The three roles of a project portfolio management office: Their impact on portfolio management execution and success

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 608-620

  Unger, Barbara Natalie ^a   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^a   Aubry, Monique ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Project management office; Project portfolio management office; Project portfolio management quality; Project portfolio performance; Project portfolio success

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT PORTFOLIO; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT;

INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860383864     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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