KEYNOTE session overview
Portfolio management has become a mainstream practice with over 50% of Global 2000 companies adopting Portfolio Management principles. Three forces continue to drive the need for a sound methodology and proven tools for portfolio management:
Yet most organizations will adopt simplistic solutions based on input data and “nice charts” or will view portfolio management as a roll up of projects into an umbrella group. Why do some implementations drive portfolio value up by as much as 30% while other attempts become just another failed project? In this session we will discuss generally accepted best practices for portfolio management. The presenter will also demonstrate how portfolio management can be achieved within a software toolset based on Microsoft Project Server 2010 to help organizations achieve maximum value from their investment dollars.
Oscar de Lucio is a Partner at UMT Consulting Group with fifteen years of management consulting and operational experience in portfolio management, business strategy alignment and enterprise project office. At UMT, Oscar leads consulting teams focused on transforming client organizations to maximize the value of their project and asset portfolios in alignment with business objectives. As a principal consultant, Oscar provides expertise developing and implementing methodologies, governance practices, processes and tools on topics ranging from strategic portfolio management to program and project execution.
Prior to UMT Consulting Group, Oscar has worked in management consulting
and international project management at Arthur D. Little, Compaq and DEC,
with engagements across North America, Europe and Latin America. Oscar holds
an MBA with focus on Management and Finance from the Stern School of
Business at New York University and a BS in Mathematics and Computing from
the University Complutense of Madrid, Spain. Oscar also is a PMI certified
Project Management Professional.