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IT-Business Articles, Tutorials & Webcasts
Portfolio Approach
IT
Portfolio Management: Analyze This
The fundamentals of portfolio management are being applied
to corporate technology assets. At CFO.com
Portfolio
Payoff
Do you want a pair of high-powered binoculars to see where
your organization is spending IT dollars and whether these
investments help achieve business outcomes? Then IT
portfolio management may be well worth considering. At GovernmentEnterprise.com
Facing
IT Portfolio Management
No longer IT's problem, business and finance take equal
responsibility to increase confidence and do the right
thing; a CIO shows the way. At Line56.com
The
Portfolio Management Troika
The IT portfolio represents the collection of projects,
expenditures, and existing technology investments. IT
portfolio management includes oversight, management, and
control of the current and proposed components of the
portfolio. The data and talent to properly manage the
portfolio usually resides with different groups within the
IT organization — the office of the CIO, the IT finance
organization, and the project management office (PMO). At CIO.com
Return
to Value
Align IT with corporate strategy: When every IT dollar must
count, what was once a pipe dream has become a critical
imperative. Portfolio management could give you the means to
deliver. At IEMagazine.com
De-Mystifying
Portfolio Management
Vendors tout their project portfolio tools and talk about,
"eliminating under-performing assets in a
portfolio" by following a "rationalization"
process. What does all this mean? The answer to this
question lies in understanding all the areas that comprise
an IT portfolio and the management disciplines needed to
maintain the different areas of the portfolio. At CIOUpdate.com
Project
Portfolio Management
Project portfolio management organizes a series of projects
into a single portfolio consisting of reports that capture
project objectives, costs, timelines, accomplishments,
resources, risks and other critical factors. Executives can
then regularly review entire portfolios, spread resources
appropriately and adjust projects to produce the highest
departmental returns. At ComputerWorld.com
Project
Portfolio Management (PPM): Aligning business and IT
This article introduces Project Portfolio Management, or
PPM, a strategy that involves managing a project portfolio
much as you would manage a portfolio of diverse financial
investments. By using PPM, organizations can align their IT
projects and resources with corporate business objectives.
At IBM.com
Project
Portfolio Management Isn't Enough
Although PPM has provided business executives with a better
view into the value of IT projects, it concentrates only on
new investments in the portfolio. PPM tools don't account
for the systems (applications & infrastructure) that the
business relies on day in and day out. Projects can
represent as little as 25% of the entire IT portfolio, which
means that three-quarters of an organization's IT business
is not being monitored, aligned or measured. At CIOUpdate.com
Portfolio
Management: How to Do It Right
Portfolio management is a tool with clear benefits, among
them a holistic view of IT projects across the enterprise
and the alignment of IT with corporate strategy. But it
isn't easy. From CIO Magazine
Powerful
Portfolios
Good portfolio management requires both a 30,000-foot view
and a picture from ground level. Companies must visualize
their IT portfolios on multiple levels and at different
stages for a true and thorough perspective of their IT
investments. To gain the holistic view necessary for
portfolio management, investments should be viewed in
aggregate and placed into categories, with the percent of IT
spend apportioned across each. At CIO.com
Nothing
Ventured, Nothing Gained
CIOs are in a unique position to lead their company's
enterprise investment strategy. If they have the nerve. From
CIO Magazine
IT
Portfolio Mix All Wrong
Up to 80% of IT portfolios are out of balance and most do
not recognise the relationship between assets and projects,
according to a 2004 study. At ComputerWeekly.com
Maximizing
Return on IT Investments With Enterprise Portfolio
Management: Part 1 of 2
Enterprise portfolio management, an approach to managing
internal corporate investments that's gaining momentum,
gives organizations the ability not only to successfully
complete a large and growing percentage of projects, but
also to more accurately align enterprise projects with
business goals and values to deliver promised business
benefits. At ComputerWorld.com
Maximizing
Return on IT Investments With Enterprise Portfolio
Management: Part 2 of 2
In the second installment of a two-part case study the chief
portfolio officer at AAA , discusses how the company's newly
formed enterprise portfolio management office (EPMO) aligned
AAA's projects with its new corporate strategy for IT
investments and shows how other companies can replicate this
success. At ComputerWorld.com