Middle managers in program and project portfolio management : practices, roles and responsibilities / Tomas Blomquist, Ralf Müller

Author:: Blomquist, Tomas
Published:: Newtown Square, Pa. : Project Management Institute, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Physical Description:: 1 online resource
Additional Creators:: Müller, Ralf, 1957-

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Machine derived contents note: Executive Summary xi -- Introduction and Background xii -- Literature Review xiii -- Methodology and Analysis xiii -- Managerial Implications: What Middle Managers in Successful -- Organizations Do xiv -- Theoretical Implications and Conclusions xiv -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Background 1 -- Program and Portfolio Management as a Subset of Corporate -- Governance 2 -- Governance and Transaction Cost Economics 5 -- Research Questions 6 -- Objectives 6 -- Scope and Underlying Assumptions of this Study 7 -- Management Process 7 -- Milestones and Deliverables 8 -- Supporting Organizations 9 -- Report Structure 9 -- Chapter 2: Literature Review 11 -- Project Portfolios and their Management 11 -- Portfolio Definitions and Selection Techniques 13 -- Planning and Managing Project Portfolios 17 -- Competencies for Portfolio Management 19 -- Programs and the Management of Programs 20 -- Program Management as an Entity for Organizational -- Structure 20 -- Program Management Processes and Life Cycles 21 -- Competencies for Program Management 22 -- Project Types and Program/Portfolio Management 23 -- Environmental Complexity 25 -- Chapter 3: Methodology and Analysis 29 -- The Qualitative Study 29 -- Qualitative Data Analysis Results 32 -- The Quantitative Study 34 -- Sample Demographics 35 -- Quantitative Data Analysis Results 38 -- Results Triangulation 44 -- Chapter 4: Managerial Implications: What Middle Managers in -- Successful Organizations Do 47 -- Organizing for Program and Portfolio Management 47 -- Managers Activities in Program and Portfolio -- Management 49 -- Middle Managers Roles in Program and Portfolio -- Management 52 -- Portfolio Management Related Roles Prior to Project -- Execution 53 -- Business Planning 53 -- Project Selection 54 -- Resource Planning 55 -- Resource Procurement 56 -- Project and Program Plan Review 57 -- Program Management Related Roles Prior to Project -- Execution 58 -- Identification of Business Opportunities 58 -- Synergy Identification 59 -- Resource Planning and Selection 59 -- Program and Portfolio Management Related Roles during -- Project Execution 60 -- Identification of Bad Projects 60 -- Participation in Steering Groups 61 -- Prioritization of Projects 62 -- Coordination of Projects 63 -- Collection and Aggregation of Reports 63 -- Initiation of Reviews 64 -- Handling of Issues 64 -- Coaching of Project Managers 65 -- Improvement of Processes 65 -- Summary of Managerial Implications 65 -- Chapter 5: Theoretical Implications and Conclusions 67 -- Theoretical Implications 69 -- Suggestions for Further Research 73 -- A Final Word 74.

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9781680154276 (electronic bk.)
1680154273 (electronic bk.)
1930699573
9781930699571

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