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How do you decide what projects to do? Next Level Up author Jack Duggal responds in detail to a reader’s topic suggestion with detailed portfolio management project selection criteria.
Next Level Up
Selecting the Right Projects Requires the Right Approach
By Jack S. Duggal, MBA, PMP
 Project portfolio management (PPM) is about selecting the right projects, but often the selection is not necessarily based on the appropriate approach.
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Quick Quiz
 Congratulate me! I’ve just been promoted to manage my first project. Save me! I have no formal training and I don’t really have a background in the work my team will develop. What should I do to avoid common managerial mistakes?
- Immediately call a meeting and confront an experienced team member. If you don’t establish who is in charge right away, you’re sunk.
- Ask your boss if you can retool the processes and documents right away so that you get off to a clean start.
- Listen and observe, avoiding any major changes until you understand the current situation.
- Enroll in a college class so that you can learn the level of subject matter expertise your team shares.
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