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The main objective of this thesis is to propose and to validate a mathematical model that relates the project portfolio management and the organizational performance. Such model must allow that the impact of decisions made in the process of project portfolio management on the results of organizations and their projects could be evaluated. In addition, it is intended to assess the impact of the type of strategy and the stakeholders’ profile of the organizations on the relationship between the project portfolio management and organizational performance. To achieve the proposed objectives, this research was developed by adopting the methodological approach characterized as descriptive which type is hypothetical-deductive, being used as technical procedures the review of the literature, with the help of bibliometric analysis, and the type survey. The data are processed using statistical methods, particularly structural equation modeling. The universe under study is that of organizations with business units in Brazil, the Americas and Europe, and the profile of the respondents comprises directors, senior and middle functional managers, project coordinators or managers, and project office coordinators or members. The total sample size analyzed comprises 103 valid questionnaires. The proposed model consists of eleven latent variables related to project portfolio management and three to organizational performance. Based on the literature, it was identified as latent variables that compose the project portfolio management: knowledge of the organizational context; the identification of opportunities; defining the decision-making criteria; the classification of projects; the selection, prioritization, sequencing and optimization of projects; the evaluation of the project portfolio; project balancing according to previously defined criteria; the authorization to start the projects; the allocation of resources; the creation and monitoring of the project’s portfolio and the existence of an infrastructure for the project portfolio management. In addition, it was identified in literature that organizational performance is comprised of the following latent variables: efficiency of the projects, business success and preparing for the future. It is assumed that the management of the portfolio of projects has no statistically significant impact on organizational performance. This hypothesis has been tested and validated. The main findings of the survey indicate that there is a strong relationship between project portfolio management and organizational performance (R2=38%, p=0.000, t=9.7236). In addition, it was possible to verify, among other results, that having an infrastructure for project portfolio management and learn to identify business opportunities, organizing a single list of candidate projects, impact organizational performance (p-value = 0.0361 and p-value = 0.0612, respectively), especially with regard to their preparation for the future (p-value = 0.0171). Another finding of the survey was that the knowledge of the organizational context, the use of techniques for resource allocation and classifying projects in distinct categories contributes to the efficiency of the projects (p-value = 0.0358; p-value = 0.0102 and p-value = 0.0391, respectively). As regards the influence of stakeholders on the relationship between portfolio management and organizational performance was possible to check for sample researched the types of stakeholder shareholders / investors, directors and line managers affect the performance of the organizations (p-value = 0.0054, p-value = 0.0591 and p-value = 0.001, respectively). These findings, although they are limited to the sample analyzed, indicate that organizations should structure their portfolio management area, since it strongly impacts their performance. In this regard, the presence of an infrastructure for portfolio management, with qualified staff, an available and effective information technology infrastructure, and a properly established project office, as well as the unceasing search for maturity in project management, are key issues for the organization’s performance, and especially to prepare it for the future. As contributions to the theory, this research provides a model of the relationship between project portfolio management and organizational performance validated for the sample under study and a research instrument validated in Portuguese, Spanish and English, which can be reused in future research.

Impacto da gestão de portfólio de projetos no desempenho organizacional e de projetos.