Empowering project portfolio managers: How management involvement impacts project portfolio management performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 818-831

  Jonas, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Project portfolio management; Project portfolio manager; Role significance and role clarity; Roles and responsibilities; Senior management involvement

Indexed keywords

PROJECT PORTFOLIO; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; ROLE SIGNIFICANCE AND ROLE CLARITY; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; SENIOR MANAGEMENT;

EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; JOB ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PLANNING;

EMPOWERMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956945023     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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