Portfolio Management White Papers

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Creating and managing value-driven product portfolios - Improving product portfolio management to optimize your products, services and projects
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The best products to offer are those that provide a high level of value for both you and your customer. Companies with successful product portfolios often utilize a systematic process to effectively guide which projects are selected. This whitepaper explains how you can take advantage of a value-driven approach to product portfolio management.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

IBM

Automating Your IT Processes for Long Term Success
sponsored by Automic
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to find out if automating certain IT operations can help lessen the burden on your IT staff while simultaneously improving the end user experience.
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 | Published: 24 Nov 2014

Automic

How To Increase Productivity and Reduce Costs Across The Enterprise
sponsored by AtTask
WHITE PAPER: Although the current economic situation is improving, many organizations are opting to keep operational expenses on a tight leash, and some have decided to freeze hiring and re-evaluate project budgets. Learn how project management tools can help drive strategic planning and decision making for greater efficiency in your organization.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

AtTask

Optimizing Server Management
sponsored by HP & Intel®
WHITE PAPER: HP Insight Software is integrated management software to manage infrastructures including HP ProLiant, HP Integrity, and HP BladeSystem. A core element of the HP Converged Infrastructure and Matrix Operating Environment, HP Insight Software is designed to provide customers with deeper insight into their systems to make more informed decisions.
Posted: 15 Dec 2010 | Published: 15 Dec 2010

HP & Intel®

Taking Control of Software Licensing
sponsored by BDNA
WHITE PAPER: Software licensing is full of complexity and factors outside your control. Having accurate information is the best strategy for managing vendors, negotiating with them, and avoiding vendor audits. This paper offers insight to enter conversation...
Posted: 30 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

BDNA

How To Align Corporate Strategy with Project Execution
sponsored by AtTask
WHITE PAPER: The biggest challenge for IT leaders today is making sure that projects are aligned with the strategic and financial goals of their organizations. Learn why implementing a project and portfolio management (PPM) approach could help simplify your objectives. Gain insight on PPM topics such as allocating resources, capacity planning and more.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

AtTask

Four Starting Points for Effective IT Project and Portfolio Management
sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides new insights into the root causes of IT project failures and misalignment with business unit expectations, illustrates the path to optimized project and portfolio management from four different starting points, and provides step‑by‑step advice to help you reach new milestones quickly.
Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2011

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Understanding ITIL® Service Portfolio Management: An Approach For Implementing Effective Service Lifecycle Management
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements (SLAs) are associated with it, who is able to request it, how much it costs, and how to fulfill it. This paper describes the IT Infrastructure...
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 15 Jun 2009

BMC Software, Inc.

Optimizing the Business Value of IT: How IT Investment Portfolio Management Helps Drive High Performance
sponsored by Accenture
WHITE PAPER: Accenture has developed the Investment Portfolio Management Framework, a diagnostic model to help CIOs and top business executives align IT investments with the business needs and improve the management of limited IT resources.
Posted: 27 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008

Accenture

Six Common Mistakes that Plague IT Projects and Three Keys to Avoid Them
sponsored by AtTask
WHITE PAPER: When it comes to IT projects, there are a number of common mistakes – and too often project managers avoid the problems that those mistakes create instead of facing them head on. Inside this white paper, learn about the 6 most common IT project mistakes and 3 ways to avoid them.
Posted: 12 Aug 2011 | Published: 12 Aug 2011

AtTask