6GOVERNANCE AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

LAURENCE LECOEUVRE, PHD

Introduction

More and more companies are using the project management discipline to manage multiple projects with limited resources in a competitive environment; this is certainly the reason why Association for Project Management (APM, UK) issued a booklet called: “Directing change: A guide to governance of project management”; this can help to fill the gap in the governing surveillance of project activities (Wideman, 2005). This chapter aims to question the relevance of governance to portfolio management. Mainly based on a literature review, the chapter gives a view point and proposes “Governance Project Portfolio Management” (GPPM) structure to optimally ensure a company’s sustainable ...

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