IT portfolio management: A framework for making strategic it investment decisions

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1265-1275

  Oh, Lih Bin ^a   Loong Tatt Ng, Benjamin ^a   Teo, Hock Hai ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

IT investments; IT Portfolio Management; Strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

FIRM PERFORMANCE; IS MANAGER; IT GOVERNANCE; IT INVESTMENTS; IT RESOURCES; IT SPENDING; MATURITY INDICES; PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENTS; STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING; STRUCTURAL MODELS;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MODEL STRUCTURES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84869481029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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