IT Portfolio Management
Joanne Cummings
Network World Fusion, 04/01/2002
April 4, 2002 Network World writer Joanne Cummings interviews Doug Hubbard about assessing risk and return in IT portfolios. [view article]
Containing the Pain of Scope Creep
By Regina Kwon and Anna Maria Virzi
Baseline, 3/1/2002
Doug Hubbard provides the authors with a practical example of the costs of adding one more function to software in development. The true costs are probably greater than you expect once a few categories of “hidden costs” are properly considered. [view article]
Measuring Up: The CIO’s Shallow Pockets
Robert Hertzberg
Baseline, 2/4/2002
Hertzberg interviews Doug Hubbard about how much CIO’s spend on risk analysis and whether it is enough. [view article]
The Probability Problem
by Regina Kwon
Baseline Magazine, 12/10/2001
This is a practical explanation of the “Calibrated Probability” approach used in AIE. It even has a neat interactive tool. The article is based on an interview with Doug Hubbard. [view article]
Gauging IT Investments
by Judi Hasson
Federal Computer Week, 12/10/2001
This discusses how AIE was used (or will be used, since it was written before the project) at the Census Bureau. [view article]
Red Light, Green Light
Case Study by Tracy Mayor, analysis by Douglas Hubbard
CIO Enterprise Magazine, 10/01/2001
A case study written by Tracy Mayor explains how GM North America uses a color-coded project status tracking method. Doug Hubbard critiques this approach the “Expert Analysis” column. While the approach gets good marks on presentation, Hubbard explains how a statistical method can be used to improve upon the analysis. [inactive link]
Do The Math
Scott Berinato
CIO Magazine, 10/1/2001
Berinato talks to several IT value experts including Doug Hubbard. [inactive link]
New Evaluation Methodology Saves VA $30 Million
Joab Jackson
Washington Technology, 9/7/2001
Jackson reports on the Hubbard Decision Research consulting that saved the Department of Veterans Affairs millions. He misquotes Doug on one significant point. He says that this is the first application of Applied Information Economics to IT. Actually, it is the first application of AIE in government. It has been applied for years on IT investments. [view article]
Measure to Manage: ITFMA Gleanings
Case Study by Eric Krell
Business Technology, 07/24/2001
This article reviews the substance of the IT Financial Managers Association convention in Boston on July 10-13. The article focuses on three out of 30 presenters at the event. It dedicates a few paragraphs to the “IT Measurement Inversion” presentation Doug Hubbard is often asked to give at conferences. [inactive link]
Two Teams are Better than One
Case Study by Ben Worthen, analysis by Douglas Hubbard
CIO Enterprise Magazine, 07/15/2001
This case study by Ben Worthen documents how Hygeia’s two team business case development methodology works. Doug Hubbard explains that while the division of duties may have a positive effect on the business cases, Hygeia’s approach has the same problems as most traditional cost/benefit analysis. [view article]
