The project was a part of the university course Infosys 340, which places IS students on work experience.

The portfolio system, called NIF (Network Investment Framework), was developed by three students who were supervised by managers at Vector.

"The NIF helps us in many ways," says Vector business information manager Gareth Williams. "It saves time, it's user-friendly, it's available to multiple users at the same time and it gives detailed summaries of projects and portfolios."

NIF supports Vector's project investment decisions and prioritizes projects using seven criteria.

The previous system collected all data on a huge spreadsheet and Williams says it was hard to get a thorough overview from the spreadsheet. It was difficult to maintain and only one person could use it at a time.