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Strategic Sensemaking And Software Asset Management: Linkages Between Interpretation And Organizational Action, Juan A. Chavarria
Strategic Sensemaking And Software Asset Management: Linkages Between Interpretation And Organizational Action, Juan A. Chavarria
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Software is a critical information technology (IT) asset as it plays a key role in the creation of organizational value and it ranks as the first or second most important IT budget disbursement. Organizations are expected to govern software to ensure its efficient use while protecting the copyright of software developers.
Software asset management (SAM) focuses on the good governance and effective lifecycle management of software. SAM impacts the flexibility to support business strategies with software, and protects organizations against liability and security risks associated with software use. Since the 1990s, practitioners and scholars posit that SAM is a strategic …