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Planview Helps Direct Business and IT Portfolios to Optimal Outcomes

Posted by Mark Smith on 20 June 2012

Business has been getting smarter about using technology for analyzing processes and optimizing outcomes, but still has much room for improvement when it comes to operational management. Traditional project management has advanced to encompass financial and operational planning, including prioritization toward goals and expected outcomes, creating the concept of portfolio management. In essence, optimizing the use of people and processes associated with products and services along with...

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Topics: Operational Performance Management (OPM), Portfolio Management, Analytics, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, CIO, Cloud Computing, Business Performance Management (BPM), CFO, Customer Performance Management (CPM), Financial Performance Management (FPM), IT Performance Management (ITPM), Sales Performance Management (SPM), Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM), Workforce Performance Management (WPM)