博士论文 Project Portfolio Management - an organising perspective

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to organising project portfolio
management...................................................................................... 1
1.1. Background to project portfolio management ..................................................1
1.2. The project portfolio management rationale.....................................................2
1.3. Research on project portfolio management .....................................................3
1.4. Thesis construction ..........................................................................................6
1.5. Thesis structure................................................................................................6
2. Theoretical exposition of project portfolio
management literature ..................................................................... 9
2.1. Motivation and historical background to
project portfolio management...........................................................................9
2.2. Portfolio management in general ...................................................................13
2.3. Tools and methods for project portfolio management....................................19
2.4. Procedural aspects of organising project portfolio management ...................24
2.5. Organisational aspects of project portfolio management ...............................28
2.6. Summary and presentation of research questions.........................................29
3. Research methodology .................................................................. 35
3.1. My view of research .......................................................................................35
3.2. Evolution of the research studies ...................................................................37
3.3. Methodological approaches within the field of interest...................................39
3.4. The case study research strategy ..................................................................40
3.5. Frequent interaction between empirical observations and theory..................40
3.6. The analytical path in the thesis.....................................................................41
3.7. The SCA case ................................................................................................42
3.8. The multiple case study .................................................................................47
3.9. The Ericsson case..........................................................................................48
3.10. The Ericsson studies’ contributions to the dissertation process...................54
3.11. Quality of data ..............................................................................................55
3.12. Transferability of the results .........................................................................57
4. A framework for analysing organising aspects
of project portfolio management................................................... 59
4.1. Developing a framework for studying organising
aspects of project portfolio management .......................................................59
4.2. Categorising the project portfolio management framework............................59
4.3. Procedural aspects of organising project portfolio management ...................60
4.4. The use of tools and methods in project portfolio management ....................63
4.5. Organisational aspects of organising
project portfolio management.........................................................................65
4.6. Summarising the framework for organising
project portfolio management.........................................................................66
5. Extended summary of the papers focusing
on project portfolio management.................................................. 69
5.1. Results from paper 4: Requirements to be fulfilled by
project portfolio management.........................................................................69
5.2. Results from paper 5: Project portfolio management
at SCA, Tissue AFH – Process and tools ......................................................71
5.3. Results from paper 6: Project portfolio management
– a multiple case study of six Swedish companies ........................................74
6. A description of how project portfolio management
is organised at SCA AFH Tissue ................................................... 79
6.1. Procedural aspects ........................................................................................79
6.2. The use of tools and methods........................................................................84
6.3. Organisational aspects...................................................................................94
7. An analysis of SCA AFH Tissue’s approach to
organising project portfolio management.................................... 99
7.1. Procedural aspects ........................................................................................99
7.2. The use of tools and methods......................................................................108
7.3. Organisational aspects.................................................................................115
8. Aspects of importance for organising
project portfolio management ..................................................... 119
8.1. Implications for organising the management of
project portfolios including different types of projects ..................................119
8.2. Implications for using tools and methods in combination.............................126
8.3. The procedural and organisational settings’ effects on
the choice, adaptation and application of tools and methods ......................130
9. Concluding discussion ................................................................ 135
9.1. Contributions and suggestions for future research ......................................135
9.2. Managerial implications................................................................................141
10. References..................................................................................... 145