by David Matheson | Jan 16, 2012 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
In past ValuePoint articles, Don Creswell has discussed the “R&D Grid” which was introduced in detail in “The Smart Organization” book by David and Jim Matheson. The grid has been renamed the “innovation screen” in Portfolio Navigator® but the function remains the...
by Don Creswell | Dec 7, 2011 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
The “Business” Portfolio In the November 2011 issue of ValuePoint, I defined what I call the “business” portfolio to describe portfolio management that focuses on creating economic value from investments in R&D, NPD and Innovation. In this issue, I...
by David Matheson | Dec 2, 2011 | Strategic Portfolio Management
Portfolio Management Insights PDMA Lab David Matheson, President and CEO of SmartOrg, leads a collaborative workshop at the PDMA 2011 conference. Hear feedback from workshop participants and dive more in-depth about the topic of portfolio management with insight from...
by Somik Raha | Nov 22, 2011 | Event, Strategic Portfolio Management
Webinar Replay of a 13-Year Case Study Dr. Jay Anderson of Eli Lilly shares results from a 13-year case study of using probabilities to quantify uncertainty in R&D projects, in a webinar moderated by SmartOrg CEO David Matheson and hosted by the Society of...
by David Matheson | Nov 21, 2011 | Resources
In partnership with Frost & Sullivan At Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 Growth, Innovation and Leadership conference, 40 executives from a variety of companies like Cisco, Kraft, Medtronic and Eastman Chemicals participated in a workshop to consider ways to...
by Somik Raha | Oct 14, 2011 | Professional Development
A short Tornado diagram tutorial SmartOrg presents a short tutorial on how to create a tornado diagram using a simple product development example of measuring profit. An important use of the tornado diagram is to help debug our model and also question our...
by Somik Raha | Oct 14, 2011 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
When making decisions in organizations, we waste a lot of time chasing things that don’t matter. Sometimes, we even get into shouting matches over what’s most important. To make matters worse, we can often get into analysis paralysis, unable to move the ball forward....
by Don Creswell | Oct 12, 2011 | Strategy
Interesting observation by Judith Hurwitz (HBR Blog Network 4 Oct 2011 (Can HP Change its DNA?): “… when software is delivered to the market, it may take a year or even several years before it becomes a well-accepted and profitable endeavor. But that time investment...
by Don Creswell | Aug 10, 2011 | Strategic Portfolio Management
I was re-reading David and Jim Matheson’s best-selling Harvard Business School Press book, “The Smart Organization: Creating Value through Strategic R&D” and came across this great story provided by Dr. Arno Penzias a former chief scientist at AT&T Bell...
by Melinda Gurman | Feb 1, 2011 | Miscellaneous
Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) The PDMA is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. PDMA resources include professional development, education, experience, networking and recognition. SmartOrg supports...
