Online Course
Presented by Enterprise Management Association-International (EMA-I)
Duration: 1 Hour – 1 Category C PDU Free

This 3 part course on Building an Optimized Project Portfolio will be featured on pduOTD.com from July 27th to July 29th 2011.

Part 1 July 27th – Why are Complex decisions so difficult and time consuming?

Part 2 July 28th – From Strategic Plan to Prioritized Objectives and Project Candidates.

Part 3 July 29th – From Prioritized Projects to Optimized Portfolio Given Constraints and Risk

Armed with understanding from Session 1 of the use of AHP for complex decisions, project portfolio candidates will be assessed against organizational objectives.

At the end of this session, participants will understand how to priortize strategic objectives and projects that are candidates for the portfolio. The results is a list of portfolio candidates that is priortized in a mathematically sound and organizationally accurate manner.

The session will include a brief introduction to PPM to ensure a common definition, introduce the AHP and software for portfolio selection, identify specific areas of the PPM process benefiting from the use of the AHP and discuss and demonstrate the use of AHP to enhance portfolio decision-making.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

• 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
• 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to view Part 2 of 3: From Strategic Plan to Prioritized Objectives and Project Candidates