Portfolio management how to innovate and invest in successful projects - Rajagopal, Shan 1958- (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Technology is accelerating the speed of change, increasing competition in the marketplace and forcing business leaders to be agile and innovative in order to stay ahead of competitors. Where some companies are falling by the wayside, others are excelling in decision-making and execution. What makes the difference? Businesses that are good at managing change hav an end-to-end approach in thinking about innovation, investment and implementation. Right at the outset they think about how to establish a culture of innovation, how to align innovation and investment decision-making, how to prioritise resources to the right areas and how to streamline the myriad of decision-making processes to manage implementation and measure results to drive continuous improvement. In Portfolio Management, Shan Rajegopal, a leading authority on innovation and project portfolio management, sets out in a clear, simple style the key factors you need to address to ensure the good innovative ideas bubble to the top, that you make better investment decisions and can manage implementation with less wasted resources and time. Using a tried-and-tested, integrated, project portfolio management framework that aligns innovation, investment and implementation, this book is an essential blueprint for business executives who are seeking big returns from their innovation investments!