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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969, et al.
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Complexity Perception - model development and analysis of two technical platform projects in the mobile phones industry
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In: International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making. ; 3:3, s. 1-20
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper shows that underlying parameters of perceived complexity in the development of a technical platform in the mobile telecommunications industry can be presented in a model consisting of four parameters, divided on three levels in the projects. The parameters are the number of interrelated parts, type of dependency among these parts, uncertainty in goals, and uncertainty in methods. These complexity parameters can further be found on the different levels: external organization, internal organization, and product.The study also shows that these underlying parameters come into play differently in different settings; e.g. how these parameters are perceived is highly dependent on thespecific situation. The settings analyzed in this paper concern the two technical platform projects of mobile phones at Ericsson Communication Systems (ECS), Sweden.
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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969
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Expectations to be fulfilled by R&D Project Portfolio Management
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In: 11th Product Development Management Conference (EIASM) in Dublin. ; , s. 331-346
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This in-depth case study identifies needs and/or expectations that are to be fulfilled by R&D project portfolio management, and how these needs and/or expectations are distributed among different organisational units. The expectations on R&D project portfolio management are reported too comprehensively in literature. They are normally defined to be: facilitating choice of the right projects, operationalising business strategy and allocating resources. The study shows that managing R&D project portfolios involves many differentexpectations, distributed and known differently among different organisational units in the company. This differentiated view indicates that if R&D portfolio management is designed to fulfil the expectations so broadly described in the literature, some of theexpectations identified here are likely to be unfulfilled.
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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969, et al.
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Project Portfolio Management - a multiple case study of six Swedish companies
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In: In proceedings of the 12th International Product Development Management Conference (EIASM) in Copenhagen, June 2005.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This paper presents the results from a multiple case study of Project Portfolio Management practices among six Swedish companies. Project portfolio management has gained much interest among practitioners in recent years, while earlier research has shown that using project portfolio management in practice is complex as it involves crucial decisions about the companys future. Such research has so far focused on the practices in US and UK companies and the present paper is to be seen as a complement.The results from the study show that all of the companies concerned have formal processes for evaluating and choosing projects for the portfolio. However, only half of them consider the project portfolio as a factor in their decisions. Two of the companies review the project portfolio regularly, and two use project portfolio management tools and methods. The decisions on the project portfolio composition are made on a cross-functional basis with people from different levels and organizational units involved.
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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969
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Project Portfolio Management - an organising perspective
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This thesis deals with aspects of importance for organising project portfolio management. Project portfolio management of industrial development projects is commonly agreed to be a way of maximising the value of the development effort, creating a balance of the activities undertaken, and ensuring a strategic alignment when choosing and compromising among development opportunities. For several years, both practitioners and researchers have developed tools and methods assisting managers in decisions regarding the project portfolio composition. During the last decade the research in the area has developed to include aspects of which participants to involve and how to arrange the project portfolio management activities.In project portfolio management literature it is commonly agreed that no one best way to organise for project portfolio management exists. Despite diverse efforts, the literature has so far not provided a thorough knowledge of aspects in areas concerning the selection of participants to involve and how to arrange the project portfolio management activities. It is therefore such aspects that are addressed in this thesis. The research strategy has been to use case studies, and the main empirical data used in the thesis stem from a single case study at the business unit for Away-From-Home Tissue products at SCA. Supplementing the latter data is a multiple case study of six Swedish companies.The findings in the thesis show that aspects of importance for organising project portfolio management concern three different areas: how the portfolio management activities are arranged (i.e. procedural aspects), how the tools and methods are used, and how to involve relevant organisational participants (i.e. organisational aspects). It is also seen that including different types of projects in the same project portfolio (i.e. product development, manufacturing process development, technology development) yields implications for how to organise the project portfolio management. The process must allow for taking into account different strategies, different ways of evaluating projects, different needs of updating the portfolio, and an involvement of managers with different knowledge in the activities. The findings demonstrate that the same tools and methods can be used in different ways throughout the process for assisting the project portfolio management. Lastly, it is found that how the project portfolio management activities are arranged, and which organisational participants are involved, will affect the use of tools and methods in project portfolio management.
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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969
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Project Portfolio Management at SCA , Tissue AFH - Process and Tools
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In: In proceedings from the 12th International Product Development Management Conference (EIASM) Copenhagen, June 2005.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This case study analyses how different tools need to be adapted and applied to the project portfolio management work in order to fulfil the goals and expectations of different organisational units. The project portfolio management tools, as well as goals and expectations, are often dealt with too comprehensively in earlier literature, without an explicit understanding of how the tools should be adapted and applied in order to fulfil the set of goals and expectations in a specific situation.The study shows that a combination of different portfolio management tools is needed in order to fulfil the different goals and expectations on project portfolio management work. Further, the study shows not only that while different tools are used to support the managers in their decisions on the project portfolio, but also that it is important to adapt and apply the different tools to an appropriate decision process.
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- Dawidson, Ola, 1969, et al.
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Towards a framework supporting the management of product boundaries - a study of the new situation experienced by Ericsson Mobile Platforms
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In: 10th Product Development Management Conference (EIASM) in Brussels. ; , s. 215-230
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This article deals with companies within industries where the value-chains have changed as a consequence of product maturity and competition on the market. In order to support managers in their decisions regarding the position in the changed valuechain and where to place the new product boundaries, the article elaborates on a framework of important dimensions to take into consideration.The results are based on a case study at Ericsson Mobile Platforms and the main contribution of the article is a proposed framework, consisting of six dimensions, guidingmanagers in taking more rational decisions.
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- Karlsson, Martin, 1974, et al.
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Product and Technology Roadmapping in the Mobile Phones Industry
- 2003
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In: Management of R&D in the New Millenium Leveraging, International Conference on Management of Research and Development, New Dehli, India.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper describes and analyzes how an implementation of Product & Technology Roadmapping (PTR) in this complex context has forced the organization to adapt its organizational solutions, working practices, and communication structure. The presently available theory is fragmented in the sense that it thoroughly describes the whys of PTR, whereas the how-tos are more of a white area. Regarding organization of PTR, theory argues for the useof a central planning group, but does not consider alternatives to this solution when the number of dependencies between units increases rapidly in highlycomplex organizations. A central planning group will not in this case be able to dig into the detail needed for efficient synchronization between organizationalunits. Further, present theory does not take into consideration that different organizational units need different time-horizons, making the goals of PTRdiffer in a manner that affects communication between the units. These are some of the issues discussed in the paper.
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