Implementing Project Portfolio Management

As a companion guide to portfolio management, this book is primarily grounded with the Standard for Portfolio Management -4th Edition. This book is designed for three primary audience groups: Business Executives, Portfolio Leaders and Practitioners, and Portfolio Thinkers.

Dr. Panos Chatzipanos is a C-Level executive in the construction industry for over 20 years. (President, CEO, Managing Director and COO in three major construction companies). As a transformational leader, he now consults with World Bank Group and the European Commission. Entrepreneurial by nature, he is able to implement a holistic approach to organizational strategic objectives. He is also a Principal with PMO Advisory Inc., a leading project management training and advisory company. Selective highlights of Panos include the following: • Project Director of two Olympic Games venues for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.• Portfolio Manager of infrastructure construction projects and large facility projects (industrial complexes, harbors, water & wastewater treatment plants), Olympic Games Venues, Energy projects). • Founding Member, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (A.A.W.R.E.)• Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer by A.A.W.R.E.• Charted Water and Environmental Project Manager by C.I.W.E.M. – Registered Project Professional (RPP)• Ph.D. from London University in Environmental Hydrodynamics. Charted Engineer - Licensed Civil & Environmental Engineer (Dr. Eur Eng)• PMI Core Committee member on standard committees for The Standard for Portfolio Management – Fourth Edition, Navigating Complexity: A Practice Guide, and Practice Standard for Earned Value – Third Edition. Prof. Dr. Te Wu is an academic and a professional with over 25 years of work experience helping businesses to improve their strategy execution, over 15 years of teaching experience empowering students with management knowledge and skills, and now over ten years of experience as an entrepreneur. His core belief is that most organizations and people have more ideas than they can successfully tackle. Thus, his recent work has focused on “getting the right things done, in the right way.” In his professional journey to date, he grew from the shop floor to leading hundred million dollar portfolios. He is a researcher, author, speaker, teacher, and also a practitioner. Selective highlights of Te include the following:• Found and built PMO Advisor into a leading project management training (PMI Global R.E.P.) and consultancy • Professorship at multiple global universities including China-European Business School and Montclair State University. Also on the Project Management Advisory Board at Stevens Institute of Technology• Served/serving on two PMI Global Standard Committees: The Standard for Portfolio Management – Fourth Edition and The Standard for Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects• Serving as a U.S. delegate on the International Standard Organization’s Technical Committee 258 for Project, Program, and Portfolio Management• International speaker including many PMI Chapters around the world, PMI Global Congress in EMEA, PMI China Congress and most recently across multiple cities in China at the invitation of China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts AffairsIn addition to this team, we also wish to extend our thanks to John Campbell, Bob Grieser, and the other members of the PMI Global Portfolio Management Core Committees and Subcommittees for their valuable contributions to further the field of portfolio management. Our gratitude also goes to Barbara Walsh and others from the Project Management Institute. Without their support and advocacy, this book would not be possible. Thank you all!