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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298983403321

Autore

Basili Victor

Titolo

Aligning Organizations Through Measurement : The GQM+Strategies Approach / / by Victor Basili, Adam Trendowicz, Martin Kowalczyk, Jens Heidrich, Carolyn Seaman, Jürgen Münch, Dieter Rombach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-05047-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

The Fraunhofer IESE Series on Software and Systems Engineering, , 2193-8199

Disciplina

005.1068

Soggetti

Software engineering

Management information systems

Computer science

Project management

Software Engineering

Management of Computing and Information Systems

Project Management

Software Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- PART I: The GQM+Strategies Approach -- GQM+Strategies in a Nutshell -- Phase 0: Initialize -- Phase 1: Characterize the Environment -- Phase 2: Define Goals, Strategies, and Measurement -- Phase 3: Plan Grid Implementation -- Phase 4: Execute Plans -- Phase 5: Analyze Outcomes -- Phase 6: Package Improvements -- PART II: Industrial Applications and Relations to Other Approaches -- Industrial Challenges and Applications -- Relationships to Other Approaches -- Summary and Future Perspectives -- PART III: Appendices -- A1. GQM+Strategies Process Checklist -- A2. GQM+Strategies Evaluation Questionnaire -- A3. Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

Aligning an organization’s goals and strategies requires specifying their rationales and connections so that the links are explicit and allow for analytic reasoning about what is successful and where improvement



is necessary. This book provides guidance on how to achieve this alignment, how to monitor the success of goals and strategies and use measurement to recognize potential failures, and how to close alignment gaps. It uses the GQM+Strategies approach, which provides concepts and actionable steps for creating the link between goals and strategies across an organization and allows for measurement-based decision-making. After outlining the general motivation for organizational alignment through measurement, the GQM+Strategies approach is described concisely, with a focus on the basic model that is created and the process for creating and using this model. The recommended steps of all six phases of the process are then described in detail with the help of a comprehensive application example. Finally, the industrial challenges addressed by the method and cases of its application in industry are presented, and the relations to other approaches, such as Balanced Scorecard, are described. The book concludes with supplementary material, such as checklists and guidelines, to support the application of the method. This book is aimed at organization leaders, managers, decision makers, and other professionals interested in aligning their organization’s goals and strategies and establishing an efficient strategic measurement program. It is also interesting for academic researchers looking for mechanisms to integrate their research results into organizational environments.