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About the Master Class
Many companies and organisations are faced with a portfolio of projects that needs to be managed effectively and successfully. The Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Master Class training course combines classroom instruction with hands-on exercises designed to teach participants how to deploy, execute and lead the PPM process. The course will provide a framework and a range of tools and techniques to enable strategic management of the project portfolio including establishing guidelines, prioritising, aligning projects with strategy, balancing the portfolio and
sustaining a change culture through continuous improvement.
Who is it for?
The Master Class is for executives and business managers who need to manage projects as business investments and to measure their impact on the bottom line. Business executives, sponsors, PMO staff, programme managers, project managers, resource managers, project team members and all those who need to improve their methods of managing multi-project environments and to ensure they are able to make their projects accountable to the corporate goals of the business environment.
Dates
Master Class Day 1:
'Understanding Project Portfolio Management'
• 3rd November 2008.
Master Class Day 2:
'Prepare and Organise for Project Portfolio Management'
• 4th November 2008.
Cost
'Understanding Project Portfolio Management'
• £119 or £149 for both days
'Prepare and Organise for Project Portfolio Management'
• £119 or £149 for both days
What will I get out of it?
Day 1 is designed to help you:
- Understand what Project Portfolio Management is about
and why it is important;
- Build an effective process for your company using best
practice processes and methods;
- Select the right software functionality to support PPM
deployment;
Day 1 Agenda
Part 1: Understand the Project Portfolio Management
- Defining the PPM
- Relationship between portfolio, programme and project
- Relationship between strategy, portfolio and shareholder wealth
- Identifying areas of pain
- Challenges and best practice consideration
- The 10 Commandments of PPM
Part 2: Prepare and Organise for Project Portfolio Management
- Organising the business for PPM
- Selecting the PPM toolset
- Software deployment consideration
- Solution features and capabilities
- Building the PPM framework
- Kick start the process
- Health check and readiness assessment
- Business case consideration
- ROI/ROO analysis
- Proof of benefit
Day 2 is a continuation of day 1 to help you:
- Apply the PPM process in a realistic and workable environment which is "low risk" to the business yet "high value" in its potential return on investment;
- Execute the project portfolio management as a change project
- Embed and sustain the PPM capability within the business
Day 2 Agenda
Part 3: Execute Project Portfolio Management
- Establish corporate visibility
- Define and determine PPM team
- Define roles and responsibilities
- Create prioritisation procedures and guideline
- Create project hit list
- Define prioritisation criteria and scoring model
- Map resource capacity and demand
- Optimise and balance the project portfolio
Part 4: Embed and Sustain the Project Portfolio Management capability
- Deployment of sound change management plan
- Sustain capability through knowledge management strategy
- Embed capability using benefits realisation as an enabler
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