Dates & Location:
 September 17-18, 2007 / Cambridge, MA
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14 Key Benefits

In two comprehensive days, you will receive a clear set of guidelines to:

1. Match your portfolio to your strategic direction, both short and long term

2. Match resource commitments to portfolio objectives

3. Adapt your portfolio based on marketplace needs

4. Master fundamentals for gathering the voice of the customer

5. Make sure data from a maximum number of markets is included

6. Obtain fact-based customer data with minimum effort

7. Minimize data uncertainty

8. Create guidelines for determining customer requirements

9. Use customer data to drive innovation solutions

10. Select the appropriate level of investment intensity

11. Institutionalize the portfolio process

12. Gain organizational buy-in and alignment

13. Reduce the number of engineering dollars spent on projects that get cancelled or changed late in the game

14. Create a balanced portfolio of products

Key Deliverables

You will return to your organization with:

• A framework and methodology to guide your portfolio planning with greater certainty of market success

• Roadmaps, metrics and implementation tools

• Proven organizational alignment and change management approaches

• Benchmark your portfolio management maturity against best-in-class companies

• Recommendations and advice from the instructors about your unique challenge

• Comprehensive reference materials, including a complimentary autographed copy of Value Innovation Portfolio Management