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scores to evaluate the project, program, and application portfolios from multiple
dimensions.
 Define and prioritize business strategy and drive consensus among executives
using the pair-wise comparison matrix.
 Derive prioritization scores such as strategic value, financial value, risk,
architectural fit, and operational performance to objectively assess projects,
programs, and applications.
 Generate charts to effectively evaluate potential investments within the portfolios.
Optimize Budget and Align Investments with Business
Strategy
Use embedded best practice methodologies, including the Business Alignment
Framework, to optimize budgets and recommend portfolios that best align with the
organization’s business strategy. This objective process enforces a rational rather than
emotional approach to portfolio selection, to help ensure that the selected investments
deliver the maximum business value.
 Employ sophisticated optimization algorithms to determine the optimal project or
program portfolio under varying budget and business constraints.
 Use advanced portfolio analytical techniques, including insight analysis, to identify
and break the constraints prohibiting the portfolio from reaching the Efficient
Frontier.
 Undertake a business alignment assessment to help ensure that the selected
portfolios are optimally aligned with the organization’s business strategy.
Tightly Integrate with Office Project Server 2007
Tight integration between Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and Office Project Server
2007 provides organizations with an end-to-end project portfolio management solution.
Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 is a key component within the Microsoft EPM
Solution, providing the following benefits: