In the pursuit of improving IT project delivery, many companies tend to focus primarily on the process but might overlook a crucial step: benchmarking effectiveness. This CA white paper discusses tips and techniques for setting up effective, iterative benchmarking and project rollout. The focus is on utilizing industry standard PPM/PMO frameworks to benchmark, analyze, and evolve your organization's levels of PMO maturity. Once you have read this report, you'll receive valuable insights and featured research from Gartner to help you improve your IT project delivery in five weekly bite-sized segments for quick and easy consumption. Here's what will be available: Week 1: Featured Gartner Research Report: Key Questions and Answers: Program and Portfolio Management - Laying the foundation for project success. CA video featuring Gartner: Getting everyone on the same page - Gartner Research VP Matt Light introduces the fundamental role of the project management 'center of excellence' in delivering IT projects Week 2: Assessing project management maturity Week 3: Evolving from project to portfolio management Week 4: Deploying portfolio management solutions Week 5: Adopting best practices Topics: IT Portfolio Management Project Management Solutions Change and Configuration Management Requirements Management Application Lifecycle Management(ALM) IT Service Management (ITSM)/ IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)