Taming Change With Portfolio Management: Unify Your Organization, Sharpen Your Strategy, and Create Measurable Value (Management Management Techniqu) [Hardcover]

Pat Durbin (Author), Terry Doerscher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2010 | Series: Management Management Techniqu

Taming Change with Portfolio Management is a powerful presentation of the cutting-edge discipline of portfolio management applied to organization-wide change events. The most effective leaders approach change as a powerful force to be anticipated and leveraged. They tame change by managing it in a comprehensive and systematic way. Portfolio management offers proven tools and techniques to unify how an organization harnesses the power of change to create measurable value.

Taming Change begins with an introduction to the relentless change that impacts our personal and professional lives. It then provides practical steps to effectively use your organization's capacities to meet the dynamic demands that it faces. Finally, it provides the tools and advice you need to confidently implement portfolio management in your organization.

With more than 50 years of combined industry experience, Pat Durbin and Terry Doerscher have collaborated on this 352 page book of management expertise and practical guidance, brought to life with more than 60 illustrations. While hundreds of books have been written about various portions of the portfolio ecosystem, this is the first book to address organization-wide change management. Get your copy of this take-action guide to harnessing the power of change with the cutting-edge discipline of portfolio management.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Taming Change with Portfolio Management is a powerful presentation of the cutting-edge discipline of portfolio management applied to organization-wide change events. The most effective leaders approach change as a powerful force to be anticipated and leveraged. They tame change by managing it in a comprehensive and systematic way. Portfolio management offers proven tools and techniques to unify how an organization harnesses the power of change to create measurable value. Taming Change begins with an introduction to the relentless change that impacts our personal and professional lives. It then provides practical steps to effectively use your organization’s capacities to meet the dynamic demands that it faces. Finally, it provides the tools and advice you need to confidently implement portfolio management in your organization. With more than 50 years of combined industry experience, Pat Durbin and Terry Doerscher have collaborated on this 352 page book of management expertise and practical guidance, brought to life with more than 60 illustrations. While hundreds of books have been written about various portions of the portfolio ecosystem, this is the first book to address organization-wide change management. Get your copy of this take-action guide to harnessing the power of change with the cutting-edge discipline of portfolio management. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Patrick Durbin is chief executive officer and founder of Planview, the award-winning leader in portfolio management solutions. With more than 30 years of experience in project management and resource management system design, he is a recognized visionary on IT portfolio management and has worked with companies such as Reuters, Citigroup, BP, and Farmers Insurance.

Terry Doerscher has more than 25 years of operational and consulting experience. He has helped more than 100 different organizations deploy and use Planview's products to effectively manage their strategies, assets, work, and workforce.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group LLC (July 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1608320383
• ISBN-13: 978-1608320387
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taming Change a great read for ITIL practitioners..., July 5, 2010

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John M. Worthington "Service Manager" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taming Change With Portfolio Management: Unify Your Organization, Sharpen Your Strategy, and Create Measurable Value (Management Management Techniqu) (Hardcover)

While the scope of Taming Change is well beyond those interested in adopting IT service management, the concepts apply extremely well to that environment. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to understand how portfolio management can and should be integrated into an overall program for effective IT/Business governance.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference Book for Portfolio Management, July 17, 2010

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Jim Carras (East Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Taming Change With Portfolio Management: Unify Your Organization, Sharpen Your Strategy, and Create Measurable Value (Management Management Techniqu) (Hardcover)

I have just completed Taming Change and found that it is an excellent reference book for both strategic and tactical business change management. I especially like to chapters on implementing portfolio management where you use a process approach to building a framework. I highly recommend this book.
Jim Carras
Executive Director,
Enterprise Management Association - International (EMA-I)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True expertise, real-world context and vision, July 5, 2010

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Mario Arlt (Princeton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Taming Change With Portfolio Management: Unify Your Organization, Sharpen Your Strategy, and Create Measurable Value (Management Management Techniqu) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book both for portfolio management practitioners and executives. Several aspects of the book are outstanding: the integration of project portfolio management into the greater organizational context of managing a business, process focus and the emphasis on using portfolio management as an instrument of change. This book is both visionary and relevant to practitioners at the same time. Highly recommended.