inKNOWvations: May 2008

Sustainable Enterprise Roadmapping: Key Success Factors (Part 2 of 2)

Phil Whalen

In a continuation of his exclusive article for Sopheon, Dr. Phil Whalen of Whalen Management Group, discusses bridging the gap between strategic thinking and day-to-day decision making through sustainable enterprise roadmapping.

Dr. Carol Pletcher, recently retired Cargill Chief Innovation Officer and featured Sopheon guest writer, explores managing the innovation portfolio for growth and competitive advantage. Consistently missing the mark is an obvious signal that innovation portfolio management may be lacking, however even success can be a bottleneck to innovation growth.

When it comes to improving a company's bottom line, executives need to think about leveraging IT as no longer serving a technical function but more as a business one to create new revenue streams and not just to reduce costs, according to David Senf, manager of Canadian application development and infrastructure software with IDC Canada.