PPS Portfolio management

Prioritising and planning organisational initiatives  

Are you starting the right projects to achieve your strategic goals?
Do the initiatives lead to the changes you’re aiming for?
Are your resources sufficient?

PPS Portfolio Management helps you translate organisational strategy into practical action. You will learn how to evaluate an initiative against business objectives and how to prioritise the portfolio. Portfolio management is about steering organisational development by launching the initiatives needed to achieve organisational objectives and following up to ensure desired outcomes are realised.

Course content

• General overview of portfolio management
• Portfolio organisation
• Compiling organisational needs
• Creating priorities within the portfolio
• Optimising the use of organisational resources
• Communicating decisions
• Following up on the portfolio and managing changes

Objective
After the course, you will have knowledge of:

• Weighing expected benefits against strategic objectives
• Prioritising and optimising a portfolio
• Following up and managing changes in a portfolio
• Organising portfolio management

Implementation
The course includes walkthroughs of key skills combined with group work, discussions, and experience sharing.

Target group
Individuals in decision-making, preparatory, or administrative roles within a portfolio, as well as business managers who want to improve the governance of development initiatives.  

Prerequisites
Experience and knowledge of project management.
PPS Business benefit management is recommended as a complement for deeper understanding of identifying, evaluating, and tracking benefits.

Duration
One day

The course is delivered internally within organisations and can be tailored to specific business needs.