From Strategy to Decisions: The Key Role of Project Portfolio Management (in French)

In increasingly complex environments, organizations sometimes deliver projects successfully... without actually generating the expected benefits. This conference offers a concrete reflection on the key role of project portfolio management as a lever for strategic alignment and decision support.

Through real-world examples, practical tools, and feedback from the field, participants will discover how to structure effective portfolio governance, improve initiative prioritization, manage interdependencies, and truly measure value creation.

The conference will also address several current issues related to portfolio performance: risk management, strategic communication, change management, benefit tracking, and common pitfalls in performance measurement.

The objective is to demystify portfolio management and demonstrate how it can become a true driver of consistency, performance, and informed decision-making within organizations.

Objective

To provide a better understanding of the strategic role of project portfolio management in aligning organizational goals with operational decisions. The conference also aims to present concrete approaches to governance, prioritization, performance measurement, and value creation in complex environments.

Speakers

Fabien Huteau PMO | Governance & Project Portfolio Management
Fabien Huteau is an advisor in the Project Portfolio Management Office at Aéroports de Montréal (ADM). With 8 years of experience in project and portfolio management, he contributes to steering strategic investments to support decision-making. Coming from an industrial background, he adopts a performance-oriented approach centered on process structuring, practice standardization, and the implementation of indicators to ensure better tracking and support concrete actions. He is particularly interested in how to make project portfolios more transparent and manageable in order to support decisions that are better aligned with organizational priorities.

Sarah Guerrier
Assistant Director | Project Portfolio Management Office at Aéroports de Montréal (ADM)
With nearly 20 years of experience in the business world, including 14 years in governance and portfolio management, she guides organizations through strategic prioritization, value creation, and the implementation of governance practices tailored to complex environments. Holding PMI-PfMP®, SAFe® 6.0 LPM, and PSM I certifications, Sarah is recognized for her ability to make portfolio challenges concrete, accessible, and engaging. Her international background, combined with an approach that is both structured and human-centric, fosters a pragmatic vision of change management and strategic steering. An author of articles and a public speaker, she is particularly interested in the links between governance, transformation, leadership, and decision-making within highly complex contexts.

Christian Zarka
Director of Property Management at Palais des congrès | Architect
Christian Zarka is a recognized expert in complex project, program, and portfolio management, particularly within the healthcare, sports, cultural, and institutional sectors. An architect by training, he brings over 20 years of experience in asset design, planning, and management. From 2019 to 2024, he led the operations of the Project Office and the Engineering and Construction division at the Montreal Olympic Park, specializing in capital investment management. He excels at balancing government requirements with the organizational objectives of a project portfolio exceeding $1 billion. Since 2024, he has brought his expertise to the Palais des congrès de Montréal, contributing to the development of project management strategies that support the organization’s goals. As an accredited mediator and arbitrator, Christian is actively involved in dispute prevention and resolution within the architecture and construction fields. Holding PMP, PgMP, PfMP, and PSM certifications, he is also an outstanding speaker and an ambassador for best practices in project, program, and portfolio management, dedicated to knowledge sharing within professional communities like PMI-Montréal and among major institutional property owners. Visionary, collaborative, and rigorous, he is recognized for his ability to combine strategy, innovation, and sustainable impact.

Virtual participation and PDU allocation
To ensure fair management of PDU allocation, virtual participants must be logged in no later than 10 minutes after the start of the event. After this time, access will no longer be authorized and no PDUs will be awarded.

Events

No refunds 5 open days or less prior to the event.

Substitution
Substitution of a participant is not permitted except for group registrations.

Cancellation
PMI-Montreal reserves the right to cancel a training program in the event of insufficient registrations. In this case, the full registration fee will be refunded.