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Organisations are becoming increasingly dependant on their relations and interaction with other organisations, often across geographical and institutional boarders. We address challenges and opportunities following this development using a risk management perspective.

Globalisation of markets, internationalisation of business processes and software work, integration of processes and information systems across organisations, and procurement of increasingly complex and critical services and goods are examples of trends necessitating the development of risk management practises and services.


In the Global Work Processes focus area, we combine knowledge and methods from fields and disciplines such as risk management, information technology, social science and management theory.

Globally distributed work

Companies are increasingly working internationally dispersed within the area of software development. As a result, global collaboration expertise across geographical and institutional distances becomes essential in order to achieve business objectives.

The ICT Procurement Capability Model (IPCM)

Larger computer systems are often expected to have a life-time of 5 to 25 years. In such scenarios, up-front cost is only a fraction of the life-cycle costs. But how should one act, as a buyer of software intensive systems, to achieve low total cost of ownership?

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