Programs and Portfolios
Ricardo demystifies the Portfolio Management, comments on criteria for selecting projects and also presents what is Program Management.
This playlist has 12 episodes.
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How to Manage Coupled Dependencies in Projects
(Oct 19, 2020)
This week, Ricardo talks about a type of relationship that is becoming increasingly popular: coupled dependencies. This kind of relationship increases the delivery speed. However, if not appropriately managed, this coupled dependency can increase the risks and the chances of rework. This is due to the set of assumptions teams needed to create these coupled dependencies.
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What is Program Management?
(Apr 23, 2012)
In this podcast, Ricardo talks about program management. He explains that the main objective of the program management it to group projects to obtain a benefit that would not be possible if treated singly. Ricardo also talks that the projects contained in a program have the same interest tactical, operational, and the same synergy.
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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 3/3: A comparison and Decision
(Mar 08, 2012)
In this third and final podcast of the series, Ricardo talks about the comparison to the project selection and choice. He gives two examples of comparison one simpler - the weighted score matrix, and other more complex - AHP - Analytic Hierarchy Process. Ricardo explains how to prepare each of the two examples. See the article about AHP mentioned in this podcast at: http://www.ricardo-vargas.com/pt/articles/analytic-hierarchy-process/
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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 2/3: The Criteria
(Mar 05, 2012)
In this second podcast of the series, Ricardo talks about the selection criteria in portfolio management. He explains that in addition to financial criteria, there are others who may be considered and, even if it is intangible, there are ways to make them tangible. Ricardo gives several tips on how to transform these criteria into tangible and also talks about the balance of the criteria chosen.
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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 1/3: The Strategy's Side
(Feb 27, 2012)
In this first podcast of the series, Ricardo talks about strategic and portfolio management. He explains that if the manager does not know what is the strategy of the organization, it's a waste of time to create comparative to select projects.
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What is the Level of Detail in the Information Provided to Project Applying for the Portfolio?
(Jul 12, 2011)
In this podcast, Ricardo explains when it's necessary to detail or not a project during the prioritization process within the portfolio management. He also talks about some types of information needed to detect which are the most viable projects for an organization.
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Working With Multiple Projects
(Aug 09, 2010)
In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the fractionation of a project into smaller slices. He explains that if the project is large you can divide it into phases when there is no dependency between them. He shows the advantages and disadvantages of managing multiple projects and cases in which this technique can be used.
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Project Selection Criteria - Part 2 of 2
(Mar 01, 2010)
In the second installment of a two-part series, Ricardo talks about other criteria that should be considered while selecting projects. He explains that the weight of each criterion depends on the company's scenario, and that the selection of projects for the portfolio must be made using multiple criteria.
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Project Selection Criteria - Part 1 of 2
(Feb 22, 2010)
In this podcast Ricardo discuss the main criteria used in the project selection to the portfolio. In this part 1/2, he approaches the relevance of using also non-financial metrics as criteria, like strategic fit, urgency and risk.
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Program Management
(Apr 06, 2009)
In this podcast, Ricardo Vargas address some theme requests about the concept of program management, as also the differences between project program and portfolio.
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Balanced Scorecard and Porfolio Management
(Aug 27, 2007)
In this podcast Ricardo Vargas presents the relationship between Balanced Scorecard and Portfolio Management, discussing about the sinergy between the 2 solutions, where the concepts of strategic office and project office are associated to improve the effectiveness of the projects inside the organization. This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Portfolio Management - New Trends!
(Mar 05, 2007)
In this podcast, Ricardo Vargas talks about portfolio management, its main characteristics and importance for the organizations when aligned to project management. He deals with the main differences between project management office and portfolio management. This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.
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