PDWare Portfolio Overview

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PDWare Portfolio Is:

The purpose of this application is to help the organization define and manage an achievable portfolio of projects. It does this by:

  • capturing and analyzing what the resource managers know about the deployment of their resources
  • capturing and analyzing what the project managers know about the status and critical parameters of their projects
  • providing views and reports to the management team showing problem areas for discussion and resolution.

PDWare Portfolio Is Not:

Not about detailed project planning and execution

  • Not automated resource leveling (allocation is NOT leveling).
  • PDWare Portfolio allocation does NOT produce a recommended solution to resource contention problems.
  • The PDWare Portfolio application highlights resource contention problems in the portfolio and provides methods for examining alternative solutions.
  • The process then leads to discussion and decision by the appropriate parties.