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Article PMO, Strategy, Decision Making, Portfolio Management, Program Management, Lessons Learned, Manufacturing 1 February 2018

Project Management Journal

Knowledge Contribution as a Factor in Project Selection

By Geng, Shuang | Chuah, Kong Bieng | Law, Kris M. Y. | Cheung, Che Keung | Chau, Y. C. | Rui, Cao Project selection is a crucial decision-making process in many organizations. By adopting a project-based learning perspective, this study sets out to develop a framework to integrate organizational…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Complexity, Decision Making, Financial Services 10 October 2015

A case study on taming the wicked problem of portfolio management

By Guitarte, Andrew First coined in 1967 by C. West Churchman, the term 'wicked problem' later was used to describe social system problems that are ill-formulated and confusing, in which clients and decision makers…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Decision Making 26 October 2014

Decision support system for portfolio components selection and prioritizing

By Caballero, Hugo C. | Schmidt, Edie K. This paper shows the design and implementation of a decision support system (DSS) for portfolio selection based on optimization models. Components selection is an essential process for portfolio…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Portfolio Management 5 May 2014

Business intelligence in project portfolios

By Khan, Muhammad Ehsan This paper proposes guidelines for organizations using project portfolios and offers readers an understanding of how business intelligence (BI) concepts, methods, and tools can be leveraged to form…

Article Decision Making, PMO, Portfolio Management November 2013

PM Network

Merge with caution

By Alderton, Matt Merger and acquisition deals (M&As) may seem the domain of accountants and attorneys, but it's project leaders who help a new organization thrive by helping decide which legacy initiatives to keep…

Conference Paper Agile, Portfolio Management, Decision Making 29 October 2013

ILITY

By Rogers, G Philip | Sidky, Ahmed The delivery of business value is a seminal function that can, and should, drive decision-making associated with IT portfolio management and service delivery. However, all too often, those working…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Portfolio Management, Benefits Realization 29 October 2013

Portfolio decisions to maximize strategic benefits

By Bivins, Susan S. | Bible, Michael J. Success in project portfolio management depends more on people, culture, governance, and a transformational change in attitudes and processes, than any specific tool or technique. Many organizations…

Article Decision Making, Portfolio Management, Strategy, Benefits Realization August 2013

PM Network

The value proposition

By Alderton, Matt Defining the business value of a project during the planning process can give project leaders information they need to make smart decisions throughout execution. Knowing where a project should take…

Article Decision Making, Portfolio Management, Strategy July 2013

PM Network

Opportunity knocks

By Waxer, Cindy Selecting the right projects is as important to an organization as picking the right stocks is to an investor. In both cases, making the wrong choice can lead to big losses. But when it comes to…

Article Decision Making, Portfolio Management June 2013

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Starting from scratch

By Baranovsky, Roman You don't need to be a specially trained project manager to see if a project is making out of control losses. But sometimes this information doesn't make its way to the executive level on time. This…