Project Interdependency Management in IT/IS Project Portfolios: From a Systems Perspective
| Autor: | Harald Kjellin, Sameer Bathallath, Åsa Smedberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Knowledge management
Application portfolio management Computer science 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business Information system Extreme project management General Environmental Science Project management triangle business.industry project interdependency management 05 social sciences Information technology IT portfolio management the Viable System Model IT/IS projects systems perspective project management Project portfolio management Risk analysis (engineering) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Portfolio business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Procedia Computer Science. :928-934 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0509 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.procs.2016.09.250 |
| Popis: | Capitalizing on inter-project interdependencies is widely accepted as being crucial for Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) project portfolio success. However, handling these interdependencies becomes a source of increased management complexity as project portfolios get larger, increasingly diverse, and are much influenced by their environments. This then can lead to less predictable situations regarding the portfolio performance as a whole. Though there are many methods available for optimally selecting projects and cross-checking possible synergies and interdependencies among the projects in the portfolio, it remains unclear how one can gain control over the complexity of managing these interdependencies. In this study, we address the problem of handling many project interdependencies that continuously change and develop within a large IT/IS project portfolio. We found that the existing methods for selecting and managing the projects within a portfolio do not focus enough on how interdependencies can disrupt the balance of the whole project portfolio system. To tackle the problem, we propose a systemic approach using the Viable System Model to enhance the way that these interdependencies can be effectively managed in view of the overall portfolio system. We suggest that the Viable System Model, as a supplement to traditional IT/IS project portfolio management approaches, is recursively applied to diagnose and manage the complexity of project interdependencies within IT/IS project portfolios. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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