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Course Content

Overview

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Portfolios, programmess and projects

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The enterprise project management framework

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Business and project success

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Costs, benefits and issues of implementing Project Portfolio Management (PPM)

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Identify the challenges of PPM in organizations

Creating the 'Right' Environment for Project Portfolio Management

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Describe the key role of leadership in Project Portfolio Planning and Management (PPPM)

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Define project governance

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List the key structures associated with governance in PPPM

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Key stakeholder roles and responsibilities

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The role of the strategic enterprise project management office

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Defining the Portfolio Management Process

Linking the Portfolio to the Business Strategy

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Business strategy and project portfolio management

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Using a business case to iterate and refine project and portfolio scope

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Portfolio management and ongoing business operations

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Project selection based upon business drivers and strategy

Balancing and Optimising the Portfolio

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A balanced enterprise-level project portfolio

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Numeric and nonnumeric approaches to portfolio project selection and scoring

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Techniques for deriving the weights and scores used within the selection and scoring process

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Analyzing portfolio contents within the constraints of the business

Executing Project Portfolio Management

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Describe the process for entering projects into the portfolio

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Explain the process of aligning projects in the portfolio

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Explain the process for examining proposals

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Define the key characteristics of the selection process

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Use of Enterprise PPM Tools

Monitoring Portfolio Performance

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Identify quantitative and qualitative metrics used to monitor performance

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Describe methods of gathering needed data

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Identify and describe various tools for portfolio projects

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Explain the usage of dashboards




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