Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Today

Profitability & PPM

A white paper on how PPM impacts profitability.

"The ultimate goal of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is to improve the profitability of project investments across the organization. PPM improves profitability by creating a foundation of efficiency and effectiveness in projects and resources that leads to higher orders of profitability from products and services, customers, and lines of business. Whether organizations are focused on alignment of projects with goals or improving the margins of revenue-generating projects, all roads lead to profitability."

Lean IT Governance

Here is a white paper that discusses what I call a lean approach to IT Governance.

"The most realistic and attainable approach to IT Governance is a “lean” approach via Project Portfolio Management (PPM). The lean approach requires a light-footprint lifecycle, rapid implementation of proven practices, and centralized data. The lean approach is based on simplicity and achieve-ability, building on what works while establishing headroom for continuous improvement."

Two Models for PPM

This paper outlines two models for evaluating how to set up and run a PPM implementation:

There are two models for implementing a PPM system:

o The engagement profitability model

o The budget alignment model