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Portfolio Management

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Portfolio Management Definition

Portfolio management is a corporate, strategic level process for coordinating successful delivery across an organisation’s entire set of programmes and projects. The total set of programmes and projects within an organisation is known as the ‘portfolio’ and this represents a complete picture of the organisation’s commitment of programme and project resources and investment to delivering its strategic objectives (OGC, 2004).

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  • Aptech (2003) Brown Brothers Harriman: GAUSS Case Study. [Online] Available at: www.aptech.com/pdf/GAUSS_CaseStudy_BBH.pdf.
  • BCG (2007) Measuring Innovation 2007: A BCG Senior Management Survey. [Online] Available at: www.bcg.com/documents/file15066.pdf.
  • Burnes, B. (2009) Managing Change. (5th Ed.) Pearson Education, Essex, UK.
  • Cooper, G.R., Edgett, J.S. and Kleinschmidt, J.E. (2001) Portfolio Management for New Product Development: Results of an Industry Practices Study. R&D Management, Vol. 31(4), pp. 361-80.

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