Welcome to UW's Project & Portfolio Management Community of Practice
Established in May 2018, the Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) community of practice (CoP) is an environment open to University of Waterloo employees and students interested in sharing experiences, ideas, best practices and lessons for managing portfolios and projects.
Building the Community

Within this site, you will find contact information, opportunities for networking, links to resources, upcoming events, blogs about related PPM topics, and information on how to become a member.
Vision & Values
Continuously improve, evolve, share, and accelerate learning of PPM practices at the University of Waterloo through regular engagement and thought partnerships.
The community encourages and values:
- Knowledge sharing
- Diversity and inclusiveness in roles and projects at UW
- PPM evolution and continuous improvement
- Building a common language
- Trusting relationships
- Group wisdom
- Career development
News
PPM CoP makes CUCCIO Fast Five
The Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Community of Practice (CoP) professional development series made the CUCCIO Fast Five, a weekly selection of the top five IT news stories in higher education IT, affecting Canadian universities.
Introducing the Community of Practice Chats
New site for Community of Practice PD series
A new website has been launched to support the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Community of Practice (CoP) professional development series. Community members can visit the site to learn more about project and portfolio management; explore (and share their own) project and portfolio resources, tools, and templates; and discover how they can engage with other community members.
Blog
2017 project lessons learned
One of the advantages of coming together as a community is to learn from what others have experienced. Within Information Systems & Technology (IST), we recently completed an analysis of our 2017 project lessons learned. These lessons are a combination of opportunities for improvement and things that went well for projects.
What is portfolio in Project Portfolio Management?
Like Project Management, Program Management, and Business Analysis, the Project Management Institute (PMI) has a body of knowledge for Portfolio Management. PMI defines “a portfolio (or project portfolio) as a collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives.