Research on the Project Portfolio Technology Based on Functional Objective

Jingchun Feng, Xin Zhang, Zhanjun Liu, Haiyang Li

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DOI: 10.4236/ib.2011.32019                

Abstract

The portfolio technology is used to solve project portfolio problems from strategic-level and tactical-level, namely, project portfolios based on goals and similarities, respectively. On the basis of analyzing and proposing the type of portfolio of project, we analyzed the relation between the project functional goals and the project, introduced the project portfolio technology of functional goals. On this basis, we studied the principle and process of the project portfolio technology which is based on project functional goals and the formation of program were studied accordingly.

Keywords

Multi-Project, Portfolio of Projects, Functional Objective of Project, Project Portfolio Technology

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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