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Project Management: the integration of all aspects of a project in order to ensure that the proper knowledge and resources are available when and where needed, and above all to ensure that...; Project Management definition on BNET »

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Project Portfolio Management: A Benchmark of Current Business Practices: Organisations are moderately satisfied with their current project portfolio management methods, and only a few of them would rate their method as excellent. In particular, the methods are not easy to use. These conclusions are among the results of a survey of sixty four project management practitioners by the Center...; Tags: Method, Project Portfolio Management, Center For Business Practices, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Managing the Project Portfolio: An important question which arises is that whether project portfolio management is a passing fad? Or a smart idea whose time has come? Project portfolio management is all about getting the biggest bang for the buck. Its primary goal is to produce the highest payback possible from each investment that...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Do the Maths - Project Portfolio Management: Demonstrating IT value is the key to getting new projects off the ground and keeping old ones going in these tough economic times. Project portfolio management lets CIOs control their IT investments as one set of activities in one place. A portfolio helps ensure that IT investments are well-balanced in...; Tags: Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, International Data Group, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2001-10-01
Integrating Project & Portfolio Management: Today's businesses find it increasingly important to choose the best portfolio of projects that will help their organizations meet strategic goals. They find it equally important to execute the portfolio of projects efficiently, bringing to the customer the expected quality and benefits desired from each of the projects. To help...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, Portfolio Management, Pacific Edge Software, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Bridging the Gap Between Operations Management and Projects Management: The Important Role of Project Portfolio Management: One of the hot topics in the management of the enterprise is Project Portfolio Management. In Project Portfolio Management, it is assumed that the enterprise, via the selection and execution of projects, positions itself for increased strength and profitability as well as assuring that the firm continues to thrive in...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01

Project Portfolio Management is not just Enterprise Project Management: "Now that the business world has discovered the importance of projects, and of project management, the next logical step is to move toward the recognition of PPM. But it is a very big mistake to think that PPM is merely an extension of Project Management PM. The core mistake...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, Sciforma Corp., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Sorted Details: In a business, it is very essential to know how to manage projects. One needs to know what projects to manage. That is what portfolio management is. In project management circles, it's almost cliche to feel overwhelmed and overworked, with too many projects and little clarity on what to do...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, Portfolio Management, IIR Exhibitions, Money Manager, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Project Portfolio Management And The Strategic Project Office: The SPO is an organizational entity responsible for mapping strategy to projects and monitoring projects and portfolios to ensure they continue to address strategic initiatives, even as these initiatives change over time. It serves as the critical link between executive vision and the work of the enterprise. The article explains...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Project Portfolio Management, Portfolio Knowledge, SPO, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2003-01-01
Best Practices in Scrum Project Management and XP Agile Software Development: This white paper explains how Primavera Systems, a vendor of project portfolio management solutions, turned around its development organization in 2003. In terms of value to the company, the development organization went from having low confidence in its ability to deliver and repeated failure to meet expectations, to being cheered...; Tags: Software, Development Organization, Microsoft Windows XP, Project Portfolio Management, Object Mentor, Best Practice, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Leadership, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2004-08-31
Project Portfolio Management Goes Mainstream: Few of the challenges Chief Financial Officers face are as complex and demanding as managing a portfolio of enterprise projects. The shifting of time and resources among ongoing projects directly impacts risks and returns. The article outlines that in this era of tight budgets and limited resources, a haphazard approach...; Tags: Risk, Project Portfolio Management, Penton Media Inc., Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2004-03-01
Project Portfolio Management for New Product Development: Tracking the Project Cycle from Idea to Launch: Besides being relevant to professional services organizations PSO and internal information technology IT departments, project portfolio management PPM software is applied in multiple vertical markets in the area of new product development NPD. In industries ranging from manufacturing and high technology to consumer goods and biotechnology, PPM solutions help manage...; Tags: APQC, Project Portfolio Management, New Product Development, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Marketing; White papers 2006-01-06
The Role of Six Sigma Techniques in Project Portfolio Management: Over the past several years, there has been convergence of the Project Management and Six Sigma disciplines to measure and improve the process of running the business. Concurrent with the discipline implementation is an evolution of tools as well as a maturation of the organization's process. The end result is...; Tags: Project Portfolio Management, CPO Media, Six Sigma, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process Improvement, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Quality, Business Operations, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers
Project Portfolio Management: Managing The Project Pipeline: For most service departments the demand for new projects will occasionally outweigh the department's capacity to do them. Whether it's due to financial constraints or skills being completely exhausted elsewhere, sometimes you just have to say "No." Saying "no" is easy, it's deciding who to say "No" to. Projects that...; Tags: Financial, Department, Project Portfolio Management, Project Smart, Roi/Tco, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2008-12-08
PeopleSoft Inc. (Project Management).(introduces Project Portfolio Management, ESA Warehouse solutions)(Brief Article): PeopleSoft Inc. has released Project Portfolio Management and ESA Warehouse, two new solutions in its Enterprise Service Automation ESA suite. With Project Portfolio Management, organizations can evaluate, monitor and compare key performance inform PeopleSoft Inc. has released Project Portfolio Management and ESA Warehouse, two new...; Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., project management, project portfolio management; Research articles 2002-11-01

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Infrastructure Assessment and IT Portfolio Management Added to Tallan's Packaged Service Offerings; New Services to Help Companies Align Business and Technology Goals: Business/Technology Editors GLASTONBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 2002 Tallan, Inc., one of the most established applications and systems development services firms in the U.S., today announced the official launch of their Infrastructure Assessment and IT Portfolio Management service offerings. These new offerings add to Tallan's suite of project-specific enterprise...; Tags: Tallan Inc.; Research articles 2002-03-18
Transforming An Independent Project Management System Into A Portfolio Management System: Researches indicate that a project should not be treated in isolation. Organizations must try to transform an independent project management system into portfolio management system. The process helps in managing multiple existing projects and programs to meet a portfolio's objectives and goals. However, there are certain issues and factors, which...; Tags: Portfolio Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Personal Finance, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2001-04-01
PlanView Announces Microsoft® Project Connector; Bi-Directional Interface Seamlessly Integrates Microsoft Project With IT Portfolio Management Software: AUSTIN, Texas -- PlanView, the leading provider of comprehensive IT portfolio management solutions, today introduced MicrosoftR Project Connector, a fast, efficient, cost-effective way to integrate PlanView EnterpriseTM solutions with Microsoft Project. The integration was created for companies that are actively using Microsoft Project for managing and scheduling work and seeking...; Tags: information technology, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, PlanView; Research articles 2005-09-19
Business Engine Network Version 5.5 Adds Application Portfolio Management; New Release Provides Application Total Cost of Ownership: SAN FRANCISCO -- Business Engine, the leading provider of project and portfolio management software solutions, has announced the availability of the Business Engine NetworkTM (BENTM) 5.5. The new release provides the industry's first integrated solution for Project Portfolio Management PPM and Application Portfolio Management APM designed to deliver application total...; Tags: TCO; Research articles 2006-06-12
Portfolio Management, Program Management, And Project Management: There is often a misunderstanding, and hence a mixed and overlapping use of terms, when it comes to program management. Sometimes a program is called a project. Sometimes a project is called a program. In addition, sometimes project portfolio and program are mistakenly used interchangeably. This Paper is intended to...; Tags: Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management; White papers 2009-01-01
Distinguishing Portfolio Management, Programme Management And Project Management: There is often a misunderstanding, and hence a mixed and overlapping use of terms, when it comes to programme management. Sometimes a programme is called a project. Sometimes a project is called a programme. In addition, sometimes project portfolio and programme are mistakenly used interchangeably. This paper is intended to...; Tags: Portfolio, Portfolio Management, Project Smart, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Personal Finance, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; White papers 2008-07-29