Project Portfolio Management

• Differentiate project portfolio management from other management disciplines
• Relate projects to an organization's strategic objectives
• Explain what is involved in project prioritization in large, complex organizations
• Develop and apply a project prioritization model that incorporates the many and varied aspects of project value
• Prioritize projects on the basis of their strategic value
• Schedule projects on the basis of strategic priorities so as to maximize the benefits derived from an organization's ability to complete projects
• Maximize the volume of projects that can be completed by developing defensive capacity of non-limiting resources
• Maximize the value of projects that are completed by ensuring the right projects are being completed in the right order
• Simplify the portfolio management process by focusing management attention on the bottlenecks to project completion
• Relate portfolio management success to the contribution made by the Project Management Office

• Senior executives responsible for organizational strategy
• Managers responsible for developing organizational strategy or for making strategic recommendations
• Portfolio managers, project managers, and program managers
• Members of portfolio, program, or project offices
• Operational managers who are impacted or impact portfolios
• Project team members, customers, and other stakeholders of the portfolio management process

This course qualifies you for the following PMI® Professional Development Units (PDUs):

• Leadership = 6
• Strategic and Business Management = 5
• Technical Project Management = 10

Total = 21