Harvey's book consists of an Introduction and thirty-four chapters organized
into ten sections contained in two parts as shown below. In addition, the author
introduces each section with a brief note on the chapters that follow.
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Introduction
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Part One - A Practical Guide to Project Portfolio Management
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Section One: What is Project Portfolio Management and why do we need
it?
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Chapter 1.1 - Why Do We Need Project Portfolio Management?
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Chapter 1.2 - What is Project Portfolio Management?
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Section Two - The Fundamentals of a Project Portfolio Management Process
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Chapter 2.1 - Selecting Projects for the Pipeline
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Chapter 2.2 - Maintaining the Pipeline
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Chapter 2.3 - Executing Project Portfolio Management
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Chapter 2.4 - Tools for Project Portfolio Management
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Chapter 2.5 - Implementing Project Portfolio Management
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Section Three: The Finer Points of Project Portfolio Management
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Chapter 3.1 - Defining PPM: A Bridge or a Hub
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Chapter 3.2 - A Pre-Qualification Process for Selecting Projects for the Portfolio
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Chapter 3.3 - The Impact of Uncertainty on Projects and the Portfolios
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Chapter 3.4 - Is there a Gorilla in your Portfolio? Turning Opportunity into
Value
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Chapter 3.5 - Work Breakdown Structures for Risk & Strategies
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Chapter 3.6 - An Introduction to Earned Value Analysis
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Part Two - Contributed Chapters and Case Studies
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Section Four: PPM Techniques & Issues: Portfolio Planning
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Chapter 4.1 - Linking Strategy and Project Portfolio Management - K. C. Yelin
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Chapter 4.2 - How to Determine the Value of a Project - Ray Trotta, Christopher
Gardner
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Chapter 4.3 - Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process to Improve Enterprise Project
Portfolio Management - James Devlin
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Chapter 4.4 - The Efficient Frontier Technique for Analyzing Project Portfolio
Management - Mike Gruia
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Section Five: PPM Techniques & Issues: Organizing & Implementing
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Chapter 5.1 - Making the Case for Project Portfolio Management - Clifford B.
Cohen, Randall L. Englund
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Chapter 5.2 - The Role of Executives in Effective PPM - K. C. Yelin
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Chapter 5.3 - Project Offices Are Key Components of IT Governance - Matt Light
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Section Six: PPM Applications: Information Technology
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Chapter 6.1 - A Summary of First Practices and Lessons Learned in Information
Technology Portfolio Management - Federal CIO Council, Best Practices Committee
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Chapter 6.2 - The Backbone System of IT Management and Governance - David Hurwitz
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Section Seven: PPM Applications: New Product Development
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Chapter 7.1 - Stage-GateĻ Idea-to-launch Framework - Robert G. Cooper
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Chapter 7.2 - Portfolio Management for Product Innovation - Robert G. Cooper
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Section Eight: Applications: PPM for Theory of Constraint Advocates
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Chapter 8.1 - Applying the Theory of Constraints to Project Portfolio Management
- Larry Leach
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Section Nine: Case Studies
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Chapter 9.1 - Managing Your Technology Pipeline Portfolio Management Process
and Its Evolution over Time - Rebecca Siebert
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Chapter 9.2 - Using PPM to Ease the Hewlett-Packard-Compaq Merger - Don Kingsberry
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Chapter 9.3 - Developing a PPM Capability at America Online - Rich Dougherty
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Chapter 9.4 -EW Scripps: A Media Giant's Portfolio Management Solution - Vanessa
McMillan
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Section Ten: What Others Are Saying About PPM
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Chapter 10.1 - Beyond the Triple Constraints: Developing a Business Venture
Approach to Project Management - Robert J. Graham, Dennis Cohen
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Chapter 10.2 - From Overload to Productivity via Systematic Decision Making
- James Schlick, Andrew Longman
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Chapter 10.3 - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective IT Portfolio Management
Implementations - Gil Makleff
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Chapter 10.4 - Project Portfolio Management Basics - PMI Knowledge and Wisdom
Center
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Chapter 10.5 - Integrating Project Portfolio Management with Project Management
Practices to Deliver Competitive Advantage - James S. Pennypacker, Patrick Sepate
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Introduction
