Conclusions and future research
The method and the tool give managers a good overview of how an optimal portfolio could be composed given the projects they gave as input. The tool is a decision support system and enables a solid starting point of reasoning and discussion about the optimal portfolios in a given situation. Many questions are still left open for future research: The tool was applied in a medium sized organization: can it be used in larger companies running multiple portfolios? Which people should be included to fully utilize the potential of the tool?
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Daniels, H.A.M., Smits, M.T. (2006). Portfolio Optimization as a Tool for Knowledge Management. In: Haasis, HD., Kopfer, H., Schönberger, J. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2005. Operations Research Proceedings, vol 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32539-5_99
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