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Identifying innovation potential in organizations through analysis of the Information Technology project portfolio

Project portfolio management contributes to the development of organization strategies and objectives, and it can reveal the current innovation efforts in an organization. This research subject is the innovative potential of the Information Technology project portfolio. The objective is to analyze the innovation potential of the IT project portfolio through the evaluation of the characteristics of innovation activities considering the degree of novelty of these innovations. The present study uses an exploratory multiple case study approach in three large organizations. The data were obtained from the organizations' IT project portfolio. Data analysis shows that the criteria used can identify the organizations' innovation potential revealed through their project portfolio since innovations are promoted through these projects.

Projects; Project portfolio; Innovation; Information technology


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