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Use Variance Analysis to Identify Key Portfolio Changes – Enrich Consulting

Published By Dr. Richard Sonnenblick

Variance analysis is a common tool in financial analysis, helping teams compare the cost forecasts and schedules to actual values. In portfolio management, variance analysis is used not only for cost and schedule comparison, but also to track changes in project and portfolio forecasts of value over time.

We’ve written about these features in the Enrich Analytics product suite before in an earlier blog post. Today we’re releasing a video that provides a great overview of the variance reporting features available in both Enrich Viewport and the Enrich Analytics Platform. Let us know what our next video should cover!

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Written by Dr. Richard Sonnenblick Chief Data Scientist

Dr. Sonnenblick, Planview’s Chief Data Scientist, holds years of experience working with some of the largest pharmaceutical and life sciences companies in the world. Through this in-depth study and application, he has successfully formulated insightful prioritization and portfolio review processes, scoring systems, and financial valuation and forecasting methods for enhancing both product forecasting and portfolio analysis. Dr. Sonnenblick holds a Ph.D. and MS from Carnegie Mellon University in Engineering and Public Policy and a BA in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.