Project and Program Management Implications in the Portfolio Management of IT Projects in Applied R&D Organizations

Nowadays, projects represent a significantinvestment for organizations, their intrinsic role asorganizational change mechanisms is being increasinglyrecognized. In this context, project portfolio management effortsare considered as a main efficiency and effectiveness mechanismto align the projects execution with the organization strategy. Thecomponents of a project portfolio management should bemeasured, ranked, and prioritized according to criteria preestablished. The main objective of the PhD research work is todevelop a new method for portfolio management of Informationand Technology projects, by taking into account the implicationsfrom Project Management Institute and Office of GovernmentCommerce project and program management reference models.