​​Advanced Project Portfolio Management – From Strategy to Implementation​

​​From Corporate Strategy to Strategic Portfolio 

• ​The Role and Benefits of Strategic Portfolio Management. 
• ​Linking strategic business planning and the project portfolio. 
• ​Define strategic goals in concrete terms and use them to identify areas for action and needs for change. 
• ​Shape the overarching relationship between strategy, strategic changes, and the project portfolio. 

​Putting Strategies into Practice and Making Them Tangible 

• ​Understand and classify different approaches to operationalizing strategies. 
• ​Describe strategic goals, outcomes, and areas requiring change in a structured manner. 
• ​Derive requirements for products, services, capabilities, and the organization from the strategy. 
• ​Select and combine appropriate methods and models based on the organization and the strategic issue at hand. 

​From Strategic Areas of Action to Initiatives, Programs, and Projects 

• ​Identify strategic areas of focus and necessary changes. 
• ​Develop specific initiatives, programs, projects, or product-related measures based on strategic requirements. 
• ​Identify connections and interdependencies among strategic initiatives. 
• Evaluate initiatives in terms of their strategic contribution, benefits, effort, risk, and feasibility. 
• ​Assess cross-cutting risks and interdependencies in the project portfolio and incorporate them into strategic decisions. 
• Develop actionable portfolio scenarios based on strategic options. 

​Integrating Strategy and the Project Portfolio 

• ​Link strategic objectives and portfolio targets. 
• ​Integrate strategic initiatives into existing project portfolios. 
• Combine a top-down approach with bottom-up insights from projects, products, and the organization. 
• ​Incorporate capacities, bottlenecks, and conflicting objectives into strategic portfolio decisions. 
• ​Design prioritization and decision-making mechanisms for different types of initiatives. 

​Strategy Implementation and Strategic Feedback 

• ​Assess progress and strategic impact using appropriate portfolio metrics. 
• ​Attribute changes in strategy, the market, and the operating environment to portfolio decisions. 
• Review, adjust, reprioritize, or discontinue strategic initiatives. 
• ​Discuss and negotiate strategic priorities, conflicting objectives, and the need for adjustments with top management. 
• ​Use insights gained from implementation to further develop the strategy and portfolio. 
• ​Establish a continuous cycle between strategy, portfolio, and implementation.​

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