An Empirical Research on Project Portfolio Success and Its Influencing Factors in Chinese Context

Abstract

Abstract:

The paper verifies four measurement dimension for project portfolio success and tests the hypothesis concerning critical success factors on the basis of the paper reading and data analysis, because existing researches lack of focus on measurement and factors of project portfolio success in China. The main findings are as follows:(1) Project portfolio success is composed of average project success, strategic fit, synergies and portfolio balance. Moreover, the four dimensions are closely correlated and depend on each other. (2) All factors impose a deep effect on project portfolio success except decision making of single project management. In addition, this paper discusses its main contribution to project portfolio management research, and offers some implications of these findings for both further researches and management practices.

Key words: project portfolio success, influence factors, Chinese context

Jiao Yuanyuan, Liu Yaguang, Xiong Jianfang, Shen Zhifeng. An Empirical Research on Project Portfolio Success and Its Influencing Factors in Chinese Context[J]. , 2016, 28(10): 214-228.

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