The Challenges Of Implementing Portfolio Management

摘要

This is the fourth of six articles to be published in this column on the practicalities of introducing and establishing Val IT. These articles draw from the authors' many years of experience working with enterprises to introduce value management. The previous three articles (found in volumes 3, 4 and 6 of 2008) described how to recognise the need for Val IT, the five basic steps for introducing Val IT and how to establish the Val IT value governance process. The remainder of the series will cover: 1. Benefits Realisation and Programme Management-Beyond the Business Case 2. Critical Success Factors for Introducing Val IT When implementing a change programme to introduce or improve portfolio management (PM), there arc the inevitable issues associated. However, with PM, the issues may be even more acutely felt because the most senior executives in the enterprise are often the people personally involved in and affected by the change. This article describes some of the typical issues that arise when introducing PM practices, and identifies how they can be overcome, based on shared experience, and tried and tested practices.