Management of Portfolios, Programmes, and Projects: a practical guide for leaders and decision-makers

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Contents

List of figures and tables v

Preface

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Acknowledgements

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1 Introduction 1

1.1 What is included in this guide 2

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Who will benefit from this guide? 2

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Key topics addressed 2

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Why you will find this guide helpful 3

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How to tackle issues faced by management teams 3

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Key roles 7

2 Portfolio management 9

2.1 MoP 10

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MoV 15

2.3

Checklist questions on portfolio management 17

3 Portfolio, programme, and project offices 29

3.1 P3O and centres of excellence 30

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Checklist questions on P3O 35

4 Risk management 45

4.1 M_o_R 46

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Checklist questions on risk management 50

5 Portfolio, programme, and project manage ...