2009 : 11Squeezing Value Out of Portfolio Management
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› Insight Bulletins 2010
People and Projects : Managing Change2010 : 07 ›
Power Project : Building a Better Business Case2010 : 07 : Special Report ›
Fixing What's Broken: Warranty Management2010 : 06 ›
PPM : Fit the work first and let the tools fit the worker2010 : 05 : Microsoft Special Report ›
Scaling Microsoft Project 2010 Step by Step2010 : 04 ›
Breakaway Results : Transforming the IT Structure2010 : 03 ›
Project Portfolio Management : Scoring Big with Quick Wins2010 : 02 ›
Building Buzz : Inspiring Innovation in Your Organization2010 : 01 ›
Standing Out from the Crowd : Effective Resource Management
› Insight Bulletins 2009
Business Outlook 2010 : Surviving the Scrum2009 : 11 ›
Squeezing Value Out of Portfolio Management2009 : 10 ›
Pulling Together : Lean, Six Sigma, and Project Management2009 : 09 ›
Project Management Office Overhaul2009 : 08 ›
Achieving Hand-off Between Project Teams and Finance2009 : 06 ›
Rolling Out Business Change in Turbulent Times2009 : 05 ›
Powering Up Innovation at Your Organization2009 : 05 : ARRA Special Report ›
ARRA Guidance2009 : 04 ›
Mastering Cost Reductions in the New Business Landscape








Struggling to get your management team to buy into portfolio management? Practice Lead Mihai Marinescu shares his five-stage program to improve the initial perceptions those decision-makers form of portfolio management and increase the likelihood of subsequent adoption.
Can the tools and process of portfolio management really facilitate better judgment in decision-making? Principal Consultant Martin Wolf dissects five objections he hears over and over again when senior leaders consider adopting portfolio management.
Microsoft's Project organization promises a level of quality in Project 2010 that's never existed in the product line before. In this interview GM Ludovic Hauduc discusses how the team has changed its approach to product support and how it's instilling the voice of the customer into the feature set for Project 2010. Plus, he offers advice on implementing a culture of quality and customer focus.
The global outlook for risks is expanding. Accounting scandals have rocked financial markets. Data breaches continue. H1N1 extends its tentacles worldwide. Risks abound, yet most enterprises don't know what to do about it. Operational risk expert Craig Spielmann lays out a plan for understanding risk level and achieving balance between ignoring risk and missing opportunities.
When Shannon Kirchhoff joined Fireman's Fund Insurance Company three-plus years ago as senior director over IT portfolio management, governance, and standards, she knew a project management office would bring projects under control. After proving her PMO chops there, she was put in charge of implementing one company-wide. In this interview, Kirchhoff tells how she managed that, shares what she would have done differently, and offers advice to other organizations struggling with the same challenge.
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