1. Application Portfolio Management Meeting the challenge of reducing requirements churn in projects Pat Loughran OSS PROJECT OFFICE MANAGER ERICSSON HUNGARY

2. KEY VARIABLES IN PRODUCT PORTFOLIO BALANCING
BUDGET
SCOPE
QUALITY
TIME

3. PRODUCT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS PLANNING
PRODUCT PLANNING
PROJECT
PLANNING
WHAT
HOW
Requirement
WHY
SOLUTION
PLAN
SELL
COST
IMPLEMENT
ROLL OUT
WHEN
TEST
LIFECYCLE MGT
SCOPE
DELIVER

4. KEY ASPECTS FOR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Strong Governance
Effective Project Management
Efficient Application Portfolio Management

5. APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
What is Application Portfolio Management
Balancing the business needs against the delivery capability of the product development organisation.
What is the aim ?
Reduce requirement churn in the projects
To increase efficiency in product development
How ?
Two Aspects
Product Focus team work
Defining, monitoring and refining the delivery capability of the development organisation

6. ENABLERS FOR APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Quality underpins all and is not negotiable
Baseline the investment level for individual components in product development
BUDGET
SCOPE
Quality
Fixed regular releases instead of variable releases
Leaving the scope to be effective and efficiently managed
TIME

7. DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITY
Define a measurable unit for scope content
Break up product into deliverable components
Use historical data and continuous retrospection to set scope unit
INFLUENCING FACTORS
COMPETENCE
BUDGET
QUALITY
TECHNICAL DEBT
TECHNOLOGY
Candidate Analysis
System Analysis and Design
Software Production
Software Production
Integrate, Verify and Roll-Out

8. CROSS FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS
BUSINESS NEEDS
PROJECT
REQUIREMENTS
SALES
OPERATIONAL
PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS
STRATEGIC
PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
ANALYSTS
TOTAL PROJECT
MANAGERS
CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM
BUDGET
RESET
DEFINED DEVELOPMENT
CAPABILITY
PROJECT
EXECUTION
RE-DEFINED DEVELOPMENT
CAPABILITY

9. KEEP IT SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT FORWARD
KEY CHALLENGES
Communication
Budget Setting
Prioritisation
Rising costs
Retrospection on capability
Staying out of the project space
KEEP IT SIMPLE AND STRAIGHT FORWARD

10. APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
Requirement churn in the project IS REDUCED bY :
Introducing a fixed release strategy
Developing and refining a development capability model for a release
Using Cross functional operations to prioritise feature content for the project based on capability model
RESULTING IN:
IMPROVED DELIVERY PRECISION
ENABLING MORE FEATURE CONTENT