IT Project Portfolio Management

IT PPM Review:
I found Mr. Bonham's book on IT PPM to be very informative, and one of the first books that I have read specifically pretaining to IT project portfolio managment. There were many use cases and detailed discussions, that provide practical development of the Mr. Bonham's IT PPM knowledge strategy. Each chapter contains take-aways that can often be applied directly to current IT projects. In addition, the level of research within the book (references, resources, etc), far outweights many other PPM books that I have read. Overall, I would highly recommend this book as a very useful tool for those looking to positively align their IT organizational workflows.

Software Development Projects are Investments:
The fundamental shift in thinking about IT PPM is the concept that software projects represent an investment portfolio no less than the stocks and bonds of a conventional investment portfolio. But if you look at a software project in the right way, it certainly has a cost, it should have some expected return, and it probably entails risk. These are exactly the characteristics of any investment. Once you have made the jump to realize that the bundle of software projects being undertaken by your company are an investment portfolio, then all kinds of portfolio management software can come into play. The financial industry has spent a fortune and many years developing these analysis tools. This book talks about using some of them for software management. The CD included with the book includes supplementary materials for IT project management professionals such as marketing presentations, ROI and portfolio management tools, direct links to regulatory acts, and more.