BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

With the adoption of portfolio management, it is important that organizations synchronize their portfolio management methods with their organizational planning. For example, defining and authorizing the right components at the...

Project portfolio management presents a complex set of challenges: Primarily multiple projects need to be configured and managed in a way to enhance the long-term strategic value of the portfolio...

Lets look into the relevance of the portfolio alignment with the Organisational Strategy. For that, let us first understand what is organizational strategy, and then look at how portfolios align...

  In this session, we will look into the important concepts around the Project Portfolio Management process. The key flows around portfolio management are Defining, Aligning, Authorizing and Controlling a portfolio....

As mentioned in my earlier post, "Project portfolio management — or simply portfolio management — is defined as the “centralized management of one or more portfolios that enable executive management to meet organizational goals and objectives through efficient decision making on portfolios, projects, programs...

The Agile framework has 2 significant or Key methodologies in today's software project environment. Both are equally efficient and produce results. However, if the right methodology is used after accessing...

On request from many, I am posting this article to cover the fundamentals on portfolio management. So what is portfolio management?There are many definitions available in different books and on...

In my previous article, I mentioned about what successful PMO's do at the strategic level. To sum it up, they are strategically aligned, a vital part of the planning team,...

In today' rapidly changing business environment, Project Management Offices (PMO's) struggle to provide adequate support for the shifting priorities and faster delivery cycles. The basic reason for a PMO's failure...

Almost all projects would have a scope defined base. Those projects that don’t have a proper scope management in place would definitely be at a peril. Though most of the...

Meetings are normally conducted to help discuss certain problems or options and come up with a viable solution. There can be different kinds of meetings such as: 1) Meetings with clients...

Talking about successful projects, one aspect that comes to everyone’s mind is leadership skill needed to drive the project. When we talk of leadership skills, we normally attribute it to...

  We all talk about successful projects and discuss mostly on pointers to make our project successful. However, what if a project is already in a difficult situation? For such...

Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us now look at the reasons why Scrum projects fail and then we...

Having discussed about the importance of project management processes in Agile Scrum in my previous blog, let us look at 5 key Agile myths due to which scrum projects fail....

One of the major concerns across many organisations is whether to go for Agile or Waterfall methodology. Most of the project managers higher up in the corporate ladder have to...

It is easy to list the processes involved in managing the scope of a project. 1) Collecting Requirements 2) Defining the scope 3) Creating and base lining the WBS –...

The next time when you make cookies, just observe the processes involved in it. And you will realize that it is nothing different from the processes we follow in project...

Program and Project managers are always at the edge of their seat when it comes to planning. In a common release cycle, while one release cycle is coming to a...

You may be focused on your Agile processes, tools and techniques. But, all this may not be delivering the right value to the customer. At the end of the day,...