Co-operative Financial Services – leading the way
The economic turmoil of 2009 made a dramatic backdrop to the commitment The Co-operative Financial Services has made to become the UK’s most admired financial services business. Opportunity Through the…
Legal & General – Raising the game
Legal & General plc (L&G) has engaged CITI many times over the years in a number of its businesses to provide project, corporate portfolio and programme management education and consultancy….
What is a project portfolio?
A project portfolio is a group of projects which has one or more common elements, e.g. they may all be resourced from a single pool of resources (and so are…
How are portfolios best organised?
A number of factors are often taken into account in the organisation of any portfolio. These may include: political fairness – does the portfolio have ‘something for everyone’ – this…
What are the key skills in portfolio management?
There are a core set of skills that are critical for a successful portfolio manager: stakeholder management – specifically negotiation and facilitation, portfolio structuring, managing governance and funding processes and…
What is programme management?
Programme management is an approach used by organisations to bring about significant change and realise the desired benefits and business outcomes. Typically involving the identification and execution of multiple projects…
What are the key skills of programme management?
There is a core set of skills that are critical for those involved in the successful management of programmes: stakeholder engagement, structuring programmes, managing governance and funding processes, and resource…
What is a project?
A project is anything that has a defined start, a planned end and at least one deliverable. (Definitions of a project from professional bodies include: a temporary organization that is…
What is a project lifecycle?
’Project lifecycle’ refers to a logical sequence of activities to accomplish the project’s goals and reach its objective. Regardless of scope or complexity, all projects go through a series of…