what we do
Portfolio Management
Portfolio management is a corporate, strategic level process for co-ordinating successful delivery across an organisation’s entire set of programmes and projects. The objectives of portfolio management are to:
- Obtain the highest return (in financial and/or performance terms) for available resources given an acceptable level of risk
- Ensure balance – in terms of investment types and organisational strategies
- Ensure funding allocations reflect business priorities
- Reallocate funds when performance deteriorates and/or priorities change
- Manage dependencies, constraints and minimise double-counting of benefits
- Manage portfolio-level risk and uncertainty
- Provide transparent reporting on performance from strategic intent to benefits realisation.
Ripple can provide integrated, active, repeatable processes to manage investments at an enterprise level (from strategic intent through to benefits realisation). Central to this approach is an independent Value Management Office acting as an intelligent customer. Our services include:
Portfolio management (project selection criteria; investment appraisal; portfolio prioritisation) - “doing the right things” by making evidence based decisions that:
- Are determined by the projects’ Attractiveness, Achievability and Affordability (“3 A analysis”)
- Align IT investment with business priorities and investment principles
- Adjust the composition of the portfolio when appropriate.
Performance management – “doing things right”, is used to manage delivery by:
- Transparent/clear line of sight reporting
- Continued funding linked to performance including realisation of forecast benefits
- Allocating funding incrementally (only guaranteed to the next gate review).
