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- A portfolio is a collection of projects or programs, related or non related.
- There are 6 steps
- The first step is the selection of projects that go inside the portfolio.
- A portfolio looks to accomplish a specific business objective
step 2) prioritzation (in decisions, budget and resources)
step 3) kick off of projects and programmes
step 4) tracking them (management)
step5) deciding what reporting is needed, to who, and the way
- we juggle and have to keep balance ofdifferent projects. And sometimes its going to be hard. In that case it is important to measure

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Collection of Projects:
- Project selection
- Deciding which Projects are more important
- Kick-off
- Managing Costs, Scope, Resources, Time

Keywords/phrases that might help in PM context:
- Joggling - moving between different projects
- Balance
- Awareness
- Ups and Downs identification

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Portfolio: a collection of projets or programs related or not related

Steps that we have to consider wile managing a portfolio:
1. Selection of projects that we have to put in a portfolio to meet a specific objective
2. Prioritization of the project from more important to less important (regarding the objective)
3. Kick off of the projects or programs
4. Managing and tracking of the resources, time, cost and scope used in each projects or program
5. Reporting of what the details and of what we need to measure and report along the way
6. Communication to keep people responsible and aware of what is happening in the portfolio

It's important to:
- juggle multiple projects
- Keep balance
- Be aware of what is happening and of the environment of the portfolio
- figure out what causes the ups and downs

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PORTFOLIO: a collection of projects or programs that can be (or not) related. It is set to accomplish a specific business objetive. The projects are put together in the same portfolio if they can meet that objetive.

steps when managing a portfolio:
1) selection: of projects - which of them should go together?
2) prioritization: be aware of which of them are on higher priority (when it comes to decisions, budgets and resources)
3) kick-off
4) management: time, cost, scope, resources
5) reporting: what report do we need? to whom? what details? etc
6)communications: keeping people responsible for the portfolio - what is continuing to happen? keep people informed

Other main concepts as a manager of portfolios:
juggling; keeping balance; measuring;  awareness; enviroment: what causes the ups and downs?

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* Project Portfolio: a set of projects undertaken to acomplish an objective.
* 6 steps on how to manage a project portfolio.
* Focus on keeping balance (or at least aspire to) between the projects or programs of the portfolio.
* Its fundamental to know the ups and downs of the portfolio to be able to keep it on the right track.

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-Portfolio: collection of projects or programs that could be related or not, but they are togheter to meet the same objective.
-Portfolio manager: manage multiple projects or programs of the portfolio.

Steps to consider as a portfolio manager:
*select the projects to put into the portfolio
*prioritize some of the projects over the others
*start or begin with the project/program
*manage the project (time, cost, scope, resocurces)
*measure, track and report
*keep informed the people responsible/involved for the portfolio

It is important for a project manager:
-juggling and keeping balance
-be aware of what's going on
-knowing the environment and the effects it has over the variables that affect the projects and the portfolio.

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-collection of projects/programs related/not related
- different important steps:
1) selection of projects
2) prioritisation (priority of projects/decisions)
3) kick off the project in portfolio
4)managing/tracking the projects/programs (especially time, cost, scope and resources) to keep portfolio intact
5) reporting: what reporting is needed and to who? on which detail?
6) communication: make people responsible for the portfolio

important to juggle multiple projects/ keeping in balance

critical to have awareness of all moving parts

important to know your environment