The Optimal Portfolio: Balancing Project and Application Costs, Risks and Benefits
1 November 2006
Too many IT organizations suffer the "death of a thousand cuts": Letting insatiable demand for application and infrastructure maintenance and support slash away at their resource capacity till little or nothing is left. "Keeping the lights on" is important, and aligned with basic needs of the business, but should be balanced with other - less basic, and usually riskier - opportunities to advance business goals with innovative and enhanced services and systems. This presentation gives guidance in how to consistently get, and keep, your portfolio balance.
Topics Discussed Gartner analysts discussed with participants the following topics:
What benefits accrue to the implementation of project and portfolio management (PPM) procedures, skills and tools?
What best practices should be used to prioritize and manage IT project portfolios?
How do effective IT organizations balance project and application portfolio management to optimize IT payback?
What is the state of the PPM market, and how do you assess product and vendor market positions?
