Ascending to the APEX of the Project Management Ladder

"Gerald Leonard has taken a bold first step into an area long neglected. He breaks portfolio management down into manageable chunks and brings clarity to a practice the desperately needs it. Gerald's work examines the totality of portfolio perspectives, from the executive suite to the project manager, and acknowledges the roles of the disparate players across the enterprise. His materials thoughtfully examine not only the theory of portfolio management, but also the practical day-to-day of ensuring consistency of strategy and approach. Definitely worth your consideration."

Carl Pritchard, PMP, PMI-RMP, EVP, author of 7 Project Management texts and the U.S. Correspondent for Project Manager Today (UK).

We reduced our time of project development by 40%.

“Gerald provided exceptional leadership, vision, and a remarkably patient and steady hand during this multi-year, multi-iteration project. We were searching for a way to more efficiently manage and track schedules of our 14,000 active construction projects so we could more accurately predict advertisement dates, which would ultimately allow us to more accurately program, our $16 billion Six-Year Improvement Plan. Gerald has been an invaluable asset during this transition since day one.

Rob Tieman, P.E., Director, Project Management Office (PMO) Virginia Department of Transportation

This program provides 16 hours of hands on learning and counts for Professional Development Units (PDUs) or Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Self Study PDUs 8 CEUs 8

Self Study with weekly Coaching PDUs 16 CEUs 16

This course is designed for Project and Program Managers, PMO Executives, Decision Makers, Consultants, Executives and project team members who have been tasked with oversight, implementing and the operations of their organization’s Portfolio Management capability; and who need to:

Align a company's project investments with its strategic goals and objectives
Gain the skills to better alignment a selection of projects to organization's business and strategy.
Acquire the knowledge to development and execution a standardized set of best practices for project portfolio management
Implement a Portfolio Management Governance program that provides guidance and stewardship over the project ideation, selection, calibration, and execution processes while establishing policies and procedures to effectively manage the company's portfolio assets.
Improve your career and competitive positioning by enabling to develop the skills to help your company to identify and select investments that will capitalize on business values.
Monitor the organization portfolio performance.
Track and perform portfolio management risk monitoring while optimizing the portfolio to mitigate the risk identified.
Engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization and execute a comprehensive communication strategy.

The materials within this course is mapped to the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Report on integrating Cyber Security with Project Portfolio Management.

Why attend this course?

Career Advancement
Become the Project Portfolio Management thought leader for your organization
Gain the respect of your senior management team
Increase your business knowledge, skills and confidence
Improve your stakeholder management ability
Help your organization develop a strategy execution culture
Optimization of the IT portfolio due to selection of highest return investments within budgetary constraints
Creation of a single source of truth for Portfolio data and project financials, schedules and artifacts
Increased information sharing through portfolio reporting and dashboards
Consolidation of various tools and processes into one toolkit and one set of processes for portfolio management , project, resource and financial management
Improve IS department responsiveness to the business.
Reduce risk and increase portfolio visibility.
Improved resource demand, capacity, utilization and availability management

Greater visibility will be achieved, leading to greater agility in responding to issues, risks and changes to the portfolio.

Position yourself for a MAJOR salary increase!

**Salary ranges provided below are based on research from the Indeed job site.

In this program, you will leave with the following:

PfMP Readiness Assessment
Content aligned with PMI PfMP Certification
Job Aids and Workbook
Fill in the blank Templates
Online PPM Lite Maturity Assessment and Culture Assessment
Zoom Group Coaching Call
Access to my LinkedIn Group PPM Academy
Case Study & additional PPM Tools
Multi-Modal Training / Learning Approach
Access to PPM Solution Partner 30 day trial

"I have no doubt that anyone taking Leonard's Portfolio Management course will receive huge benefit. The material is organized logically, and sequenced in a way that compels understanding and learning throughout. The concepts are presented with clarity and precision. Tools for decision making and managing are embedded in all aspects of Portfolio Management. No one involved in managing a portfolio of projects should miss the opportunity to learn from an expert."

Gerald Kendall, PMP, Author, Advanced Project Portfolio Management & the PMO

"After going through your class and all of the different aspects of portfolio management that we covered, I feel that I'm better prepared to manage my business more effectively. You truly have a passion and mastery of the material and it is demonstrated through the way that your class was run. You made a complex subject very understandable and put it in a way that I can immediately apply the strategies to my business."

Timothy R.

Course Outline and Objectives

Strategic Management

How to evaluate an organization's strategic plan and identify key business drivers, goals and objectives. How to partner with the senior leadership team, establish the portfolio prioritization criteria, selection process and create a portfolio road map.