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Project Portfolio Management
Andrew Makar
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Solving Headcount Headaches
- by Andrew Makar, PMP (June 23, 2008)
Building a resource proposal using the resource management model doesn’t guarantee resources will be added to your project. But it does provide quantifiable evidence that justifies the resource request...and may provide the cure for your project’s headcount headache.

Retro Your Portfolio Dashboard
- by Tom L. Barnett, PMP (June 16, 2008)
Communicate with your stakeholders more effectively with a more targeted and less cluttered message.

Wikis
Project Portfolio Management
Demand Management
Enterprise Portfolio Management
Channels

EPMC
Business Case Development
Metrics (Non-Financial)
Project Selection
Show Me the Money!
Strategery
Strategic Direction
What Do I Do?
Working With Senior Management

Discussions
What Don't I Know?
Here's a catch-all section to respond to general questions and issues that you might have that don't fall into the other Portfolio Management channel. Drop a line here and get advice from the expert--or your fellow ganttheads.

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Deliverables

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Sample Project: Effort-Based Project Forecasting
Use this plan in conjunction with the effort-based project forecasting article and workbook.

Effort-Based Project Forecasting Workbook ( Evaluation Form Report / Report - Template )
The attached workbook is useful for these many projects out there where no costing data can be used--or is not available--so the classic Earned Value Technique cannot be applied. It provides not only a progress tracking mechanism but also effort based project forecasting based on the above consideration.

ezEVA Template ( Evaluation Form Report / Report - Template )
The ezEVA template is a historical earned value tracking tool used to measure current progress and forecast future project performance. Use this in tandem with our EVA series of articles.

EVA Example Project Plan
Get help in calculating your project's earned value using this project plan.

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