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Mensura 2008, MetriKon 2008, IWSM 2008: Software Process and Product Measurement pp 233–244Cite as

Portfolio Control – When the Numbers Really Count

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Most IT-metrics and metrics related research focus on single applications or single projects. From a research point of view this is understandable. For most IT consuming organisations the results of single applications or projects is less relevant. To those kind of organisations the performance result of the whole application- or project portfolio is a more relevant focus because the governance is positioned on the portfolio level rather than the project level. In this paper we present some of our experiences in using IT-metrics for portfolio control.

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  1. Sogeti Nederland B.V., Lange Dreef 17, 4131 NJ, Vianen, The Netherlands

    Frank W. Vogelezang

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  1. Institute for Distributed Systems, University of Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Reiner R. Dumke

  2. Fakultät für Informatik, Institut für Verteilte Systeme, AG Softwaretechnik, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    René Braungarten

  3. Büren & Partner Software-Design GbR, Nürnberg, Germany

    Günter Büren

  4. Département de génie logiciel et des TI, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, H3C 1K3, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Alain Abran

  5. University of Alcalá, Autovia A-2 km 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

    Juan J. Cuadrado-Gallego

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Vogelezang, F.W. (2008). Portfolio Control – When the Numbers Really Count. In: Dumke, R.R., Braungarten, R., Büren, G., Abran, A., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J. (eds) Software Process and Product Measurement. Mensura MetriKon IWSM 2008 2008 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89403-2_20

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