Table of contents for Project portfolio management : a practical guide to selecting projects, managing portfolios, and maximizing benefits / by Harvey A. Levine ; foreword by Max Wideman.

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		Foreword
		by Max Wideman
		Acknowledgments
		The Author
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		Introduction
Part One: A Practical Guide to Project Portfolio Management
Section One: What Is Project Portfolio Management, and Why Do We Need It?
	1.1	Why Do We Need Project Portfolio Management?
	1.2	What Is Project Portfolio Management?
Section Two: The Fundamentals of a Project Portfolio Management Process
	2.1	Selecting Projects for the Pipeline
	2.2	Maintaining the Pipeline
	2.3	Executing Project Portfolio Management
	2.4	Tools for Project Portfolio Management 
	2.5	Implementing Project Portfolio Management
Section Three: The Finer Points of Project Portfolio Management
	3.1	Defining PPM: A Bridge or a Hub?
	3.2	A Prequalification Process for Selecting Projects for the Portfolio
	3.3	The Impact of Uncertainty on Projects and the Portfolios
	3.4	Is There a Gorilla in Your Portfolio? Turning Opportunity into Value
	3.5	Work Breakdown Structures for Risk and Strategies
	3.6	An Introduction to Earned Value Analysis
Part Two: Contributed Chapters and Case Studies
Section Four: PPM Techniques and Issues: Portfolio Planning
	4.1	Linking Strategy and Project Portfolio Management
		K. C. Yelin
	4.2	How to Determine the Value of a Project
		Ray Trotta, Christopher Gardner
	4.3	Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Improve Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
		James Devlin
	4.4	The Efficient Frontier Technique for Analyzing Project Portfolio Management
		Mike Gruia
Section Five: PPM Techniques and Issues: Organizing and Implementing
	5.1	Making the Case for Project Portfolio Management
		Clifford B. Cohen, Randall L. Englund
	5.2	The Role of Executives in Effective Project Portfolio Management
		K. C. Yelin
	5.3	Project Offices Are Key Components of IT Governance
		Matt Light
Section Six: PPM Applications: Information Technology 
	6.1	A Summary of First Practices and Lessons Learned in Information Technology Portfolio Management 
		CIO Council, Best Practices Committee
	6.2	The Backbone System of IT Management and Governance: IT Management and Governance 101 
		David Hurwitz
Section Seven: PPM Applications: New Product Development 
	7.1	A Stage-Gate( Idea-to-Launch Framework for Driving New Products to Market 
		Robert G. Cooper
	7.2	Portfolio Management for Product Innovation 
		Robert G. Cooper
Section Eight: Applications: PPM for Theory of Constraint Advocates
	8.1	Applying the Theory of Constraints to Project Portfolio Management
		Larry Leach
Section Nine: Case Studies
	9.1	Managing Your Technology Pipeline Portfolio Management Process and Its Evolution over Time 
		Rebecca Siebert
	9.2	Using PPM to Ease the Hewlett-PackardCompaq Merger
		Don Kingsberry
	9.3	Developing a PPM Capability at America Online
		Rich Dougherty
	9.4	EW Scripps: A Media Giant's Portfolio Management Solution 
		Vanessa McMillan
Section Ten: What Others Are Saying About PPM
	10.1	Beyond the Triple Constraints: Developing a Business Venture Approach to Project Management
		Robert J. Graham, Dennis Cohen
	10.2	From Overload to Productivity via Systematic Decision Making 
		James Schlick, Andrew Longman
	10.3	The Seven Habits of Highly Effective IT Portfolio Management Implementations 
		Gil Makleff
	10.4	Project Portfolio Management Basics 
		PMI Knowledge and Wisdom Center
	10.5	Integrating Project Portfolio Management with Project Management Practices to Deliver Competitive Advantage 
		James S. Pennypacker, Patrick Sepate
		Notes
		Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Project management.