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| Enterprise Portfolio Management - Project & Portfolio Server |
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| Course Length: | 1 day |
| Course Price: | $720.00 plus $72.00 GST = $792.00 inc. GST |
| Availability: | Please call DDLS on 1800 U LEARN (1800 853 276) or  click here to register your interest. |
| Overview: | This fast paced one day workshop is designed for Programme and Portfolio Managers, Executives and PMO staff who would like to use MS Portfolio Server and MS Project server to create, optimize, select, manage and report on project portfolios. This workshop is also ideal for those interested in evaluating the EPM Products prior to internal deployment.
The workshop takes trainees through the creation of a business case in Portfolio Server, the workflow approval process, the optimization of a portfolio of projects against defined business drivers and strategic objectives, the subsequent portfolio selection and the management of the portfolio through its execution.
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| Skills Gained: | 
At course completion students will be able to:
- Use Portfolio Server to capture an initial project request/business case
- Use Portfolio Server workflow to approve or reject proposed projects
- Use Portfolio Server to define the alignment of each proposal with defined strategic drivers
- Select a portfolio of optimized projects
- Monitor and Report on portfolios of projects as they progress to completion
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| Key Topics: | Project Creation
- Project Initiation
- Project Approval Process and Workflow
Project Selection
- Strategic Objectives and Drivers
- Project Prioritization and Alignment to
Strategic Drivers
- Portfolio Constraints and Limitations
- Portfolio Optimization
Planning and Managing Portfolios
- Integration with Microsoft Project Server
- Integration with Microsoft SharePoint
- Portfolio Server Reports and Data Analysis
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| Target Audience: | Executives, Executive support staff, PMO staff, Strategic Advisors, users interested in evaluating the MS EPM solution suite of products. |
| Prerequisites: | Trainee attendance at “Enterprise Project Management” and “Enterprise Resource and Collaboration Management” is preferable.
Prior exposure to Organizational Strategic planning and Project Portfolio Selection an advantage.
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