Principles of Execution 3 Ways to Improve Organizational Productivity with Portfolio Management
Jul 15, 2015
What Kills Productivity?
Lack of Trust - Responsibility With
Authority
Processes Over People
Unnecessary Meetings
No Purpose or Real Vision
Passive Aggressive Behavior
Towards Change
The BCG Surveyed American and
European Companies
Found over a 15 year span:
50 to 350 % increase in
the need for
managements approval
before taking action
40% of managers time is
report writing
30 to 60% of managers
time is spent coordinating
meetinghttp://www.fastcompany.com/1837301/5-ways-process-
killing-your-productivity
Gerald’s Background
Gerald Leonard is currently
the President & CEO of Principles
of Execution, a Strategic Project
Portfolio Management and IT
Governance consulting firm based
in the Metro Washington, DC area.
19 years as an IT Project
Management consultant and
earned the PMP, MCSE, MCTS,
CQIA, ITILv3 and COBIT 4.1
Certifications
Acquired certifications in PM and
BI from the University of California,
Berkeley, as well as an Executive
Leadership Certification from
Cornell University.
Where can you learn more?
What is Portfolio Management?
Portfolio Management is a capability
that enables organizations to
analyze, select and manage a
collection of project investments that
are aligned with your company’s
goals and objectives within a data
driven decision making framework.
Portfolio Management also
coordinates the acceptance,
approval, postponement, rejection
or cancelation of a project which will
not realize the proposed benefits or
the corporation’s strategic
outcomes.
The Corpus Callosum of the Organization
What is productivity and how do
you measure it?
Productivity gains are vital to the economy because they
allow us to accomplish more with less.
Investopedia explains Productivity
What is cascading alignment?
Mission • Strategies
Strategies • Objectives
Objectives • Goals
Goals • Actions
Resource Utilization Questions
Are we allocating scarce resources in the most
effective way?
Can we staff current and proposed projects in the
portfolio?
Do we limit the active projects due to resources or
source alternative resources?
Do we have visibility to resource capacity issues
and conflicts before they negatively impact project
execution?
http://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/files/2013/05/deloitte_Valu
e_From_Project_Portfolio_Management.pdf
Resource Management Value
Model TM
Resource Inventory
Resource Fit
Prioritize Resource Allocation
Resource Optimization
• Roles
• Skills
• Capability
• Competence
• Constraints
• Capacity
• Balance
• Recalibration
5 Step TOC Process To Increase
Throughput
1. Identify the process or
resource constraint(s).
2. Decide how to exploit the
constraint(s).
3. Subordinate everything else to
the above decision(s).
4. Elevate the impact of exploiting
the constraint(s).
5. If the constraint has been
broken or has move to another
step in the process or
resource, go back to step 1
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Principles of Execution, LLC
Gerald J. LeonardPMP, MCTS, CQIA, ITIL, COBIT
President/[email protected]
http://www.principlesofexecution.com
Building the foundation for effective execution to increase your organization’s productivity!