Does your organization want to achieve success in prioritizing projects systematically, deliberately, and logically?

Project Portfolio Management Tools and Techniques is written to demonstrate how to elevate your organization’s project management thinking to the level beyond managing individual projects in a standalone fashion. This book is for those executives and other project professionals who strive to have a formalized system of authorizing the right projects and abandoning the wrong projects, who desire to spend resources in the most efficient manner, and who want to have an actionable strategic plan for improving organizational project management sophistication.

Project Portfolio Management Tools and Techniques deals with the full spectrum of project portfolio management (PPM) functions, from selecting projects through formalized portfolio management processes to facilitating the successful execution of projects through creating a formalized, project-friendly environment. This book will aid you in the implementation of a PPM system, assist in gaining the necessary commitment from executive management, and provide guidelines for the modification of operational practices. Get ahead of the game by seeing a comprehensive project portfolio management model that can help you establish yours successfully!

Parviz F. Rad, PhD, PE, CCE, PMP is a senior project management consultant specializing in project management capability improvement through self-assessment, and through focused training. Dr. Rad is the former Editor of the Project Management Journal.

Ginger Levin, DPA, PMP is a senior consultant in project management with more than 30 years experience. She is also a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.