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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...
Som en av basebollens mest lysande stjärnor, Yogi Berra, sa: "Om du inte vet vart du är på väg kan du hamna någon annanstans". Vinn ditt IT-projekt och få mer intäkter genom att implementera de här viktiga tipsen för projektledning. Leverera projekt i tid och inom budget. Sätt på dig din chefs...
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...
Av Samir Mukadam, VP of Product Management på Innotas Vi nämnde APM (Application Portfolio Management) i vårt senaste inlägg. Sedan dess har vi fått många mejl från kunder och potentiella kunder om hur man ska gå tillväga för att införa APM i sin organisation. -Här är hur Innotas anser att en IT-organisation bör närma sig APM:...
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...
I den första delen av den här serien, Hur man använder årlig budgetering för att öka den totala avkastningen för aktieägarna, förklarade jag hur de flesta företag gör mindre förändringar i sina budgetanslag från år till år. Jag hänvisade också till en nyligen genomförd studie av McKinsey Quarterly som visade att företag över tid i genomsnitt tjänade 30% högre årlig totalavkastning till aktieägarna genom att...
