Contemporary project portfolio management: Reflections on the development of an Australian competency standard for project portfolio management

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1089-1100

  Young, Michael ^a   Conboy, Kieran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency standards; Project portfolio management

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; MULTI-PROJECTS; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT OUTCOMES; PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883553215     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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