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Here is an uncomfortable reality in all but the smallest firms during their R&D portfolio management processes: Between the staff running each R&D initiative and the executives making project and portfolio decisions, there’s usually a division. Maybe it’s the gap between headquarters and lab, upstairs/downstairs, east coast/west coast, London/Singapore, or even a generation gap. At...
As we start the fourth quarter, having just come back from the annual Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) national conference, it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the trends of the last year. Read on for seven financial planning and analysis trends from 2012. Trend #1: The Rise of FP&A Within the finance...
Um es mit den Worten eines der größten Stars des Baseballs, Yogi Berra, zu sagen: "Wenn Sie nicht wissen, wohin Sie gehen, landen Sie vielleicht ganz woanders. Erzielen Sie einen Gewinn für Ihr IT-Projekt und erzielen Sie mehr Umsatz, indem Sie diese wichtigen Projektmanagement-Tipps umsetzen. Liefern Sie Projekte pünktlich und innerhalb des Budgets. Ziehen Sie einfach den Manager...
I recently attended the Optimizing Innovation Conference in NYC as Planview was a sponsor. Initially, I was surprised that half of the attendees had traveled from Europe just for a two-day conference. Once the sessions began, I quickly understood their motivation. Speakers from Levi® Strauss, NASA, MTV Networks, Goodyear®, Mozilla, Kraft, and many other companies...
Dan Smith and I have written a white paper on strategic R&D portfolio management that summarizes many of the lessons and insights we’ve gleaned during twelve years of client engagements. The white paper is organized into eight ‘rules’: Avoid incomplete strategies Build an actionable strategy Don’t buy in to bubble plots Move beyond prioritization Present...
The Product Portfolio Mavens are back and this time they’ve recorded in an undisclosed location. In addition to sharing insights on hitting launch windows and pipeline visibility, Pamela and Carrie provide an update on the PDMA PIM Conference and shed light on the latest product portfolio management rumors.
It’s no secret that projects in the earlier stages of the development lifecycle are evaluated and managed very differently than projects in the later stages. One major pharmaceutical company believed these differences to be so great, however, that they split their development organization in two. Over time, the structural gulf became a cultural gulf, leading...
Von Samir Mukadam, VP of Product Management bei Innotas In unserem letzten Beitrag haben wir kurz über Application Portfolio Management (APM) gesprochen. Seitdem haben wir viele E-Mails von Kunden und Interessenten erhalten, in denen sie uns gefragt haben, wie man APM in ihrem Unternehmen einführen sollte. -Hier ist, wie Innotas denkt, dass eine IT-Organisation APM angehen sollte:...
Humans have always been and will always be storytellers. From the fireside tales of bygone millennia to today’s TV dramas and movies, the power of the narrative holds us in rapt attention as it both entertains and makes sense of the world around us. How does this relate to pharmaceutical portfolio management? Essentially, portfolio management...
Im ersten Teil dieser Serie, How to Use Annual Budgeting to Increase Total Shareholder Return, habe ich erklärt, wie die meisten Unternehmen ihre Budgetzuweisungen von Jahr zu Jahr geringfügig ändern. Ich habe mich auch auf eine aktuelle Studie von McKinsey Quarterly bezogen, wonach Unternehmen im Laufe der Zeit durchschnittlich 30% höhere jährliche Gesamtrenditen für ihre...
