| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 238 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Project management institute
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Abstract; Executive Summary; Introduction; Chapter 1: Literature Review; 1.1. Project Portfolio Management; 1.1.1. Origins of PPM; 1.1.2. Project Portfolio Definitions; 1.1.3. Project Portfolio Management; 1.1.4. Recent Themes; 1.1.5. Goals of Project Portfolio Management; 1.1.6. Project Portfolio Governance; 1.1.7. Methods for PPM; 1.1.8. Limitations of Current PPM Literature; 1.2. Dynamic Environments and Uncertainty; 1.2.1. Dynamic Environments. |
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1.2.2. Risks and Risk Management1.2.3. Changes, Deviations, and Unexpected Events; 1.2.4. Uncertainty Management Versus Risk Management; 1.2.5. Managing Uncertainty in Project Portfolios; 1.3. PPM Challenges in Dynamic Environments; 1.3.1. Changing and Uncertain Goals; 1.3.2. Detailed Planning and Continuous Re-planning; 1.3.3. Balancing Decision Quality Against Decision Speed; 1.3.4. Imaginary Precisionâ#x80;#x94;Poor Quality of Information; 1.3.5. Race to Resolve Project Unknowns; 1.3.6. Resource Reallocation and Redistribution; 1.3.7. Managing the Stream of New Projects to the Portfolio. |
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1.3.8. Summary1.4. PPM Processes Contingent on Environment; 1.4.1. Early Foundations; 1.4.2. Empirical Evidence of Different PPM Methods under High Uncertainty; 1.4.3. Consequences for PPM in Dynamic Environments; 1.5. Different Project Management Approaches for Dynamic Environments; 1.5.1. Environment Manipulation: Making Dynamic Static; 1.5.2. Emergent Planning Approaches; 1.5.3. Scope Control; 1.5.4. Monitoring and Control Mechanisms of Projects; 1.5.5. Buffering and Boundary-Spanning Activities; 1.5.6. Life Cycle Strategies; 1.5.7. Flexibility in Process and in Product. |
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1.5.8. Controlled Experimentationâ#x80;#x94;Probing the Future1.5.9. Time-Based Pacing; 1.5.10. Using the Project Management Techniques at PPM Level; 1.6. Dynamic Capabilities; 1.6.1. Dynamic Capabilities; 1.6.2. Capabilities; 1.6.3. What is Dynamic in Dynamic Capabilities?; 1.6.4. Dynamic Capabilities as a Framework; 1.7. Concluding Remarks on Literature Review; Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework; 2.1. Organizational Context; 2.2. Organizing Mechanisms as the Unit of Analysis; 2.3. Distinguishing Reconfiguring and Transforming; 2.4. Updated Conceptual Framework. |
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2.4.1. Dynamic Capabilities Leading to Reconfiguring2.4.2. Dynamic Capabilities Leading to Transforming; 2.4.3. Higher-Order Capabilities; Chapter 3: Methodology; 3.1. Research Strategy; 3.1.1. Selecting a Methodology Matching the Research Objectives; 3.1.2. Overview of Research Process; 3.2. Preparing for Data Collection; 3.2.1. Testing the Instruments; 3.2.2. Updating the Research Question and the Interview Guide; 3.3. Case Selection; 3.3.1. Using Multiple Cases; 3.3.2. Case Study Selection Criteria; 3.3.3. Cases Selected; 3.3.4. Cases Comparison; 3.4. Collecting the Evidence. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Project management.
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Project management. |
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Strategic planning.
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Strategic planning. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hobbs, Brian, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Petit, Yvan, 1958 24 November- Project portfolios in dynamic environments. Newtown Square, Penns. : Project Management Institute, ©2012 9781935589600 (DLC) 2012011087 (OCoLC)782128035 |
| ISBN |
9781628250121 (electronic book) |
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1628250127 (electronic book) |
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9781523132201 (electronic book) |
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1523132205 (electronic book) |
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9781935589600 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1935589601 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1628252952 |
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9781628252958 |
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1680151126 |
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9781680151121 |
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