Requirement on Final Paper is under the below guidelines:

upon completion of the MS in Project Management, you will be able to demonstrate professional level competencies in the following key areas of project management and project management leadership.

• Manage the selection and initiation of individual projects and of portfolios of projects in the enterprise.
• Conduct project planning activities that accurately forecast project costs, timelines, and quality. Implement processes for successful resource, communication, and risk and change management.
• Demonstrate effective project execution and control techniques that result in successful projects.
• Conduct project closure activities and obtain formal project acceptance.
• Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of ethics and professional responsibility.
• Demonstrate effective organizational leadership and change skills for managing projects, project teams, and stakeholders.

Your final project is to submit a paper (8 – 10 pages) on the topic of The Benefits and Challenges of Project Portfolio Management.   Using materials from  the textbook, and research done externally, present on what you believe are the most significant benefits and challenges of implementing project portfolio management within an organization. Consider the global economy and its impact on organizations. Consider whether project portfolio management may be of value for smaller organizations and how that looks. What is the potential impact on those organizations who don’t pursue project portfolio management practices? These are just some of the lines of thought you might pursue in your paper.   · Additional research done outside of the use of the text to support the ideas presented in the paper

Textbook is : Project Portfolio Management  written by Harvey A Levine

Levine, H. A. (2005). Project Portfolio Management. JOSSEY-BASS A Wiley Imprint.

Requirement on Final Paper is under the below guidelines:

upon completion of the MS in Project Management, you will be able to demonstrate professional level competencies in the following key areas of project management and project management leadership.

• Manage the selection and initiation of individual projects and of portfolios of projects in the enterprise.
• Conduct project planning activities that accurately forecast project costs, timelines, and quality. Implement processes for successful resource, communication, and risk and change management.
• Demonstrate effective project execution and control techniques that result in successful projects.
• Conduct project closure activities and obtain formal project acceptance.
• Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of ethics and professional responsibility.
• Demonstrate effective organizational leadership and change skills for managing projects, project teams, and stakeholders.

Your final project is to submit a paper (8 – 10 pages) on the topic of The Benefits and Challenges of Project Portfolio Management.   Using materials from  the textbook, and research done externally, present on what you believe are the most significant benefits and challenges of implementing project portfolio management within an organization. Consider the global economy and its impact on organizations. Consider whether project portfolio management may be of value for smaller organizations and how that looks. What is the potential impact on those organizations who don’t pursue project portfolio management practices? These are just some of the lines of thought you might pursue in your paper.   · Additional research done outside of the use of the text to support the ideas presented in the paper

Textbook is : Project Portfolio Management  written by Harvey A Levine

Levine, H. A. (2005). Project Portfolio Management. JOSSEY-BASS A Wiley Imprint.