by Don Creswell | Oct 2, 2014 | Principles of Strategic Portfolio Management, ValuePoint™
Last month, we addressed the fourth principle of strategic portfolio management: conducting credible, comparable evaluations. Now, let’s take a look at how the process of embracing uncertainty and dynamics, and how explicitly evaluating the uncertainties is the key to...
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 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 | Jun 5, 2013 | ValuePoint™
Measurable Uncertainty and Unmeasurable Uncertainty Oxymorons? At first I thought so. If it’s uncertain, how can it be measurable. Then I ran across the writings of Frank Knight, a renowned economist and a founder of the so-called Chicago school of economic thought....