Table of Contents
Series Introduction James S. Pennypacker v
Preface vii
Part I Overview
1 Project Portfolio Management and Managing Multiple Projects: Two Sides of the Same Coin? James S. Pennypacker Lowell D. Dye 1
2 Software Packages Don't Manage Projects-People Do! Curtis W. Clark 11
3 Managing Multiple Projects in the 21st Century Lewis R. Ireland 21
4 Why Is Multiple-Project Management Hard and How Can We Make It Easier? William J. Olford 35
Part II Time, Cost, and Other Management Issues
5 Multiproject Scheduling and Resource Allocation Jack R. Meredith Samuel J. Mantel, Jr. 45
6 Effective Resource Management-Debunking the Myths Michael McCauley Ann Bundy William Seidman 57
7 A Learning Loop for Successful Program Management Michel Thiry 69
8 Programs, Portfolios, and Pipelines: How to Anticipate Executives' Strategic Questions Gregory D. Githens 83
9 Multiproject Scheduling and Management Geoff Reiss 91
10 Organizing for Multiple Projects Neal Whitten 101
Part III Tools, Techniques, and Methods
11 Improving Multiproject Management by Using a Queuing Theory Approach Nino Levy Shlomo Globerson 113
12 A Multiproject Management Framework for New Product Development Adriano De Maio Roberto Verganti Mariano Corso 127
13 Extensions to Multiple Projects Robert K. Wysocki Robert Beck, Jr. David B. Crane 153
14 Program Management-Turning Many Projects into Few Priorities with Theory of Constraints Francis S. Patrick 163
15 Operational Measurements for Product Development Organizations Tony Rizzo 173
16 New Problems, New Solutions: Making Portfolio Management More Effective Robert G. Cooper Scott J. Edgett Elko J. Kleinschmidt 181
17 Juggling the Interdependent Project Portfolio Michael Singer Dobson 211
Part IV Best Practices and Applications
18 Program Management: A Key for Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems Ken Jones Jolene Weiskittel 229
19 Managing Multiple Projects in Large Information Systems Organizations Steve Yager 239
20 Human Resource Allocation in a Multiproject Research and Development Environment Martien H. A. Hendricks Bas Voeten Leon H. Kroep 249
21 The Big Puzzle-Multiproject Management Is Redefining the Way Companies Handle Technology, People, and Vendors to Make All the Pieces Fit Clinton Wilder Bruce Caldwell Martin J. Garvey 263
22 The Toyota Benchmark: Multiproject Development Centers Michael A. Cusumano Kentaro Nobeoka 271
23 Multiple Projects, Limited Resources; Implementing Effective Project Management Bradley K. Alston 299
Bibliography 309
Index 321
