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- Title
A Contingency Approach on the Impact of Front-End Success on Project Portfolio Success.
- Authors
Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg
- Abstract
ABSTRACT The pre-project or ideation phase is often disregarded in project portfolio management. Senior managers put more emphasis on later project stages, and researchers predominantly investigate the front end from a single project perspective. This study investigates how and under which circumstances the performance of the front end affects project portfolio success. Using a sample of 175 firms, we confirm a strong positive relationship between front-end success and project portfolio success. Results show that this effect becomes stronger for larger project portfolios, for portfolios with more interdependency between projects and, finally, for firms that have a strategic orientation toward riskiness.
- Subjects
TURBULENCE; PRODUCTION planning; RISK assessment in project management; PROOF of concept; PROJECT management
- Publication
Project Management Journal, 2016, Vol 47, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
8756-9728
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pmj.21575