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This open access book presents a set of basic techniques for estimating the benefit of IT development projects and portfolios. It also offers methods for monitoring how much of that estimated benefit is being achieved during projects. Readers can then use these benefit estimates together with cost e...
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oapen-20.500.12657-500402021-07-15T00:58:53Z Benefit/Cost-Driven Software Development Hannay, Jo Erskine Mathematical Software Software Engineering open access benefits management benefit points earned business value management benefit/costs index uncertainty assessment periodization Mathematical & statistical software bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UF Business applications::UFM Mathematical & statistical software bic Book Industry Communication::U Computing & information technology::UM Computer programming / software development::UMZ Software Engineering This open access book presents a set of basic techniques for estimating the benefit of IT development projects and portfolios. It also offers methods for monitoring how much of that estimated benefit is being achieved during projects. Readers can then use these benefit estimates together with cost estimates to create a benefit/cost index to help them decide which functionalities to send into construction and in what order. This allows them to focus on constructing the functionality that offers the best value for money at an early stage. Although benefits management involves a wide range of activities in addition to estimation and monitoring, the techniques in this book provides a clear guide to achieving what has always been the goal of project and portfolio stakeholders: developing systems that produce as much usefulness and value as possible for the money invested. The techniques can also help deal with vicarious motives and obstacles that prevent this happening. The book equips readers to recognize when a project budget should not be spent in full and resources be allocated elsewhere in a portfolio instead. It also provides development managers and upper management with common ground as a basis for making informed decisions. 2021-07-14T09:58:40Z 2021-07-14T09:58:40Z 2021 book ONIX_20210714_9783030742188_20 9783030742188 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50040 eng Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing application/pdf n/a 978-3-030-74218-8.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030742188 Springer Nature Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-030-74218-8 10.1007/978-3-030-74218-8 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 aa77ff63-6162-43aa-a5f4-01db1a8db79e 9783030742188 Springer International Publishing 8 103 [grantnumber unknown] open access |
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This open access book presents a set of basic techniques for estimating the benefit of IT development projects and portfolios. It also offers methods for monitoring how much of that estimated benefit is being achieved during projects. Readers can then use these benefit estimates together with cost estimates to create a benefit/cost index to help them decide which functionalities to send into construction and in what order. This allows them to focus on constructing the functionality that offers the best value for money at an early stage. Although benefits management involves a wide range of activities in addition to estimation and monitoring, the techniques in this book provides a clear guide to achieving what has always been the goal of project and portfolio stakeholders: developing systems that produce as much usefulness and value as possible for the money invested. The techniques can also help deal with vicarious motives and obstacles that prevent this happening. The book equips readers to recognize when a project budget should not be spent in full and resources be allocated elsewhere in a portfolio instead. It also provides development managers and upper management with common ground as a basis for making informed decisions. |
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