by Suhui Chen | Apr 10, 2018 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Strategic portfolio management (SPM) is a powerful technique for making systematic decisions that increase the value of one’s innovation and product development efforts. As Head of Solutions and Product at SmartOrg, I would like to introduce various tools we offer to...
by David Matheson | Feb 8, 2018 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
One of the biggest factors in valuation of an innovation portfolio is opportunity cost. Unless you have sufficient management bandwidth, technical capability, time, and money to execute every idea in your innovation portfolio, you will only be able to fully pursue...
by David Matheson | Sep 28, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management
These invented methods each create a visual analytic aid: the Tornado Chart, the Project Uncertainty Chart, the Innovation Screen, the CFO Chart, and the P&L Roll-Up Use the Tornado Chart to identify upside factors By focusing on the uncertain factors that drive...
by David Matheson | Aug 9, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Community of practice followup At this year’s SmartOrg Community of Practice (see note), the participants explored one of the most important questions in innovation and product development: what stops us from thinking big? Too many companies manage opportunities with...
by David Matheson | Jul 12, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Achieving Breakthrough Growth Your innovation portfolio is the engine that drives your future growth. How do you rev up that engine’s power? In our webinar in June, Shawn Williams of Rogers Corporation shared his experience in applying rigorous portfolio management...
by Somik Raha | Jun 6, 2017 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Three Pivots and What I Learned from Them When the course of action you are on is no longer taking you where you want to go, it’s time to pivot to a new course. In a presentation to the Back End of Innovation conference last November, I shared how I pivoted at three...
