Programs and Portfolios
Ricardo demystifies the Portfolio Management, comments on criteria for selecting projects and also presents what is Program Management.
This playlist has 9 episodes.
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Portfolio Management - New Trends!
(05 Mar 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...
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Program Management
(06 Apr 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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Project Selection Criteria - Part 1 of 2
(22 Feb 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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Project Selection Criteria - Part 2 of 2
(01 Mar 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...
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What is the Level of Detail in the Information Provided to Project Applying for the Portfolio?
(12 Jul 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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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 1/3: The Strategy's Side
(27 Feb 2012)
In this first podcast of the serie, Ricardo talks about the strategic and the portfolio management. He explains that if the manager does not know what is the strategy of the organization, its a waste of time to create comparative to select projects. Ricardo makes an analogy between stones of...
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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 2/3: The Criteria
(05 Mar 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...
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Demystifying the Portfolio Management – Part 3/3: A comparison and Decision
(08 Mar 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...
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What is Program Management?
(23 Apr 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,...
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