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Michael J. Bible, MSPM, PMP
and Susan S. Bivins, MSPM, PM
For an organization
to meet the promise of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and enjoy the rewards
that a well-run PPM program can offer, organizations ultimately need to be
able to move resources from less valuable to more beneficial projects.
This requires that an organization:
- Can identify its projects
- Knows how and where resources
are deployed across its projects
- Is able to effectively value
its projects
- Can convince stakeholders
of less valued projects to give up resources in service of more useful projects
While organizations vary in their
PPM practice maturity, few organizations have mastered the art of convincing
stakeholders to move resources to more beneficial projects. The primary
reason is that the general practice of valuing projects fails to adequately
capture the true benefit of a project to an organization and, perhaps as
importantly, fails to convince stakeholders to believe and accept its outcomes.
The reasons for the failure of project valuation processes are many, but often
it is because common project valuation processes do not adequately measure
both the quantitative and qualitative benefits that projects bring to their
organizations.
There are, however,
project valuation processes and tools that can help organizations measure
projects on their quantitative and qualitative merits and do so in a collaborative
manner that better ensures buy-in among stakeholders. One such process
is the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) – a decision making process that
was developed in the 1970s and has been successfully applied across commercial
and government organizations. This presentation will discuss how AHP
can be applied to the practice of PPM and also become the key ingredient
in helping organizations realize the true merit of PPM.
While Rich Dougherty
was looking forward to provide his presentation on "Decision Making and Analytic
Hierarchy Process (AHP) in the Context of Project Portfolio Management (PPM)",
he suddenly experienced an unavoidable business conflict. He
worked with the Speaker Team to select two excellent replacements -- Michael
J. Bible, MSPM, PMP and Susan S. Bivins, MSPM, PMP.
Michael J. Bible
has twenty-five years of professional and leadership experience supporting
the U.S. Department of Defense, of which the last 12 years have been dedicated
to project and program management of test and evaluation programs for major
defense acquisition programs. He specializes in project management
of complex technical projects and as a former owner of an engineering services
firm, applied strategic planning to establish organizational direction while
utilizing project portfolio management to successfully grow the company in
alignment with business initiatives.
The other speaker,
Susan S. Bivins, has more than twenty-five years of management and leadership
experience dedicated to delivering successful information technology, organizational
change management and professional consulting services projects for major
global corporations. She specializes in project and portfolio management;
international, multi-cultural and multi-company initiatives; and business
strategy integration in the private and public sectors. Michael and
Susan are working closely with Expert Choice to write a book on project and
project portfolio management and the role of AHP.
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Networking Program:
Topic: Today’s
Job Market - Expectations, Perspectives and Effectiveness
If you respectfully
follow the “standard process” in pursuing job opportunities, you may be experiencing
inadequate responses. You may not like what you hear, but this presentation
attempts to explain why limited results are achieved in responding to job
postings. By learning about the realities of job opportunities and
candidates, your perspective and expectations of job boards and company career
sites will change. You may be more motivated to pursue a strategic
(vs. reactive) approach.
Join John Seber,
Chief Operating Officer of Velankani Information Systems Inc. for a stimulating
conversation on how to improve your effectiveness in job search.
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