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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"project portfolios"”.
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Human resource management in project portfolios : architecting an allocation process
A review of project portfolio management (PPM) literature has shown that human resources allocation is rarely revisited beyond the initial planning cycle, and that it is often treated as a static problem. Therefore, this thesis sought to understand modern PPM practices further and to underscore …
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The use of project portfolios in effective strategy execution to improve business value
… there is a need for a tested model on how to use project portfolios in effective strategy execution to realise business value. Furthermore the intent was to also identify salient factors that contribute to the realisation of the corporate strategy through the use of project portfolios. The …
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A Hierarchical Approach to Quantitative Portfolio Optimization for Technology Development Project Portfolios (OPTIM-H)
… useful in investment decisions for technology projects. Traditionally, empirical data from past projects and statistically driven technology trends are used to predict the risk-return model necessary for MPT. This thesis introduces a new methodology, Optimizing Portfolios in Technologies …
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How a project management office can help the Icelandic gaming industry achieve its goals
… plan has been slow because of lack of dedicated project leadership. This spurred the interest of this research, where we asked the question “How can a Project Management Office (PMO) help IGI achieve it strategic goals?” Our position is that the PMO is a functional entity that does not only …
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Essays on learning and strategy in research and development
… signals, and apply any lessons to their own project portfolios. I investigate how these negative information events impact decisions in the settings of scientific publishing and drug development. In the first essay, I study the impact of scientific retractions on citation patterns and funding …
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An Engineering Systems Approach to Production Planning of Optical Systems
… value, create investment scenarios as project portfolios, assess performance using Discrete Event Simulation (DES) and technical modeling, and visualize options using tradespace plots. A case study, involving a representation of the National Ignition Facility’s (NIF) Optics Recycle Loop …
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A multilayer network approach to quantifying biologically-derived systematic risk in biomedical finance
… systematic financial risks for these therapeutic project portfolios. This primarily methodological thesis seeks to explore the opportunity to leverage multilayer network models as tools to help measure this risk, specifically the biologically-derived component of risk resulting from project …
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Incorporating asymmetric dependency patterns in the evaluation of IS/IT projects using real option analysis
… to create a general approach to evaluating IS/IT projects using Real Option Analysis (ROA). This is an important problem because an IT Project Portfolio (ITPP) can represent hundreds of projects, millions of dollars of investment and hundreds of thousands of employee hours. Therefore, any advance …
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Teacher Portfolios in the Supervision Process: A Journey of Discovery
… supervision, and adult learning. Portfolio projects could be a component of developmental supervision. However, there is minimal empirical research to support the use of portfolio projects in nonevaluative supervision. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the experiences of …