by Don Creswell | May 4, 2016 | Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
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,...
by Don Creswell | Oct 20, 2015 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
Where Does the Fault Lie? Garbage in, garbage out–or GIGO–has been with us since the early days of computing in the 1960s. In the field of computer science or information and communications technology, says Wikipedia, GIGO “refers to the fact that computers, since...
by Don Creswell | Feb 4, 2015 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
Connecting Innovation with Finance to Drive Profitable Growth In a continuation of last month’s reflection on a panel session at the Back End of Innovation (BEI) conference, “Connecting Innovation with Finance to Drive Profitable Growth”, we discuss what needs to...
by Don Creswell | Jan 15, 2015 | Innovation Management, ValuePoint™
David Matheson, President and CEO of SmartOrg, was recently joined by Arpit Dwivedi of 3M, Jeff Pierce from Pitney Bowes, Aleksandro Grabulov from Philips and Rich Duncombe formerly of HP and now with ICS, in a session titled Connecting Innovation with Finance to...
by David Matheson | Dec 23, 2014 | Strategy, ValuePoint™
What we learned in 50 years and how it applies to the 21st century At a recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Decision Analysis (DA) profession, I summarized what we had learned and provided thoughts about the future of DA and its...
by Don Creswell | Nov 26, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
During the last six months we have discussed five of the Six Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management that enable companies to derive the most value from their investments in R&D, NPD, NPD and other business opportunities. In this issue we address the sixth...
