Does Project Management Work Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D. Narrated by Lee Baliton

Does Project Management Work

Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D.

Narrated by Lee Baliton

Course on Project Management

Credit

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Different Focus

Complete projects on time & under-budget

Complete right projects

Project Management

Project Portfolio

Management

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Survey

125 organizations surveys Large or medium size

organizations The number of employees

varied from less than 1500 to more than 100,000.

The majority of the respondents were from the IT sector

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Content of Survey

Organization’s background Adoption of portfolio

management Impact on organization and

problems within projects

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Impact Depends on Level of Adoption

Not every one adopts and implements Portfolio Project management

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Level of Adoption

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Course on Project Management

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Level of Adoption

Course on Project Management

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Level of Adoption

Course on Project Management

Level of Adoption

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Course on Project Management

Level of Adoption

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Course on Project Management

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Level of Adoption

Course on Project Management

1. Centralized view2. Financial analysis3. Risk analysis4. Interdependencies5. Constraints at portfolio level6. Overall analysis at portfolio level7. Categorization, selection

accountability and governance8. Specialized software

Scoring of Adoption

Eight Scores

Cluster Analysis

Three Stages of Adoption

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Definition of Success

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Definition of Success

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Scoring of Impact

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Relationship between Adoption and Impact

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Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Increased Adoption Leads to Fewer Project Problems

Course on Project Management

Limitations

Small sample of organizations Perception of respondents

Take Home Lesson

Project Portfolio Management has a positive impact on the organization