Project Portfolio Management: Aligning Your Organization to Strategic Objectives Seminar # 6281

Optimize your portfolio of projects for maximum success!

At its best, project management helps projects get done right—but project portfolio management makes sure the right projects get done in the first place. This practical, interactive seminar focuses on the key functions of project portfolio management, and offers a broader range of best practices, including evaluation and prioritization of projects, resource allocation, project portfolio balancing and ongoing management, plus hands-on exercises.

How You Will Benefit

• Cut project costs up to 25% while achieving 90% project success rates
• Identify the project portfolio structure and decision making processes
• Assess, select and prioritize projects for an effective, balanced portfolio
• Apply techniques to measure project portfolio effectiveness
• Acquire processes and tools for allocating resources across the portfolio
• Reduce redundant projects and kill nonviable projects
• Manage change in a dynamic project portfolio
• Develop a project portfolio management implementation plan

What You Will Cover

• Definition and benefits of project portfolio management 
• Roles and responsibilities 
• Differentiating between regulatory, discretionary and mandatory projects 
• Changing control processes
• Identifying and prioritizing strategic objectives
• Creating criteria and weighing factors to evaluate projects and programs 
• Financial analysis and risk 
• The Theory of Constraints and how it applies to projects
• Balancing the portfolio
• Monitoring and controlling of projects and programs
• Implementing a portfolio management system

Who Should Attend

Executives, leaders, managers, and all those managing projects, programs and portfolios on a strategic level. Formal project management training is required.

Note: A laptop with MS Excel is required.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Accreditation and Continuing Education Units
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

2 days / 1.2 CEUs / 12 PDUs
Nonmembers $1,995 / AMA Members $1,795 / GSA $1,537

Schedule

We have 1 scheduled session located nationwide starting between December 11, 2008 and December 11, 2008.

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