Successful portfolio management requires sound processes for building consensus on what is important and how project results will be measured. Here are four value-based models to facilitate better decision-making.
This very detailed template helps you define your project's unique value proposition and compare it against other projects being proposed within your organization. It outlines three simple steps to help you understand and articulate your project's relative value to others. If you’re struggling with getting your effort approved, this template is a must-have.
Value Stream Assessment is a high impact, short term, low cost approach to examining an enterprise's business problems with the objective of rapidly identifying a comprehensive solution based on value streams. This shifts the business from being driven by internal operations to being driven by customer needs and satisfiers. It provides high-value feedback to the executives about the business vision, management's alignment with the vision, and the strengths and weaknesses of the enterprise relative to achieving the vision.
The typical response to tough economic times is for IT leaders to make across-the-board cuts. While the cost savings are immediate, they are drastic, one-time fixes that introduce risk and don't position the organization for future survival.
Value-driven projects differ from plan-driven projects in significant ways, including how teams are formed, how funding is obtained, how scope is determined and how solutions are achieved. They seek valuable rather than predictable results. Here’s a roadmap to making the switch.
ValueSoftCPM is an Enterprise Class Performance Management Application. It delivers a Key Performance Indicator and Best Practice Business Process Database and an Enterprise Portfolio Management Module.