Agile Portfolio Management

Joe Krebs, AOL (New York)

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Financial portfolios represent an investment strategy. The strategy could aim for example to gain a maximum in return of investment (ROI) or a more conservative approach. The reasons for mixing investments in a portfolio are as diverse as the vision of the investors representing the portfolio. Product organizations however materialize their vision through projects. Similar to financial portfolios, projects need to be funded, executed and the effectiveness evaluated against the overall stragegy. Because IT projects automate business processes and speed-up the information flow, they make very good candidates for those investments. Financial models as well as traditional portfolio management techniques are however not effective if the projects are being executed agile. This session will provide an overview about the opportunities and challenges related to agile portfolio management and creates new discussions for organization adopting agile project management techniques.

 

Jochen (Joe) Krebs (www.jochenkrebs.com) is the Director of Program Management for AOL and responsible for agile projects, process and portfolio. He is an active member in the Agile Alliance and the agile project leadership network where he spearheads the local chapter in NYC (www.aplnnyc.org) . He is a certified Scrum Master, Scrum Practioner and author of two books (Agile Portfolio Management and the Rational Unified Process – Reference and Certification Guide). He also publishes articles with a focus on project and portfolio management as well as requirements engineering. Joe frequently speaks at conferences, provides executives briefings and provides internal Scrum workshops. He holds his MSc in Computing for Commerce and Industry at the Open University and is an adjunct teacher and mentor for at NYU (New York University).