Building, Planning and Managing Post-Crisis Project Portfolios

Course Introduction

Portfolio management plays a crucial role in guiding a group of projects and programs toward achieving specific outcomes by making strategic decisions that shape their direction. It ensures that the "right" mix of projects is selected, while program and project management focus on executing them effectively.

The Building, Planning and Managing Post-Crisis Project Portfolios training course addresses these needs by providing practical insights into the processes and tools necessary for effective portfolio management. Participants will learn how to identify, select, prioritize, and govern their project portfolios, allocate resources, and monitor and report on their status and performance, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

Through real-world examples, this course will equip organizations with the skills needed to navigate the complexities of the post-pandemic landscape, enhancing their ability to manage portfolios in a dynamic and changing environment.

This training course will feature:

• Portfolio management as a strategy implementation tool and how it could be impacted by the new normal after COVID-19
• The portfolio life cycle, phases, and controls
• Strategic Re-Alignment of Portfolios in response to the new challenges
• Portfolio governance and its integration with the organization-wide governance
• Portfolio stakeholder management, risk management and value management

Training Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to: 

• Learn and apply the main concepts of portfolio management
• Learn how to build a portfolio and identify and evaluate its components
• Learn how to prepare a prioritized portfolio register and plan the portfolio
• Learn how allocate portfolio resources and apply capacity management techniques
• Measure and report portfolio performance using KPIs and Dashboards

Training Methodology

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. To serve the program goals a mix of different techniques will be used to energize the trainees such as lectures, power-point presentation, application on portfolio analysis tools, structured discussions, brainstorming sessions, and case studies.

Who should Attend?

This training course is suitable for all executives, portfolio managers and functional managers of various levels, who are involved in all stages of selecting, prioritizing, budgeting, authorizing, planning, and managing project portfolios.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Board Members and Senior Executives 
• Functional Managers working such as Finance, IT and Procurement Managers
• Portfolio Managers and Portfolio analyst
• PMO managers and PMO staff
• Program and senior Project managers