Case Studies in Project Portfolio Management: Energy Sector

Description:

This course will focus on four project portfolio management models developed by energy companies from around the world. After a brief introduction to project portfolio management you will be presented with an overview of the energy industry including the current state of affairs, trends and forecasts. Next, we will examine the following cases:

Power Trader
European Electric Utility
Regional IT Department of a Global Oil and Gas Producer
Eastern European Electricity Company

We will describe company challenges, resulting strategies, scoring, portfolio balance and strategic alignment models. At the end of the workshop we will attempt to compare the PPM models created by the organizations in question and examine whether they align with the overall industry outlook.

Target Audience:

Project and program managers who run projects and supply executives with key information
C-level executives who should be making the ultimate “Go/Kill” decisions
Functional department directors and managers who are responsible for providing project resources
Sales and Marketing people who interact with customers and gather their feedback and requirements
Directors of PMO (Director of Project Management, Portfolio Manager, etc.) who are typically responsible for implementing portfolio management

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Reviews:

Excellent overview toward Project Portfolio management

Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran

Especially three Pillars of PPM is covered in detail along with scoring matrix. Very detailed and informative.

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About the instructor

Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP | President & CEO | Thinktank Consulting, Inc.

Jamal Moustafaev

An internationally acclaimed expert and speaker in the areas of project and portfolio management, scope definition, process improvement and corporate training. Jamal has done work for both private-sector companies and government organizations in Canada, US, Asia, Europe and Middle East. With more than 20 years of experience in management and troubled project recovery of large enterprise, IT and software development projects in banking, finance, retail, e-commerce, oil and gas, software and many other industries.