
-Conclusion.
-EPMC Working Document on Portfolio Resource.
-Optimization.

5. How Well Are We Executing?

6. Can We Absorb All the Changes?
-Defining Change.
-Types of Change.
-Modeling the Impact of Change.
-Controlling the Impact of Change.
-Conclusion.
-EPMC Working Document on Enterprise Change Management.

7. Are We Realizing the Promised Benefits?
-Key 1: Ensuring All Benefits Claimed Are Robust and Realizable.
-Key 2: Capturing All Value Created.
-Key 3: Moving beyond Benefits Realization to Value Creation.
-Conclusion.
-EPMC Working Document on Benefits Realization.

Part III: Operating Considerations.
8. The PPM Process.
-PPM Components.
-The Project Proposal.
-Project Proposal Approval.
-The Business Case and Project Management Plan.
-Project Prioritization.
-Project Authorization.
-Project Execution and Review.
-Chapter Summary.

9. Setting the Foundation for Success.
-The Business Case Foundation.
-The Benefits of PPM.
-The People Foundation.
-The Process Foundation.
-The Technology Foundation.
-Tying It All Together: People, Process, Technology.
-Chapter Summary.

10. PPM Design.
-PPM’s Seven Ps.
-Decision Criteria.
-Source of Data and Information Related to Decision Criteria.
-Scoring Projects and Portfolio.
-Weighting Decision Criteria.
-Drawing ‘‘The Line’’ in the Portfolio.
-Link to the Business Case.
-Business Case.
-Link to the Portfolio.
-A Few Parting Thoughts.
-Chapter Summary.

11. Implementing PPM.
-Executive Sponsorship.
-Change.
-Skills.
-Structure.
-Executive Steering Committee.
-Governance Board (Decision Review Board).
-Project Management Office.
-Project Management Standards Committee.
-Process Approach.
-Capacity.
-Demand.
-Communication Plan.
-Training.
-Conclusion.
-Chapter Summary.

12. Maintaining PPM.
-Dashboards and Metrics: The Visuals.
-Meetings: Keeping the Process Going.
-Communication: Making Sure Everyone Is on the Same Page.
-Maturity Models: Where Do You and Your Organization Stand?
-Resource Management: Getting Your Arms around the Organization.
-Keeping Up the Momentum.
-Dedicating Resources to Running the PMO.
-Chapter Summary.

Part IV: The Story: Nine Months Later.
13. Bringing It All Together.
-References.

Index.