Chapter 11. Portfolios

A project is rarely performed in a vacuum. More likely, it is one among many other projects that your company manages. It is very helpful to take all projects with similar characteristics and analyze them together as one portfolio (or grouping) of projects. This is a great way to see the big picture. P6 has a number of features to help you manage your project portfolios. The desktop client application is capable of grouping projects and summarizing the data, but the best features for portfolio management reside in the web application.

In this chapter we will cover:

• Managing portfolios

• Creating a portfolio

• Managing portfolio views

• Scenarios