What are the established expectations for the artifacts addressed in project portfolio management?

Abstract

The objective of this research was to evaluate elements present in 75 academic articles and 308 patents to propose a research agenda considering the following question: What is expected from new artifacts aimed at Project Portfolio Management? As a method, we decided to carry out an Systematic Review of Literature and Patents and as results we identified artifacts such as models, methods and software distributed in two dimensions: (1) Plurality, built for specific situations and problems, present in the literature and not tested in the field, which demonstrate the path taken so far; (2) Prospecting, care that directs mapped needs to the development of new studies with greater practical application. As a guiding proposal, we propose the following factors Dynamic Portfolio, Simplification, Integrative Approach, and Integrated Tools to support future studies when there is a need to develop new studies focused on Project Portfolio Management.