The dissertation presents the results of the research conducted by the applicant, which fulfills the urgent scientific task of creating methods and information technology for choosing the approach and level of maturity of an organization in project portfolio management, which is essential for the development of information technology.
The object of research is project portfolio management processes.
The subject of research is methods and information technology for choosing an approach to project portfolio management and the level of maturity of the organization in this area.
Project portfolio management is one of the most important management functions in a modern organization (enterprise). The success of achieving the strategic goals of the organization depends on the approach to project portfolio management.
Currently, the choice of an approach to project portfolio management and its improvement is made subjectively by organizational managers, often without relevant experience and qualifications. Creating a formalized method for solving this problem is an urgent task. But it's not enough to choose an approach to project portfolio management, it's necessary to determine the level of utilization of its capabilities, or the level of maturity of the organization in this area. To do this, you need to develop a suitable method for solving this problem. The developed methods should be implemented in the form of information technology, which will increase the efficiency of their use.
The purpose of the dissertation is to improve the quality of project portfolio management by creating and applying methods and information technology for choosing an approach to project portfolio management and the level of maturity of the organization in this area.
For the first time, a generalized body of knowledge on project portfolio management of an organization has been created, which is distinguished by its structure and a generalized table of processes that allows you to choose or form approaches to project portfolio management.
The structure of a generalized body of knowledge on project portfolio management is proposed. It includes principles, processes, practices, life cycles, organizational structures, prescribed roles, collected from common standards, portfolio management guidelines, publications in this area, considering the opinions of experts. A generalized table of processes of the portfolio management body of knowledge has been developed.
Since scalable agile frameworks have many differences from the standards and guidelines included in the generalized body of knowledge, they are considered separately.
For the first time, a method for choosing an approach to project portfolio management is proposed, which is characterized by minimizing the risks inherent in the approach and the costs of its application, with possible consideration of restrictions on allowable costs and time for mastering the approach in the organization, which allows improving the quality of management. To assess the potential risks of the project portfolio management approach, it is proposed to use a generalized table of project portfolio management processes.
For the first time, a method for selecting the level of maturity of an organization in project portfolio management has been developed, which is distinguished by assessing the application of principles, functions, life cycle, specialized organizational structure, prescribed roles and responsibilities for their implementation, methods, tools, templates, and costs for project portfolio management, which allows improving the quality of management.
For the first time, an information technology has been created for formalized selection of an approach and search for the optimal level of maturity of a project portfolio management organization, which makes it possible to improve the quality of project portfolio management of an organization.
With the help of the created methods and information technology, the real problems of choosing an approach and the optimal level of maturity of a technical university in the field of project portfolio management are solved. This will reduce management costs by 1.8% and reduce risks by 49.4%. At the same time, the university's maturity level will increase by 1.29 times.
The results of the work have been implemented at the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" and "Scientific Production Company Automated Systems". The proposed methods and information technology can be fully implemented in organizations in all sectors of the economy to improve the quality of project portfolio management.
Keywords: project portfolio, management, approach, body of knowledge, maturity, risk, method, optimization, mathematical model, information technology.
