Strategy Execution: Investments, Project Management & PMO

Hi guys, welcome to the course: “Strategy Execution: Investments, Project Management & PMO”!

Since you are here, you probably wonder what’s behind such a sound course name, and what’s so unique about it.

At the essence, here we are going to link Business Strategy Execution with Investment Portfolio and Project Management activities. Unlike many other courses focused on Strategy – we are not going to waste your time with storytelling about importance of a Vision, Mission, market penetration, diversification, and similar topics so much characteristic for a pure Strategy-related course. Basically, we are going straightforward to practical issues relevant for the Strategy Implementation, mixing the knowledge and experience derived from the following areas:

– Project Management activity;

– Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management;

– Project Portfolio Management; and

– PMO (or, Project Management Office);

As you can see – those are the topics that you can hardly explore in details through some academic books – rather, it’s related to my own experience coming from working for a vertically integrated oil & gas company, dealing with a lot of Investments and Projects per annum – and me – being involved in strategy creation as a part of Strategy Department, and analyzing, preparing and approving individual Investment Projects – from a sort of a PMO perspective. It’s additionally reshaped with my own experience working as a consultant for numerous companies, and exploring this amazing topic on my own.

You might wonder who the target audience is for such a course. While preparing it, we had two very specific groups of professionals at mind:

– Those dealing with Strategy with background in Consulting, Corporate Finance, Investments and similar – basically, all those who would like to broaden their own understanding of Project Management, corporate policy, and what’s going on deeply within a Company, far beyond the pure excel analysis and numbers – basically, real corporate life; and

– Those with Project Management skills and experience, usually with some technical background – running projects and operations, and who would like to broaden their own perspective on Business Strategy Execution, Investments, Portfolio Management, and Corporate Governance – basically, those who would like to get a “big picture” and how decision-makers perceive the Project Management activities;

Of course, it can be useful for all other people interested about Strategy Execution through Investments and Project Management.

That’s why, we have structured this course around 6 Chapters:

– Building your Project Pipeline or the Intake – basically, chunking your Strategy into individual Projects and Programs (or a Portfolio), and setting a pace for all of them. Here, we are going to explain different types of Initiatives that you’ll have to cope with – so, it will be easier for you how to structure your Portfolio later on; Next,

– Explaining a Project life-cycle so you can better understand the requirements coming from different participants – basically, we are going to walk you from an idea generation, building a case, approving the Project, executing it, till the Post-Investment Monitoring; Next,

– Explaining the “rules of the game”, or how to design an approval process, who the key participants are, their individual roles, how to look at the entire Portfolio and not just individual investments, etc. Next,

– Portfolio Performance and Risk Management – here, we are going back to your Project Pipeline and selecting Individual Initiatives. We are going to help you with core methodology relevant for choosing the right Projects; Next,

– We are going to explain Project Management Office – its role, purpose, how it can be applied within Investment Management perspective, what would be some other possibilities, etc. Finally,

– We are going to share with you some additional hints and tips that’s going to help you to better run and execute the Strategy;

Too bold promises? Not sure if this is for you? Just watch few open videos and check if the delivery is right for you. And, have in mind that Udemy has a policy of “30 days money-back guaranty”!

So, see you on the other side!

Bye!