Quantifying the yield of risk-bearing IT-portfolios

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-56

  Peters, R J ^a   Verhoef, C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Cost over run; Discounted cash flow (DCF); Failure risk; Gain; Internal rate of return (IRR); IT investment management; IT investment portfolio; IT portfolio management; Loss; Net present value (NPV); Pay back period (PBP); Portfolio yield; Quantitative IT portfolio management; Requirements creep; Return on investment (ROI); Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC); Risk bearing IT portfolio; Scenario analysis; Time compression; Time over runs; Uncertainty and risk; Valuation; Weighted average cost of capital (WACC); Weighted average cost of information technology (WACIT); Yield; Yield distribution

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST OVER-RUN; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR); INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT; PAY BACK PERIOD (PBP); RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI); TIME COMPRESSION; WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (WACIT);

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 39749107410     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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