Paper Info
Title
An empirical study of portfolio management and Kanban in agile and lean software companies.
Abstract
Traditional portfolio management tools and methods are challenging for software companies that use agile and lean approaches, because of the complex pre-planning activities required. In this paper, traditional portfolio management tools and methods that have been conventionally used in industry and presented in literature are reviewed. Findings concerning their use in agile and lean software companies are investigated, on the basis of the literature review and semi-structured interviews conducted in 7 agile and lean software companies in Finland. The findings indicate that the studied companies do not use traditional portfolio management tools and methods in their entirety. The software companies adapted suitable components from traditional portfolio management tools and methods into their practices. They also apply new tools and methods to manage their portfolios of offerings, to cope with the dynamics required by agile and lean methods. The companies' emphasis is on using tools to facilitate immediate feedback from customers, to assess the value of offerings in their portfolio. The results showed a growing interest in using Kanban at the portfolio level to provide a visual overview of offerings.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1002/smr.1834
JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
agile,Kanban,lean,portfolio,software product management
Lean laboratory,Application portfolio management,Systems engineering,Agile Unified Process,Lean IT,Lean software development,Agile software development,Lean project management,Engineering,Empirical process (process control model)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29.0
SP6.0
2047-7473
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.35
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad1596.47
lucy ellen lwakatare2764.21
Pasi Kuvaja323624.82
Markku Oivo465081.11
Jouni Markkula525025.91