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Vol. XIV Issue I - January 2012
Project Management eJournal
VIEWPOINTS
5 Reasons PPM Will Matter to CIOs in 2012
By Alex Adamopoulos
and
Paul Dolman-Darrall
Emergn Limited
USA & UK
There are 5 reasons why Project Portfolio Management (PPM) will matter to CIOs in 2012. As executives for more than 20 years in global service organizations and having worked to help a number of notable organizations and their CIOs such as Maersk, British Airways and the UK government find success in executing their PPM objectives, we would like to offer the following 5 reasons why PPM will grow in importance in 2012:
Increase IT's value and alignment with the business
CIOs who focus on integrating IT more into the portfolio management process can help blur the lines of separation, be part of the value discussion and be viewed as a partner to the business.
Improve the flow of ideas and work in progress
IT involvement earlier in the lifecycle will contribute to better decisions and choices made with the business. It will improve visibility into necessary investments and resources required to meet demand and will allow a more transparent environment for how things get done.
Advance the quality of ideas and not just the outcome
Understanding the demands of the business will drive CIOs to take a closer look at what is possible and will help them judge how well IT can or can't execute on delivering a given project to a "right first time" level of quality.
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 About the Author
Alex Adamopoulos is CEO of Emergn, a global professional services company. Alex is an executive with more than 20 years experience in global services organizations. He has extensive international experience with a deep understanding of culture, work, and life ethics especially in relation to establishing alignment and crossing cultural barriers. Over the years, Alex has brought know-how and practical business experience to companies that want to excel and compete globally. With a focus on performance measurement, business value and bottom-line profitability, Alex has successfully applied working models and practices to accelerate the solutions and strategies of companies to drive results.
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 About the Author
Paul Dolman-Darrall is Executive Vice President for Global Delivery and Strategy at Emergn. Paul is a dedicated and driven leader and IT director known for developing people and successfully managing large global teams across various programmes, projects and change in lean agile transformation programmes. He has more than 10 years experience in software development with broad systems knowledge and is the recent winner of UK Best Agile Team Award. Paul is co-author of Smarter Stock Picking – Using Strategies From the Professionals to Improve Your Returns, published by Financial Times Prentice Hall. Emergn blends agile and lean principles to optimize the way organizations develop and deliver solutions across the enterprise. By offering a unique blend of agile and lean methodologies, emergn operates as a thought leader in helping enterprises solve their complex organizational and IT business problems. As a leader in providing enterprise-wide enablement, emergn has secured a strong benchmark of revenue and forecasted growth, and has earned an impressive list of partners, including British Airways, Maersk, UK Public Sector, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Standard Life, Thomson Reuters, and British Telecom,. Emergn is based in Boston, New York, London and Dubin. For more information, visit www.emergn.com or follow emergn on Twitter at http://twitter.com/emergn
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