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Prioritize Projects with a
Step-by-Step Methodology
A UMT White Paper
Introduction
It is inevitable: At some point during the annual planning cycle most organizations will face difficult decisions regarding
the multitude of projects up for consideration. The challenge involves which projects to fund and implement, which
ones to postpone, and which should be rejected outright. Hands down, an overall project portfolio management frame-
work is proven to be the most effective way to make these decisions.
Getting started requires a crucial phase: the use of a structured methodology to prioritize the laundry list of potential
projects. This involves two parts:
1. Understand the overall priorities of an organization, which are really its strategic objectives.
2. Assess how each individual project in the potential portfolio impacts or contributes to these priorities.
1. Sorting Out and Understanding the Priorities
 Step 1: Defining the organization’s priorities
The first step toward prioritizing projects is to identify and define its key strategic objectives - the organization’s priori-
ties. Objectives must be specific in scope, action-oriented, and high-level goals for an individual project.
Ideally, these objectives should follow a consensus approach whereby agreement is reached by as many senior manag-
ers and stakeholders as realistically possible. To get a handle on these objectives, categorize them into three areas:
1. Demand management (e.g., sales effectiveness, increased revenue)
2. Supply management (e.g., operational efficiency, customer responsiveness)
3. Support services (e.g., infrastructure, regulatory requirements)
The most important factor to enable decision makers to monitor and control successful delivery in real terms requires
every objective to be measurable.
 Step 2: Prioritizing the organizations priorities
Once a sound foundation is
in place -- by identifying and
defining individual priorities,
as well as establishing met-
rics to measure achieve-
ment -- you must establish
the relative importance of
each individual objective vis
-a-vis the organization’s
overall priorities.
Evaluate the Relative Importance
of Each Business Driver
Review and Agree on Business
Objectives
The most effective approach to this prioritization exercise is to use a method similar to conjoint analysis, which ranks
the objectives in pairs against one another, in order to generate a normalized weights vector. A key advantage to this
approach is that it also helps facilitate consensus. Usually, the exercise is conducted via a workshop, which by nature
creates transparency and forces decision makers to choose and explain their priorities.
2. Linking Projects to Priorities
Once the organization’s objectives are fully defined, it is time to relate the projects back to the objectives.
 Step 3: Prioritizing projects against the objectives
Whereas the business drivers described in Step 1 are used to measure the organization's progress toward achieving
its strategic objectives, it is actually the summation of individual projects that lead an organization to achieve its tar-
get goals.
Measurable project benefits and the positive outcome of specific projects, drive and are ultimately represented by,
the organization’s objectives. The challenge is to create a mechanism that will link, using the same units of measure-
ment, each individual project’s benefits to the overall objectives.
In linking project benefits, it is necessary to establish bands, or threshold levels, that will enable project sponsors to
determine how strongly their project supports each one of the objectives. The threshold levels are then translated
into standardized numerical bands, where "Extreme" might mean that a project will contribute 10%-12% of the tar-
get, "Strong" 8%-10%, etc.
Once each project has been accurately evaluated, it can be assigned a "Strategic Value," which represents the level of
support a project is expected to provide to the organization’s objectives. Strategic Value is calculated using both the
weights of the relevant objectives the project is supporting and the "strength" of this support (i.e., Extreme, Strong,
etc.).
 Step 4: The prioritized project list
Strategic Value can also be used as a proxy for the priority of the project within the organization’s portfolio. Once a
value has been mathematically derived for each project, creating the prioritized project list is simply a matter of ar-
ranging the projects in descending order of Strategic Value. Projects with the greatest Strategic Value contribute the
most to the overall objectives of an organization and should be given higher priority.
SUMMARY
An organization’s future is greatly dependent on prioritizing investment decisions. More often than not, these are
usually made in a subjective "verbal" process, where whoever shouts the most also gets the necessary approvals.
A transparent, objective framework, as outlined in this article is required to ensure that the best project set is select-
ed for implementation and the proper projects are appropriately postponed or killed. In addition, such a process en-
sures that priorities are being communicated to all decision makers and all players are continuously working to move
the organization in the same direction.
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Prioritize Projects with a Step-by-Step Methodology

  • 1. Prioritize Projects with a Step-by-Step Methodology A UMT White Paper Introduction It is inevitable: At some point during the annual planning cycle most organizations will face difficult decisions regarding the multitude of projects up for consideration. The challenge involves which projects to fund and implement, which ones to postpone, and which should be rejected outright. Hands down, an overall project portfolio management frame- work is proven to be the most effective way to make these decisions. Getting started requires a crucial phase: the use of a structured methodology to prioritize the laundry list of potential projects. This involves two parts: 1. Understand the overall priorities of an organization, which are really its strategic objectives. 2. Assess how each individual project in the potential portfolio impacts or contributes to these priorities. 1. Sorting Out and Understanding the Priorities  Step 1: Defining the organization’s priorities The first step toward prioritizing projects is to identify and define its key strategic objectives - the organization’s priori- ties. Objectives must be specific in scope, action-oriented, and high-level goals for an individual project. Ideally, these objectives should follow a consensus approach whereby agreement is reached by as many senior manag- ers and stakeholders as realistically possible. To get a handle on these objectives, categorize them into three areas: 1. Demand management (e.g., sales effectiveness, increased revenue) 2. Supply management (e.g., operational efficiency, customer responsiveness) 3. Support services (e.g., infrastructure, regulatory requirements) The most important factor to enable decision makers to monitor and control successful delivery in real terms requires every objective to be measurable.  Step 2: Prioritizing the organizations priorities Once a sound foundation is in place -- by identifying and defining individual priorities, as well as establishing met- rics to measure achieve- ment -- you must establish the relative importance of each individual objective vis -a-vis the organization’s overall priorities. Evaluate the Relative Importance of Each Business Driver Review and Agree on Business Objectives
  • 2. The most effective approach to this prioritization exercise is to use a method similar to conjoint analysis, which ranks the objectives in pairs against one another, in order to generate a normalized weights vector. A key advantage to this approach is that it also helps facilitate consensus. Usually, the exercise is conducted via a workshop, which by nature creates transparency and forces decision makers to choose and explain their priorities. 2. Linking Projects to Priorities Once the organization’s objectives are fully defined, it is time to relate the projects back to the objectives.  Step 3: Prioritizing projects against the objectives Whereas the business drivers described in Step 1 are used to measure the organization's progress toward achieving its strategic objectives, it is actually the summation of individual projects that lead an organization to achieve its tar- get goals. Measurable project benefits and the positive outcome of specific projects, drive and are ultimately represented by, the organization’s objectives. The challenge is to create a mechanism that will link, using the same units of measure- ment, each individual project’s benefits to the overall objectives. In linking project benefits, it is necessary to establish bands, or threshold levels, that will enable project sponsors to determine how strongly their project supports each one of the objectives. The threshold levels are then translated into standardized numerical bands, where "Extreme" might mean that a project will contribute 10%-12% of the tar- get, "Strong" 8%-10%, etc. Once each project has been accurately evaluated, it can be assigned a "Strategic Value," which represents the level of support a project is expected to provide to the organization’s objectives. Strategic Value is calculated using both the weights of the relevant objectives the project is supporting and the "strength" of this support (i.e., Extreme, Strong, etc.).  Step 4: The prioritized project list Strategic Value can also be used as a proxy for the priority of the project within the organization’s portfolio. Once a value has been mathematically derived for each project, creating the prioritized project list is simply a matter of ar- ranging the projects in descending order of Strategic Value. Projects with the greatest Strategic Value contribute the most to the overall objectives of an organization and should be given higher priority. SUMMARY An organization’s future is greatly dependent on prioritizing investment decisions. More often than not, these are usually made in a subjective "verbal" process, where whoever shouts the most also gets the necessary approvals. A transparent, objective framework, as outlined in this article is required to ensure that the best project set is select- ed for implementation and the proper projects are appropriately postponed or killed. In addition, such a process en- sures that priorities are being communicated to all decision makers and all players are continuously working to move the organization in the same direction. # # # 1 Battery Park Plaza, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10004, (212) 965-0550, www.umt.com