How to Evolve from Project Management to Project Portfolio Management

Selecting Projects for the Pipeline, by Harvey A. Levine

About this eBook

Many firms get started in implementing a project portfolio management process by first reviewing their current portfolio, eliminating a significant portion of their project load, and making room to add more valuable projects.

While there's more to PPM than project selection, it is the first and most important component.

In this eBook, PPM expert Harvey A. Levine explores ways to optimize your project portfolio for maximum business success, including:

• selecting of projects for the pipeline,

• evaluating of candidate projects,

• pre-qualification process,

• assessing value, benefits & risk ranking,

• and more considerations designed to help you build a portfolio that will maximize the contribution of projects to the success of the firm.

About the Author

Harvey A. Levine Harvey Levine is a widely respected consultant, expert, and author on the topic of project management. He is the author of 3 books and over 300 articles and videos. He is a former president of Project Management Institute and a PMI Fellow. With his 57 years of experience, he is an expert in Project Portfolio Management, Project Management Offices, Risk Management, Earned Value, and PM tools. While on the board of PMI, he was instrumental in the establishment of the PMBOK and the PMP certification standards. He was an early proponent of Project Portfolio Management, contributing to its establishment as an important component of project management and authoring the first substantive text on the subject. Harvey also provided guidance to the project management software industry on extending software capabilities to support PPM.