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I have this great idea!
Innovation is often associated with great ideas. While many organizations focus on the "Great Idea Hunt," the real challenge is to realize the intended benefits of that idea. Benefits realization…
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Managing risks in complex projects
Although there are a number of risk management standards and guides available to a large number of industries and specialized professions, many engineering project and program managers continue to…
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Portfolio risk management
Organisations are taking up the challenge to improve risk management at all levels from project and operations to enterprise risk management (ERM). The focus is to ensure that business objectives…
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Portfolio risk management
When organizations fail to understand the conceptual and practical complexities that affect the uncertainties of implementing projects, they often fail to accurately identify how a particular risk…
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First things first
Like projects, project portfolios are highly susceptible to the risks that can cause initiatives to fail. This paper examines the five prerequisite activities that organizations must perform before…
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Managing risk in the project portfolio
Risk drives organizational growth: The greater the risk, the greater is the potential for significant gain. Because of this, organizations require a structured risk analysis approach for gauging a…
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Four pillars of effective IT program management--laying a foundation for successful project delivery
Information technology (IT) projects are failing at alarmingly high rates. And such failure is often attributed to a seemingly infinite number of reasons. This paper examines an approach that could…
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Risk management at the portfolio level--what we can learn from insurance companies
When organizations establish a portfolio-level--as opposed to a project-level--perspective for managing risk, they are more likely to better balance their project budgets. This paper examines an…
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Risk management at the portfolio level--what we can learn from insurance companies
When organizations factor into their project budgets the possible costs incurred from a project's risks, they are often creating the barriers that could make important projects prohibitive. This…
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IT project portfolio management implementation
It is common to find information technology (IT) projects that are implemented without regard either to the benefits the effort will generate or to the overall risk the project poses to its…
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