Understanding what Totally Optimized Projects is

• Understanding TOP™

• The TOP book
• The TOP™ Story
• The IT Value Pyramid

Understanding project success

• Understanding project success
• Understanding why projects fail

• Solving the benefits puzzle
• THE SEARCH

• Where does the value go on projects?

Governing the portfolio

• Understanding information vulnerability management

• How to plan your portfolio
• How to define your project policies

• Understanding project investment management
• The TOP™ approach to project investment management
• Investment management TOPics

Governing your organization’s project delivery capability

• Understanding project delivery capability

• How to conduct a capability diagnostic
• How to plan your capability uplift TOPology

Evaluating your portfolio

• Understanding business cases
• Understanding prioritisation
• Understanding benefits
• Understanding estimates

• How to build your business case
• How to validate a project
• How to evaluate and prioritise your project portfolio
• How to evaluate project proposals (Board)

• SEE ALSO THE BUSINESS CASE GENERATION TOPOLOGY
• Solving the benefits puzzle

• Where does the value of on projects?
• The power of outcomes

Monitoring your portfolio

• Understanding why IT projects are different
• Understanding project risks
• Understanding estimates
• Understanding business project leadership
• Understanding governance meetings and reporting

• How to report your portfolio
• How to evaluate project progress (Board)
• How to manage your critical success factors
• How to manage the leading indicators of failure
• How to manage your benefits’ delivery