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Using the Portfolio Optimizer advanced portfolio analytics techniques, Wendy plots her
portfolio of projects against the Efficient Frontier curve, which shows the best plan under
varying cost thresholds. Wendy quickly determines that the forced-in projects were
significantly affecting the portfolio’s overall strategic value, and revises her model. After
enabling the Portfolio Optimizer to re-optimize, she observes that the new portfolio,
which includes only one of the CFO’s pet projects, moved up toward the Efficient Frontier,
delivering 63 percent strategic value under the same cost constraints. Wendy decides to
save this scenario so that she can discuss the implications with the CFO of forcing in both
pet projects.
Using the Decision Dashboard, she creates a scorecard that includes the optimization
scenarios she had run the day before, and reviews the results with the CFO and team.
Finally, the CFO wants to look at the alignment between the proposed portfolio and
Contoso’s business strategy. Wendy uses the charting option in Office Project Portfolio
Server 2007 to analyze the proposed portfolio investment in each strategic business
driver (see Figure 15), and displays the relative spend from the portfolio into each driver.
The CFO likes the alignment between spending and business drivers, and agrees with
Wendy’s recommended portfolio.