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Optimizing the Project Portfolio:
Oracle Instantis Enterprise Track and Crystal Balland Crystal Ball
Hilary EmmettSolution Specialist
Session ID#: 15407
Limited resources
What to choose?
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What to choose?
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Human
Better choice of projects
Is there a weakness in traditional scoring?
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How many combinations?
Find the BEST choice with Crystal Ball
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Find the BEST choice with Crystal Ball
Agenda
1. Traditional Prioritization Methods
2. Simple Optimization
3. Evaluating alternative strategies
4. The Efficient Frontier
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4. The Efficient Frontier
5. Q&A
What about for IT?
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orEPPM rollout
Security System
Crystal ball will automatically consider many combinations and recommend
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THE BEST CHOICE.
ASimple User
Example #1
Optimize
• Export Project Portfolio data from Instantis
•Manual what-if or waterline
•One click optimization
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ASimple UserExperience
•One click optimization
Low training requirements
Automate time consuming what-ifs
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Confident and Impartial Decisions
Automate time consuming what-ifsA Simple UserExperience
Know your
Example #2
Compare Alternatives
• Identify potential portfolios
• Evaluate intangibles
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Know your alternatives
Flexible Decision Making
By-product of basic analysis
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Incorporate evaluation criteria that
are difficult to quantify
By-product of basic analysisKnow the alternatives
Example #3
Efficient Frontier
• Vary resource constraints
•Discover multiple Optimal Solutions
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Understand Tradeoffs
Incremental value of expanding
resource capacity
Requesting additional resources
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Confident and Impartial Decisions
with confidenceUnderstand Tradeoffs
Beyond Project Portfolio
ForecastingForecasting
SimulationSimulation
Oracle Crystal Ball Solutions
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SimulationSimulation
OptimizationOptimization
Task Tools
•Crystal Ball is a LSS standard for the Improve phase
“Simulate what-if analysis”
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•“Simulate what-if analysis”
•Transfer Function or y = f(x)
The big difference
Manual what if Versus Optimization
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Crystal ball will automatically consider many combinations and recommend
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THE BEST CHOICE.
Thank You
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Hilary [email protected]
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