Project Portfolio Management TodayOrganizations constantly change themselves in many ways, and those changes are brought about through projects and project portfolios. Here is where the notion of a desired future state becomes important. Future state means “a clear definition of destinations that exist in the visions and plans of people who take responsibility for the performance of the organization.†When an organization moves in a direction, a desired future state represents the destination of that direction, and that...Focus Under Pressure...- May 27, 2008 Here's an excerpt from a new white paper ("Focus Under Pressure") that I've written on the role of PPM in a difficult economy: Once we have dealt with some of the easy pruning work, we may find that we must confront a list of high-value projects. At this point, the leadership team encounters a tougher decision-making situation. If the available resources can comfortably handle the projects remaining on the table, then the team can begin to focus on improving the delivery processhttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ppmtoday/focus-u... Measuring Change- May 16, 2008 I've been engaged in a discussion with a PPM consultant about how to measure change in the IT portfolio. The question goes something like this: "How do we assess the amount of change that certain initiatives will create" A follow up question could be "What is the quantitative assessment of change" and then "What are the qualitative measures of change" In the discussion, we explored one approach that simplifies the question immensely. This formulation was not original to me, but comes frohttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ppmtoday/measuri... The PPM Quadrant- May 2, 2008 From the Delhi desk: A few months back, I postulated that a useful way to characterize a PPM environment was to use a 2x2 quadrant. Now that I have had a few months to employ this thinking tool, I now believe that this is the most useful way to describe and understand the state of a PPM organization. To recap, the four-box quadrant looks like this: X1 Y1: Decentralized Non Standard X1 Y2: Decentralized Standardized X2 Y1: Centralized Non Standard X2 Y2: Centralized Standarhttp://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/ppmtoday/the-ppm... |