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Article PMO, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Construction, Healthcare 1 November 2018

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Full Recovery

Hurricane Katrina decimated thousands of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, in 2005, including a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facility that served approximately 40,000…

Article Portfolio Management, Program Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Construction 1 October 2018

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Unconventional Scale

By Ali, Ambreen The global meetings and conventions industry was expected to grow 7.5 percent annually from 2017 to 2023, hitting US$1.2 trillion in 2023, according to a 2018 report by research firm Allied Market…

Article Innovation, PMO, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Construction 1 September 2018

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Making a Difference

By Fister Gale, Sarah Projects have the power to transform. And this year's PMI Project of the Year finalists channeled that power to move communities, companies and customers in new directions. One team deployed a…

Article Portfolio Management, Innovation, Construction 1 August 2015

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United Arab Emirates

By Swanson, Sandra A. Profits from oil exports have propelled many high-profile megaprojects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), leading the Middle East’s second largest economy to an increasingly diverse project…

Article Portfolio Management, Construction May 2014

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New Zealand

By Dillow, Clay New Zealand is known for its scrappiness and ingenuity. That inventiveness may help explain why New Zealand's economy is livelier than many other countries' economies, with increased project…

Article Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Scheduling, Talent Management, Resource Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Construction December 2011

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Combining Forces: 2011 PMI Project of the Year Award Finalist

By Allen, Kevin The United Arab Emirates gained its wealth through the oil and gas industry. Now its leaders are cultivating economic sustainability by diversifying the country's portfolio. This article discusses…

Article Portfolio Management, Construction, Energy & Utilities March 2011

Project Management Journal

Portfolio selection methodology for a nuclear project

By Strang, Kenneth David It is difficult to evaluate complex, publicly sensitive nuclear project proposals. Scientists, subject matter experts, politicians, and citizens often differ on scope, budget, time, and quality…

Article Complexity, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Construction February 2011

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Beating the odds

By Waxer, Cindy Every four years in the year before the summer Olympic Games, the Pan American Games are held. As is often the case with multi-sport events, much construction is needed to host the many sporting…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Strategy, Quality Management, Construction, Aerospace & Defense 20 May 2009

Expanding strategic throughput: a new perspective on closing the gap between strategy and results

By Garfein, Stephen J. In response to the global economic downturn, national governments worldwide have created, and put into action, economic stimulus plans that are geared towards creating both social opportunities and…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Scheduling, Construction 14 November 2007

The application of SDPM, critical chain and portfolio project management principles to the construction of the 670 km Urucu/Manaus (Petrobras) pipeline

By Archibald, Russell D | Mello, Peter Berndt de Souza | Guimarães, Jefferson The effort to build the Urucu/Manaus Gas Pipeline--an effort implemented by Petrobras within Brazil's Amazon region--has required the project team to overcome numerous severe problems and setbacks.…