APM Portfolio Management Interest Network

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Welcome to the APM Portfolio Management Interest Network.

Ready to make a difference? Dive into our network and become part of something truly special. Whether you're passionate about volunteering, seeking valuable resources on Portfolio Management, or eager to network with like minded project professionals at our exciting events, there's a place for you here.

Volunteer opportunities await. Join us to create positive change! From webinars to networking events, there are countless ways you can contribute your time and skills to make a difference.

Discover valuable resources. Empower yourself with knowledge and tools to drive progress forward. Explore our resources below filled with insightful articles, practical guides, and useful tools designed to support your career.

What do we do? Portfolio Management (PfM) is not just about delivering the "thing"; it's about delivering the "right thing."
Balancing different business objectives is a huge challenge for any organisation. Portfolio managers ensure that businesses invest in the ‘right’ projects or programmes to support their goals.
This is achieved by determining what truly matters to the top decision makers. The role of a portfolio manager is to identify the best way to balance the benefits of a project with its costs and risks, ensuring that businesses achieve maximum value.

What we offer our followers? Each portfolio office operates differently because it caters to a diverse range of stakeholders. Determining the right course of action can be challenging due to the differing needs and expectations.
We have one of the most comprehensive collections of portfolio management case studies globally. Every other year, we host conferences where professionals share their experiences with portfolio management, and we archive every session, creating a repository of practical examples.
Additionally, we have a strong community of peers with extensive experience and expertise in the field as well as guides and materials covering all aspects of practical portfolio management.

How to get involved? We host regular dinners where we interview top portfolio managers and turn the results into articles for the community. We also have a regular in-person conference, webinars and events.
Gemma Parker, Portfolio Management Interest Network Volunteer Lead, said: "We collect, curate and share best practices in Portfolio Management. We are a well-established community, but we’re truly excited about the possibilities of doing more with a larger group of volunteers.”

Vision: To be a leading community that helps shape the future of portfolio management by fostering innovation, collaboration and excellence across all sectors.

Mission: Inspiring excellence in portfolio management by championing best practices, facilitating knowledge exchange and supporting the development of skills and leadership through inclusive engagement, experience sharing and thought leadership.

Goal 1: Promote awareness and understanding of portfolio management by enhancing the recognition of its strategic importance and role in aligning projects and programmes with organisational goals.

Goal 2: Encourage collaboration and networking by facilitating connections and knowledge exchange among professionals across industries and disciplines.

Goal 3: Advance thought leadership by sharing of innovative ideas, research and practical tools that drive the evolution of portfolio management.

Portfolio management The selection, prioritisation and control of an organisation’s projects and programmes in line with its strategic objectives and capacity to deliver.

Definition from APM Body of Knowledge 8^th edition

What is portfolio management?

Portfolio management ensures organisations invest in the ‘right’ projects/programmes to support their strategic objectives.

We aim to support everyone interested in PfM by promoting awareness of latest practices, researching new ideas, developing new approaches, and providing ways to share experiences and debate challenges. Our intention is to be a major contributor to the future development of PfM through encouraging and facilitating cross-professional collaboration. Our primary audience are business executives and the portfolio management community.

Network Volunteer Leads

Lead

Gemma Parker

Deputy Lead

Jordan Akindutire

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This ongoing volunteering opportunity offers a chance to support and facilitate knowledge sharing and production of thought leadership content in the network's area of interest.

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How do we grow and retain the portfolio managers and directors of the future?

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Making the hard decisions: The challenge of decision making at the portfolio level

Portfolio Management – A practical guide

This guide illustrates how portfolio management is a key mechanism in enabling an organisation to optimise delivery of its strategic goals, maximising value, and do so in the required time frame.

"The Management Portfolio" series

The 'Managing the Portfolio' series of thought leadership reports, authored by Peter Glynne, provide a brief and practical insight into the journey to implement and embed portfolio management within an organisation.

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The first ten years

This document is a short ‘history’ of Association for Project Management’s (APM) Portfolio Management Specific Interest Group (SIG) from its inception in 2010 and what we have achieved during the subsequent 10 years, during which time SIG membership (followers) has grown to more than 4,500.

It’s a snapshot of the events and people associated with its progression up until the end of 2020, and looks at the main achievements and challenges with some thoughts on where the SIG and PfM might go next.

The format consists of, broadly, an overview of each ‘SIG year’ running from annual committee elections at each AGM (usually held early summer) and through to the next AGM. It includes links to all of the SIG publications, major events, SIG conferences (and to most of the presentations) for those wishing to find out more.

Hopefully, this ‘history’ will provide a reference record for past/present/future SIG members, become part of APM’s ‘corporate memory’ and bring back some good memories for all those who have been on this journey, however long or short their participation.

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