Chapter 1 An Introduction to Project, Program, and Portfolio Management LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, you will be able to: Understand the growing need for better project, program, and portfolio management Explain what a project is, provide examples of projects, list various attributes of projects, and describe project constraints Describe project management and discuss key elements of the project management framework, including project stakeholders, the project management knowledge areas
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can be foreseen and managed by various ways such as (i) passing it on to others through insurance, guarantees and sub-contracting, (ii) sharing it by formation of consortium or syndicates, or (iii) reducing it by diversification of possessions or portfolio. What is a return? It means compensation, gain, income, reward, pay off or yield. It would be notice that the word ‘return’ conveys a positive sense as against the word ‘risk’ which forewarns of dangers. Risk & Return Trade Off When
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your needs? 2. Raj Corporation has the opportunity to invest $ 1 million now (t=0) and expects after tax return of $600000 in t=1 and $700000 in t=2. The project will last for 2 years only. The appropriate cost of capital is 12% with all equity financing. The borrowing rate is 8% and Raj Corporation will borrow $300000 for the project. The debt must be repaid in two equal instalments. Assume that debt tax-shields have a net value of $0.30 per dollar of interest paid. Calculate the project’s
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with one of his peers from the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The call, Matulovic mused, had been similar to three others he had participated in that week, each with a different ELT member. The results of a new prioritization process—a list of IT projects that would be funded in 2004—had been unveiled only a few days earlier. But already a storm was gathering. The phone calls from other executives had common themes. All the callers had expressed concern that high priorities for their areas of the
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Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo The Prentice Hall Series in Finance Alexander/Sharpe/Bailey Fundamentals of Investments Bear/Moldonado-Bear Free Markets, Finance, Ethics, and Law Berk/DeMarzo Corporate Finance* Berk/DeMarzo Corporate Finance: The Core* Berk/DeMarzo/Harford Fundamentals of Corporate Finance* Bierman/Smidt The Capital Budgeting Decision: Economic Analysis of Investment Projects Bodie/Merton/Cleeton Financial Economics Click/Coval The Theory and Practice of International Financial Management
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Basics of Corporate Finance May 1994 Basics of Corporate Finance Warning These workbook and computer-based materials are the product of, and copyrighted by, Citibank N.A. They are solely for the internal use of Citi-bank, N.A., and may not be used for any other purpose. It is unlawful to reproduce the contents of these materials, in whole or in part, by any method, printed, electronic, or otherwise; or to disseminate or sell the same without the prior written consent of the Professional
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Week 11 Portfolio Management Project Report PMR Word Template Revised January 2013 Based on the portfolio management report you prepared in week 02 and by utilizing 12 point font, write a double spaced report not to exceed four pages to explain the following: What were your objectives in creating this portfolio? The main objective of my portfolio was to earn returns on my investment, as is typical in many portfolios. Some other objectives that I focused on were accumulation
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Tektronix Portfolio: Bringing Innovation and Satisfaction Week 7 Course Project Final Draft PROJ 587 Advanced Program Management Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 4 2.0 Organization’s Strategic Plan 5 3.0 Organization’s Strategic Capacity Plan 6 3.1 Defend the Core 6 3.2 Expansion of Sales and Products 6 3.3 Balance the Portfolio 6 4.0 Portfolio Management Process 7 4.1 Portfolio Strategic Plan 7 4.2 Portfolio Charter 7 4.3 Portfolio Management Plan 7 4.4 Portfolio Roadmap
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effort to support strategies for the organization. The purpose of this paper is to create a portfolio management plan for Verizon that shows how its organizational strategy and project alignment has contributed to Verizon’s success in becoming a “top performer” in its industry. Portfolio Management Process Project Portfolio Management (PPM) allows a company to choose the right set of projects that align with the company strategy at the right time. Its purpose is to effectively execute
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cover the checks written by the person with the checking account. Example Three: An individual buys a municipal bond for an airport improvement project. The individual usually buys a municipal from a bond dealer, an investment banker marketing the bond, and the funds from the sale of the bond are delivered to the city minus a fee from the investment banker. The city uses the funds to build new facilities at the airport, for example a new parking lot. Once finished the fees received from parking
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