In today’s challenging market, an effective portfolio management process is essential to help medical device companies select those product ideas with the greatest commercial potential, and thereby maximize the return on their investments even when resources are limited. However, there is a big difference between portfolio management theory and how it is typically practiced in leading corporations. Product Portfolio Management (PPM) best practices and software should facilitate and support real-time portfolio analysis, but are they really being leveraged to their greatest benefit?

This audio conference presentation explores a practical, real-world approach to simple product portfolio management that will enable your company to define priorities and deliver on strategic objectives. The speaker provides valuable insight on six pragmatic PPM practices that add the most value with the least amount of effort.

This audio conference covers:

• The proper role of portfolio scoring systems
• Priority buckets versus force ranking
• Resource capacity planning versus belly button-level allocation
• Project task management versus phase-gate automation
• The limited value of time tracking in product development
• Evaluation criteria: more is not necessarily better

About the speaker:

Bill Postonis a founder and Managing Partner of Kalypso, a global professional services firm focused exclusively on helping organizations deliver on the promise of innovation. He is a highly regarded advisor, speaker, and moderator on the topics of innovation strategy, product development, portfolio management, technology commercialization, and the software systems that enable innovation. Bill has over 22 years experience advising audiences in innovation-driven industries including medical device, wireless telecommunications, semiconductor, insurance, manufacturing, high technology, and consumer packaged goods.

Who should attend?

• Engineering
• Research & Development
• Project, Product & Portfolio Managers
• Marketing
• Business Development
• IS/IT