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project portfolio management Last modified: Thursday, March 10, 2005

PPM, short for project portfolio management, refers to a software package that enables corporate and business users to organize a series of projects into a single portfolio that will provide reports based on the various project objectives, costs, resources, risks and other pertinent associations. Project portfolio management software allows the user, usually management or executives within the company, to review the portfolio which will assist in making key financial and business decisions for the projects.

Computerworld Article — Project Portfolio Management As its name implies, project portfolio management groups projects so they can be managed as a portfolio, much as an investor would manage his stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Focused Performance Article — Project Portfolio Management: The First Cut is the Kindest Cut Understanding this aspect of organizational systems and this definition of improvement, it becomes obvious that the projects that should be highest on the portfolio list should be those that address or support the major constraint.