Project Portfolio Management: A View From The Management Trenches

About the Authors

Michael Gosnear, MGM Mirage.

Mike has over twenty-five years of information technology and operations experience, which includes government defense contracting, healthcare, and gaming industries. Over the past six years he has focused on portfolio management opportunities in healthcare and gaming, including developing governance, tools, and process methodologies across IT.

Stephen Jenner, UK Government.

Steve has extensive experience of investment and benefits management in the public sector. The approach he developed to manage the criminal justice system IT portfolio was recognized internationally, in reports to the OECD and European Commission, and in a case study by Gartner. Steve is a professionally qualified management accountant with an MBA, and Masters of Studies from Cambridge University. He is also the author of Realising Benefits from Government ICT Investments: A Fool's Errand?

Michael Mee, Franklin Templeton Investments.

Mike joined Franklin Templeton in 2004 as director of Franklin Templeton Technology Administration. In February 2005 he was promoted to vice president of Operations and Technology Administration. Mike facilitates the internal executive committee of the Operations and Technology Council (TOC). The role of the TOC is to approve, prioritize, and track technology projects within Franklin. Additionally, Mike is responsible for the continuing evaluation and improvement of the project portfolio management processes at Franklin Templeton. ...