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Tom L. Barnett, PMP

May 11, 2009






In this economic downturn, you might not have the confidence you once did in your IRA or stock picking skills. You thought you had invested in a combination of funds and companies that were going to be beneficial to you and your portfolio’s wealth. If you are like me, you may be frustrated and think there was no point in doing any due diligence on those investment choices.
 
It’s understandable. The economy might not be behaving the way we had hoped--but the strategy was right. Due diligence on your portfolio can pick the best options for you according to your set of criteria. During these challenging times, you need to re-examine your company’s portfolio of projects and think of it as the portfolio of investments that it actually is. Choosing the right combination of projects from hundreds of viable candidates needs to through a due diligence processes as well.
 
It’s just good portfolio project management practice.



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