Demand Management and Portfolio Management

At the end of the course, you will earn a Certificate of Completion from Spirit in Projects.

Do you enjoy making strategic decisions and ensuring that your portfolio aligns with your organization’s objectives? If you’re keen to learn more about Demand Management and Portfolio Management, this training will be perfect for you. Together, we will explore the key responsibilities in these areas ensuring that the appropriate projects and programs are initiated to achieve the organization’s strategic objectives. Additionally, we will focus on how to efficiently manage resources and appropriately control risks to maximize value for your company.

Dates and times Project Manager Back to Professionals

Advising

  • Fundamentals of project management

    Having a basic understanding of project management is advantageous.

Objectives

  • Classification of needs
  • Design and manage demand and portfolio management processes and methods
  • In-depth study of various levels of detail and decision-making
  • Understand and apply relevant preparatory steps for project implementation
  • In-depth exploration of the project portfolio

Target groups:

Project Manager, Product Owner, Project Director and IT Project Director

Dates and times

Syllabus

1. Demand Management

  • Capture demand in a timely manner 
  • Identify events that trigger demands 
  • Manage the demand process, its stages and end points 
  • Categorise demands  
  • Prepare demands 
  • Involve business analysis
  • Facilitate decision-making 
  • Connect and coordinate business units and technology teams 

2. Portfolio Management

  • Manage the project pipeline (link to demand management) 
  • Prioritize the project portfolio based on expected ROI and project benefits 
  • Manage clusters and dependencies within the portfolio 
  • Represent programmes and projects in the portfolio 
  • Dimension the required resources 
  • Manage financial aspects and impacts 
  • Conduct risk management of project portfolios 
  • Actively manage the project portfolio (change control) 

3. Initiate, manage and monitor projects from a portfolio perspective 

4. Embedding demand and portfolio management into the organization 

  • Primary and secondary organizations
  • Rules and decisions
  • Communication channels
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