Strategic Portfolio Management Simulation

Breakout Session

Tuesday, May 23 11:00am – 12:30pm



Experience a career of portfolio decisions in 90 minutes with this interactive portfolio simulation. Will your innovation portfolio drive the growth you need?  Where and how much should you invest?  This interactive simulation of portfolio decisions and results reveals the crucial and surprising differences between operational and strategic portfolio management. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
·         Evaluate projects to a common standard
·         Juggle choices across competing areas
·         Resolve conflict
·         Power your company to meet its growth goals

The workshop revolves around David’s portfolio management lab and dice simulation. If interested in a further explanation of this simulation, watch this video: https://smartorg.com/portfolio-management-lab-with-david-matheson-pdma-conference/

Meet the Speaker

David Matheson, with over two decades of portfolio and innovation management experience, is a leader in helping executives achieve better growth results. He is the President and CEO of SmartOrg – a company he cofounded in 2000 that provides software and services to support decision making and manage uncertainty. His qualifications include a Ph.D. in organizational decision making from Stanford University, as well as being a Fellow with the Society of Decision Professionals, where he currently the president-elect. He is also an educator, startup advisor, public speaker and author of “The Smart Organization” from Harvard Business School Press.

Related Resources

Innovation ROI Best Practices Project Homepage

New Product Portfolio Management with Agile

RTM Article – December 2019