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Project Portfolio Management
A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits

Harvey A. Levine

Foreword by Max Wideman

Project Portfolio Management
A Practical Guide to Selecting Projects, Managing Portfolios, and Maximizing Benefits

Harvey A. Levine

Foreword by Max Wideman

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Contents

Foreword
Max Wideman

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Acknowledgments The Author Introduction Part One: A Practical Guide to Project Portfolio Management
Section One: What Is Project Portfolio Management, and Why Do We Need It?

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1.1 Why Do We Need Project Portfolio Management? 1.2 What Is Project Portfolio Management?...