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June
2016
Making Your Case When the Future is Uncertain | ValuePoint June 2016
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg Suzanne stared at her computer screen as she prepared her presentation for the decision board. She nervously tapped her fingers, wondering how she could possibly convince these tough birds that her product idea had great promise, despite a lot of uncertainty around pricing, market acceptance, market share and a
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May
2016
The Difference Between Strategic and Operational Portfolio Decisions | ValuePoint May 2016
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Don Creswell
By Don Creswell, SmartOrg A Google search provides hundreds, maybe thousands of references to portfolio management. I grabbed this definition from a BBC “bite-size” reference: “Portfolio management is the centralized management of one or more portfolios, which includes identifying, prioritizing, authorizing, managing, and controlling projects, programs and other related work to achieve specific strategic business
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March
2016
We Answer Your Questions | ValuePoint March 2016
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg It is always gratifying to hear from ValuePoint readers, particularly where our viewpoints are challenged, opening a dialog that expands knowledge and learning. In this month’s issue, I’ll pick up on some of the questions and comments related to last month’s article “Innovation Portfolio Management: People + Process +
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February
2016
Innovation Portfolio Management | ValuePoint February 2016
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg People + Process + Software As noted in previous issues of ValuePoint, making choices among product candidates to develop and sell, markets to penetrate, technologies to pursue and other factors that have a bearing on success involves forecasting future revenues, cost and time where there is a dearth, even
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January
2016
Addressing a Challenging New Year | ValuePoint January 2016
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg Value-Based Project/Portfolio Management Business exists to create value for a multitude of stakeholders–customers, investors, employees, suppliers and the community in which it dwells. To serve these often demanding constituencies companies must innovate, compete and grow, often facing disruptive change brought about by technology, global economics, environmental impacts, government regulations,
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December
2015
SmartOrg Appoints Australian Representative
SmartOrg is proud to announce the following press release was issued today. Press Release SmartOrg Appoints Australian Representative Business Wire Press Release Menlo Park, CA December 6, 2015: SmartOrg, Inc. a United States software firm specializing in decision support systems for evaluation of R&D, NPD and Innovation investments is pleased to announce the appointment of
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December
2015
Strategy, Decisions, Innovation, Uncertainty | ValuePoint December 2015
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg Year-End Review For more than a decade, ValuePoint has focused on value-based management. During 2015 we continued to explore topics aimed at improving the ability of organizations to make decisions that drive profitable growth. In this, the final issue for 2015, we recap these topics for those readers who
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December
2015
SmartOrg Adds Technology Forecasting Resource
Press Release SmartOrg Adds Technology Forecasting Resource Menlo Park, CA December 3, 2015: SmartOrg, Inc. a software firm specializing in decision support systems for evaluation of R&D, NPD and Innovation investments has named The Fusfeld Group (FGI) as a resource for technology forecasting and strategy. FGI applies a unique approach to technology forecasting that helps
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November
2015
Don’t Let Uncertainty, Fear and Ambiguity Inhibit Innovation | ValuePoint November 2015
Download PDF By Don Creswell, SmartOrg As Machiavelli warned centuries ago, one treads a perilous path when posing a new order of things. Today’s innovator faces similar challenges–within his/her organization and from external forces over which he/she has little control. Uncertainty and ambiguity is the norm. Game-changing ideas that can have a major impact on
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