Center for Business Practices

Managers who are responsible for concurrently executing several projects feel the need for better methods manage the resources that are often shared across several projects. Managing Multiple Projects is a collection of articles from leaders in the field that demonstrate multiproject management tools, techniques and methods to show you how others successfully manage their portfolios.

Managing Multiple Projects captures multiproject management best practices in a format that is both informative and practical. You'll discover insights into how successful businesses manage their projects within their portfolio—how they set up multiproject management processes, what technologies are effective, and how they allocate their resources across various projects. This collection of articles from leaders in the field will show you the tools, techniques, and methods that you can put into practice in order to achieve more effective multiproject management in your organization.

The purpose of this volume is not to tell you how to manage a project, nor is it to evaluate and recommend a specific approach or tool. Its purpose is to provide you with a variety of ideas, present proven methods, and share some lessons learned from a cross section of industries. The major sections—Overview; Tools, Techniques, and Methods; Program Management; and Best Practices and Applications—reflect the breadth of the subject. The articles themselves reflect the depth with which these topics are explored and their practical significance. It is this combination of the broad scope of the field, the important concepts and findings the writers have added, and the orientation toward the practical problems of top managers, project managers, and other decision makers, that explains the impact and acceptance of multiproject management.