TY - BOOK ID - 700150 TI - Aligning Organizations Through Measurement : The GQM+Strategies Approach AU - Basili, Victor. AU - Trendowicz, Adam. AU - Kowalczyk, Martin. AU - Heidrich, Jens. AU - Seaman, Carolyn. AU - Münch, Jürgen. AU - Rombach, Dieter. PY - 2014 SN - 3319050478 331905046X 1322134324 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Software engineering KW - Project management KW - Management. KW - Data processing. KW - Software engineering. KW - Information Systems. KW - Project management. KW - Management information systems. KW - Software Engineering. KW - Management of Computing and Information Systems. KW - Project Management. KW - Software Management. KW - Computer-based information systems KW - EIS (Information systems) KW - Executive information systems KW - MIS (Information systems) KW - Sociotechnical systems KW - Information resources management KW - Management KW - Industrial project management KW - Computer software engineering KW - Engineering KW - Communication systems KW - Computer science. KW - Informatics KW - Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:700150 AB - 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. ER -