by Don Creswell | Sep 10, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Credible, Comparable Evaluations Last month, we covered the second of the Six Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management: Value Creation Focus. This month, we address the principle of Credible, Comparable Evaluations. When it comes to portfolio management it can be...
by Don Creswell | Aug 6, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Value Creation Focus Last month, we discussed the “Aligned Decision Forum,” the first of the Six Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management. In this issue we will discuss the second principle, “Value Creation Focus”. Value creation focus is a strategy by which all...
by Don Creswell | Jul 9, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Aligned Decision Forum Previously, we introduced the Six Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management. In this issue and the next five issues of this newsletter, we will discuss each of the principles in detail, starting with “Aligned Decision Forum.” The credibility...
by Somik Raha | Jun 18, 2014 | Strategic Portfolio Management
The Executive flinched in his chair. The numbers in his Long-Range Planning (LRP) portfolio were rigorously done, but he had promised a higher performance to the street. Looking squarely at his senior FP&A analyst, he said, “I need to see another $50 million in...
by Don Creswell | Jun 13, 2014 | Strategic Portfolio Management
Everyone talks about, “getting on the same page,” but in many cases it is difficult – if not impossible – to get all members of an organization to agree on a desired outcome. That’s where a conscious approach to decision alignment comes in. In their best-selling book...
by Don Creswell | Jun 4, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
During the past 20 years companies have greatly improved processes and systems for managing the “operational” aspects of project/portfolio management (PPM)–budgeting, project management, resource planning, and phase gate processes. Strategic portfolio management,...
by Don Creswell | May 20, 2014 | Resources
The job title, “Business Analyst” wasn’t on the radar a decade ago. Of course, there have always been analysts in the corporate world, but the evolution of this as a specific role is really a product of the growth of the pace, complexity, and globalization of business...
by Somik Raha | Mar 12, 2014 | Professional Development
Watch David Matheson’s lecture at Stanford University John D. clenched his fist. What seemed like promotion was now feeling more like a curse. John’s work on building a culture of community and improving collaboration in his team had been rewarded. He was now expected...
by David Matheson | Mar 6, 2014 | Innovation Management
Thanks to the advent of Big Data, companies are collecting more facts than ever before — about their industry, clients, future clients, the economy, real estate, the state of their organizations — physically and fiscally. Business decision makers can no longer plead...
by David Matheson | Dec 9, 2013 | Strategy
The strategic choice canvas is yet again another great post from Ricardo dos Santos. Ricardo was a thought leader in my session on ‘Failing Forward’ at the IIR’s Back End of Innovation 2013 conference. We at SmartOrg have used for decades similar canvas format in...
