Michael Porter, Principal, Portal and Collaboration Solutions at Perficient, presented at the IBM Portal Excellence Conference, Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Successful portal projects depend on aligning your business needs to the technology and then using common best practices to run a successful project. In this session we will discuss how to align your business needs to create a portal solution and then running a successful project by taking a holistic approach to portal. Topics will include solution roadmap, portal governance, common technologies to include, and project management best practices that will make your project a success from a business and technical perspective.