IT Management Web Seminar
Hosted by Better Management

Using IT Portfolio Management to Improve IT ROI

Strategies for exploiting portfolio management as a way to increase IT's overall value to the company

This web seminar is ideal for:

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organizations new to portfolio management, and

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companies seeking to improve the effectiveness and value of their IT organizations

The premise of IT Portfolio Management is simple; it advocates managing IT assets in the same manner as a portfolio of stock investments. These assets may be software, hardware, or projects. As the steward of its company’s technology investments, IT is responsible for ensuring that current assets generate the highest possible returns and new investments are aligned with corporate strategies and targeted to those areas that provide the greatest business benefit. Implementing IT Portfolio Management requires three components: an inventory of the assets to be managed, a thorough understanding of corporate strategies and priorities, and a set of processes and metrics to evaluate asset performance and objectively direct financial and resource investments.
A pioneer in IT Portfolio Management, Ian Hayes has almost twenty years of experience assisting corporations in launching, managing and gaining advantage from Portfolio Management initiatives, and has written several Portfolio Management methodologies for his clients. In this session, he will cover:
  • Why IT Portfolio Management is an effective means for optimally directing scarce IT resources
  • How to use business-oriented metrics to objectively evaluate asset performance by value delivered
  • What tools and services are available to support Portfolio Management initiatives
  • How to incorporate IT Portfolio Management within overall IT strategy

Who should attend?

  • Senior Executives
  • IT/IS Managers
  • Consultants

 

Program Content

This session focuses on the tools, processes and benefits of IT Portfolio Management. It will examine the nuances of various common approaches, such as project portfolio management and application lifecycle optimization. It will describe specific tips and techniques for implementing Portfolio Management, recommend appropriate metrics for evaluating assets, and discuss how to use Portfolio Management as a foundation to support other IT initiatives.

Presenter

Ian S. Hayes is President of Clarity Consulting, Inc., a management consultancy based in Beverly, Massachusetts in the United States. With over 25 years of IT experience, Mr. Hayes is a highly regarded IT management and performance expert, having authored three IT books, hundreds of articles and a series of comprehensive IT management reports published by the Cutter Consortium. A popular speaker, Mr. Hayes has served as chairman and presenter at many widely attended US-based IT conferences.

Mr. Hayes has extensive experience in all aspects of IT management from a practitioner's and manager's perspective.  He helped design the IT portfolio management practice and methodology at a major U.S. IT services provider, and has assisted many companies in improving the effectiveness and productivity of their IT organizations through portfolio management.