  Aligning the activities of an organization with its business goals is a
challenging task that is critical for success. Alignment in a
multi-organizational setting requires the integration of different internal or
external organizational units. The anticipated benefits of multi-organizational
alignment consist of clarified contributions and increased transparency of the
involved organizational units. The GQM+Strategies approach provides mechanisms
for explicitly linking goals and strategies within an organization and is based
on goal-oriented measurement. This paper presents the process and first-hand
experience of applying GQM+Strategies in a multi-organizational setting from
the aerospace industry. Additionally, the resulting GQM+Strategies grid is
sketched and selected parts are discussed. Finally, the results are reflected
on and an overview of future work is given.
