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APM Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group (SIG)

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Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) discuss particular aspects of project management to further understanding and good practice.

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About this SIG

Portfolio management The selection, prioritisation and control of an organisation’s projects and programmes in line with its strategic objectives and capacity to deliver.

Definition from APM Body of Knowledge 7th edition  

What is portfolio management?

Portfolio management ensures organisations invest in the ‘right’ projects/programmes to support their strategic objectives.

We aim to support everyone interested in PfM by promoting awareness of latest practices, researching new ideas, developing new approaches, and providing ways to share experiences and debate challenges. Our intention is to be a major contributor to the future development of PfM through encouraging and facilitating cross-professional collaboration.

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Featured resources

Making the hard decisions: The challenge of decision making at the portfolio level 
Portfolio Management – A practical guide

This guide illustrates how portfolio management is a key mechanism in enabling an organisation to optimise delivery of its strategic goals, maximising value, and do so in the required time frame.

"The Management Portfolio" series

The 'Managing the Portfolio' series of thought leadership reports, authored by Peter Glynne, provide a brief and practical insight into the journey to implement and embed portfolio management within an organisation. 

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The first ten years

This document is a short ‘history’ of Association for Project Management’s (APM) Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group (SIG) from its inception in 2010 and what we have achieved during the subsequent 10 years, during which time SIG membership (followers) has grown to more than 4,500.

It’s a snapshot of the events and people associated with its progression up until the end of 2020, and looks at the main achievements and challenges with some thoughts on where the SIG and PfM might go next.

The format consists of, broadly, an overview of each ‘SIG year’ running from annual committee elections at each AGM (usually held early summer) and through to the next AGM. It includes links to all of the SIG publications, major events, SIG conferences (and to most of the presentations) for those wishing to find out more.

Hopefully, this ‘history’ will provide a reference record for past/present/future SIG members, become part of APM’s ‘corporate memory’ and bring back some good memories for all those who have been on this journey, however long or short their participation.

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News by this SIG

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APM Portfolio Management SIG committee election 2021/22 results
The APM Portfolio Management SIG online committee nomination closed on Friday 18 June 2021. The following nominees now form the new committee for the coming year.
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Latest insights and trends in portfolio management
To coincide with the Portfolio Management SIG’s 10th anniversary, a survey of portfolio management (PfM) practitioners was carried out in 2020. The survey highlighted several changes from what was discovered in 2015, and from the survey we were able to show some interesting links between portfolio governance, the organisation’s approach to PfM and alignment of the portfolio to an organisation’s strategies.
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APM Portfolio Management SIG – The first decade
The APM is delighted to recognise the 10th anniversary of the Portfolio Management SIG’s founding and provide an overview of that time.
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An introduction to portfolio management – the theory and in practice webinar version 2
Introduced the principles of portfolio management and also provides some examples from recent case studies experienced in delivering a transformation portfolio.
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Keep calm and carry on – How to run a data migration in the middle of lockdown webinar
 An opportunity to review the challenges and opportunities encountered as Yorkshire Building Society completed a strategic outsource data migration programme wh
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Sequencing work for maximum economic benefit using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) webinar
This webinar was held on 13 August 2020. Does your organisation sometimes struggle to sequence work? Would a simple model help you to make priority decisions?

Blogs by this SIG

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Help! I’m managing multiple projects
When faced with a personal portfolio to deliver or initiatives to launch, how do you focus on doing one project well when you have to juggle multiple projects and tailor their approach to make sure all the balls stay in the air. 
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Portfolio thinking – getting the recipe right
If preparing the meal is a project, with clear parameters, the complexities of running a restaurant mean portfolio thinking is needed to bring everything together and manage the risks.
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‘Right practice’ beats best practice for Montserrat’s award-winning PMO
Alexander Saunders shares a striking example of exciting, innovative and impactful project management found on the Caribbean island of Montserrat.

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