Prioritization & Governance
ANALYZE, PRIORITIZE, EVALUATE, ALLOCATE
Prioritization & Governance
ANALYZE, PRIORITIZE, EVALUATE, ALLOCATE
Prioritization & Governance
ANALYZE, PRIORITIZE, EVALUATE, ALLOCATE
"Fluid" Prioritization
Due to the dynamic nature of change, prioritization is no longer a discrete process that is performed at the front end of lifecycle development. Continuous change requires ongoing monitoring of external and internal inputs that can impact one project or many projects (even entire portfolios and beyond). Governance needs to be married to prioritization and elevated to support a more fluid process. Portfolio managers have to embrace a more dynamic model capable of aligning, rationalizing, and prioritizing initiatives to address the following impacts (partial list):
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Risk (Data, Security, Operations, ...)
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Budgets & Funding
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Resources (employees & vendors)
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Products & Services
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Customers & Partners
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Commitments (contracts & promises)
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Strategy & Operations
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Stakeholders (shareholders are but one)
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Is it any wonder why decision makers, subject matter experts (SMEs), and executives are involved in so many meetings ? The current approaches are not scalable and you can't apply Agile to just work faster.
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We can help you work smarter (not harder) so you can balance the above list of challenges. Some of the assistance includes:
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Selection of technologies to harmonize the inputs
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Data modeling and process design
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Integrate Prioritization & Governance
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Shift from discrete prioritization to continuous flow
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Prioritization modeling and business case evaluation
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Issue & Defect Management
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"Feel the flow"
Explore a new way to prioritize your investments.
"Fluid" Prioritization
Due to the dynamic nature of change, prioritization is no longer a discrete process that is performed at the front end of lifecycle development. Continuous change requires ongoing monitoring of external and internal inputs that can impact one project or many projects (even entire portfolios and beyond). Governance needs to be married to prioritization and elevated to support a more fluid process. Portfolio managers have to embrace a more dynamic model capable of aligning, rationalizing, and prioritizing initiatives to address the following impacts (partial list):
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Risk (Data, Security, Operations, ...)
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Budgets & Funding
-
Resources (employees & vendors)
-
Products & Services
-
Customers & Partners
-
Commitments (contracts & promises)
-
Strategy & Operations
-
Stakeholders (shareholders are but one)
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Is it any wonder why decision makers, subject matter experts (SMEs), and executives are involved in so many meetings ? The current approaches are not scalable and you can't apply Agile to just work faster.
​
We can help you work smarter (not harder) so you can balance the above list of challenges. Some of the assistance includes:
​
-
Selection of technologies to harmonize the inputs
-
Data modeling and process design
-
Integrate Prioritization & Governance
-
Shift from discrete prioritization to continuous flow
-
Prioritization modeling and business case evaluation
-
Issue & Defect Management
​
"Feel the flow"
Explore a new way to prioritize your investments.
"Fluid" Prioritization
Due to the dynamic nature of change, prioritization is no longer a discrete process that is performed at the front end of lifecycle development. Continuous change requires ongoing monitoring of external and internal inputs that can impact one project or many projects (even entire portfolios and beyond). Governance needs to be married to prioritization and elevated to support a more fluid process. Portfolio managers have to embrace a more dynamic model capable of aligning, rationalizing, and prioritizing initiatives to address the following impacts (partial list):
​
-
Risk (Data, Security, Operations, ...)
-
Budgets & Funding
-
Resources (employees & vendors)
-
Products & Services
-
Customers & Partners
-
Commitments (contracts & promises)
-
Strategy & Operations
-
Stakeholders (shareholders are but one)
​
Is it any wonder why decision makers, subject matter experts (SMEs), and executives are involved in so many meetings ? The current approaches are not scalable and you can't apply Agile to just work faster.
​
We can help you work smarter (not harder) so you can balance the above list of challenges. Some of the assistance includes:
​
-
Selection of technologies to harmonize the inputs
-
Data modeling and process design
-
Integrate Prioritization & Governance
-
Shift from discrete prioritization to continuous flow
-
Prioritization modeling and business case evaluation
-
Issue & Defect Management
​
"Feel the flow"
Explore a new way to prioritize your investments.
Driving Innovation
Ideate, Innovate, Differentiate
Driving Innovation
Ideate, Innovate, Differentiate
Innovate or Evaporate !
Developing a culture and discipline around innovation will provide an organization with a sustainable pipeline for creating value, building engagement with their employees and improve customer loyalty.
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This is difficult to achieve without a well defined innovation program and discipline supported by Value Measurement, Prioritization, Portfolio Optimization, Demand Management, Requirements Management, and Solution Design. But, those only work when you have established a progressive coalition of support.
Establishing support and selling an innovation program can be done in parallel to building the foundational components that support innovation throughout lifecycle change (for products, services, and systems).
Our innovation program provides teams with a quick start guide to build momentum and gain some quick wins. We also bring the experience to socialize the larger program to organically grow innovation (bottom up) and drive innovation strategically (top down) across the organization.
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Contact us and let us help you jumpstart your innovation program so you can drive top line revenue growth and guide continuous improvement across your operations.
Learning to Survive, Drive, and Thrive
Keeping pace helps you survive
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Not enough to continuously improve
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The pace of change is accelerating
Driving growth helps you thrive
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Differentiate your products, services, and business model
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Technology should be applied to support your growth strategies
Transformation happens between the ears
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It’s about how opportunity, risk, and change are perceived by staff, management, and executives
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It’s about how products and services are perceived by stakeholders
Innovation starts with imagination and leads to ideas
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Not about ideas or inventions
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It’s about delivering value
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Aligning Ideas with Problems
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Prioritizing Value Delivery (not ideas)
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Innovation Process (7 Steps)
Generating Ideas
Organizations often ask "How do we become more creative?" or ask for help with generating ideas. There is never a shortage of ideas, but there may not be a way to capture and incorporate those ideas in products and services.
We help clients align their ideas with value gaps to deliver more value for customers and operational areas in their organization. Using our idea mapping framework, employees (and customers) see their ideas in action, which encourages more participation and builds on loyalty.
Developing Concepts
Ideas are great, but they need to be turned into concepts that can get designed and built into new or existing products and services.
Let us accelerate your ability to turn ideas into innovations to improve value for current customers and new customers (and markets).
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We help clients match ideas with opportunity, measure impact on strategy and operations and guide concept design to drive growth.
Building Your Pipeline
Do you have a pipeline of ideas that that are driving growth? This is what most organizations dream about, but often see only a few ideas that make it into production (products or operational services). Too often ideas fall victim to budgets or never get funded.
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We work with portfolio managers and executives to refine their idea funnel and tune their prioritization so they turn their trickle of ideas into a steady flow. We introduce a value model that incorporates ideas into solution designs to address the needs for existing and new customers to drive innovation.