Decision Support for Product Management of Software Intensive Products

摘要: Context: At the core of choosing what features and level quality to realize, thus offer a market or customer, rests on ability take decisions. Decision-making is complicated by diverse understanding issues such as priority, consequence realization, interpretations strategy pertaining short-term long-term development software intensive products. The complexity further compounded amount decision support material that has be taken into account, sheer volume possible alternatives have triaged prioritized; thousands even tens requirements can reality facing company. There need develop functionality strategically most significant, while satisfying customers being competitive, time efficient, cost effective, risk minimizing. In order achieve balance between these factors, all stakeholders, within an organization, agree strategic aspects value considerations considered, their corresponding relative importance. Objective: objective this thesis provide enhanced for product managers faced with decision-making challenges. This involves, but not limited to, enhancing alignment portfolio management respect strategies, enabling use basis related Method: A number empirical studies, set in industry, been performed. research methods used span from systematic mapping, reviews case aligned identify possibilities improvement, devise solutions, incrementally evaluate said solutions. Close collaboration industry partners was at presented thesis. Result: MASS method root causes misalignment. To strengthen alignment, Software Value Map material, proposed thesis, making effective efficient decisions relation portfolios, products process following process. Conclusions: area management, context market-driven development, field unique specifics solutions are based studies performed gauge state-of-the-art, well main developed takes form maps frameworks decisions, value-based selection, improvement.