Control in software project portfolios: A complex adaptive systems approach

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作者：
Sweetman, Roger [1 ]
O’Dwyer, Orla [1 ]
Conboy, Kieran [1 ]
机构：
[1] Discipline of Business Information Systems, National University of Ireland, Galway
来源：
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing | 2014年 / 199卷
基金：
爱尔兰科学基金会;
关键词：
Agile methods; Complex adaptive systems; Control; Large-scale agile software development; Project portfolio management;
D O I：
10.1007/978-3-319-14358-3_9
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摘要：
Effective project portfolio management (PPM) can both help reverse the prevailing trend of software failure and act as a key driver of business value. Despite the importance of PPM and its success in other disciplines such as finance and new product development, it has not been studied widely in information systems with little research examining PPM in an agile context. This study proposes to address this gap by using complex adaptive systems theory as a lens to study the enactment and effectiveness of four known modes of control (behavior, outcome, clan and self) in agile software project portfolios. It proposes an interpretivist approach using exploratory case studies to investigate portfolio control in its natural context. This study will contribute to the advancement of control theory and provide new insights for theory and practice by integrating the study of PPM and control in an agile environment. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014.
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页码：93 / 104
页数：11
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