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Conference Paper Program Management, Portfolio Management, Cost Management, Aerospace & Defense 29 October 2013

Developing the Apache helicopter

By Garfein, Steve This paper traces the transition of the Hughes Helicopter Company during the 1970s from a technically excellent company with a history of poor management to one that continued being technically…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Strategy, Cost Management 2007

Executive guide to strategic portfolio management

By Garfein, Stephen J. To successfully practice project portfolio management (PPM), project managers must first understand how executives make decisions and how project managers can convince executives to support and…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Portfolio Management, PMO, Cost Management 1 September 2004

From static project budget to dynamic management tool

By Bravo, Roberto Traditional project forecasting often fails to gauge the long-term viability of projects implemented by growth-driven organizations. This paper explains how these organizations can use a dynamic…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Cost Management, Work Breakdown Structures 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Cost management for development of new therapeutic entities

By Crockett, Christie The current financial systems in place at Lilly for drug development projects are able to report costs (plan and actual) only at the project level, and not at the activity level. Project Cost…

Conference Paper PMO, Portfolio Management, Cost Management 7 September 2000

Seminars & Symposium

The project office

By Goodpasture, John C. Project offices (POs) and project management offices (PMOs) are tools that--if used for the intended purpose--can help organizations and project managers generate significant advantages when…