Title
Benefits Management In Software Development: A Systematic Review Of Empirical Studies
Abstract
Considerable resources are wasted on software projects delivering less than the planned benefits. Herein, the objective is to synthesize empirical evidence of the adoption and impact of benefits management (BM) in software development, and to suggest directions for future research. A systematic review of the literature is performed and identified 4836 scientific papers of which the authors found 47 to include relevant research. While most organizations identify and structure benefits at the outset of a project, fewer organizations report implementing BM as a continuous process throughout the project lifecycle. Empirical evidence gives support for positive impact on project outcome from the following BM practices: identifying and structuring benefits, planning benefits realization, BM during project execution, benefits evaluation and the practice of having people responsible for benefits realization. The authors suggest four research directions to understand (1) why BM practices sometimes not are adopted, (2) BM in relation to other management practices, (3) BM in agile software development and (4) BM in the context of organizations' value creation logics.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1049/sfw2.12007
IET SOFTWARE
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
15
1
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1751-8806
0
0.34
References 
Authors
29
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Knut Kjetil Holgeid101.01
Magne Jorgensen2121659.06
Dag I. K. Sjoberg377135.28
John Krogstie41234129.93