Improving Project and Project Portfolio Management with the help of Information Sharing
Mäkitalo, Jussi (2015)
Mäkitalo, Jussi
2015
Tietojohtamisen koulutusohjelma
Talouden ja rakentamisen tiedekunta - Faculty of Business and Built Environment
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2015-06-03
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201505081269
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201505081269
Tiivistelmä
This research examines how project management and project portfolio management can be improved with the help of information sharing. Nowadays organizations are facing increased competition in everywhere and they need to be more cost-effective in order to survive in the markets.
The amount of information is enormous and decision makers need to have free access to it. By identifying information flows related to project management and project portfolio management it is possible to improve the project and project portfolio management in the case organization. The research consists of literature review and empirical study which was done in semi-structured interviews.
As a result of this study, several use cases were identified and each of them illustrates the information flow that should take place in different processes during the project execution. The implementation of these use cases to the case organization does not require large monetary investments. With the help of the results it is possible to improve overall project and project portfolio management in the case organization. Identified use cases will provide information from the project level to the project portfolio level and by that, project portfolio decisions can be made more accurately
The amount of information is enormous and decision makers need to have free access to it. By identifying information flows related to project management and project portfolio management it is possible to improve the project and project portfolio management in the case organization. The research consists of literature review and empirical study which was done in semi-structured interviews.
As a result of this study, several use cases were identified and each of them illustrates the information flow that should take place in different processes during the project execution. The implementation of these use cases to the case organization does not require large monetary investments. With the help of the results it is possible to improve overall project and project portfolio management in the case organization. Identified use cases will provide information from the project level to the project portfolio level and by that, project portfolio decisions can be made more accurately