Value-Based Management Systems

Menlo Park, CA - April 8, 2005 (For Immediate Release) - We invite you to visit SmartOrg at the Management Roundtable's annual conference, "Product Pipeline and Portfolio Management: Balancing Priorities with Capacity" -- 25-27 April in Chicago. Detailed conference information is available at www.roundtable.com

Many companies find it difficult to obtain the optimal mix of projects in their pipelines. There are often too many projects supported by too few resources. And, many projects that should be killed early are kept too long, draining valuable resources that could be deployed to create much higher value.

SmartOrg "Value-Based Management" processes and systems help you clearly and quantitatively identify projects and products that have the highest potential business value, making sure you have the best mix in your portfolio. Then, our systems track changes in value throughout the development process to identify projects that need added resources, to be redirected, or cancelled.

SmartOrg Value-Based Management Systems add value to resource management and traditional stage gate approaches by focusing attention on the economics, risks and uncertainties of R&D and New Product Development.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago. If you can't make it to the conference, please check out our web site: www.smartorg.com or contact us: info@smartorg.com.

About SmartOrg

SmartOrg provides browser based applications and services that help companies improve the return on R&D, new product development and other business opportunities. Portfolio Navigator™, a browser-based application, provides project teams and portfolio managers with tools to lower risk and maximize the return on a company’s investment in technology and R&D. Decision Advisor® is a desktop application that supports real-time, in-depth project-evaluation workshops; combines a facilitative framework with decision and risk analysis to turbo-charge team discussions; and automatically creates spreadsheet models and conducts risk analysis. SmartOrg was formed in 2000 by former directors and partners of Strategic Decisions Group, an international strategy consulting firm.

For Additional Information:

Email: info@smartorg.com
Web: www.smartorg.com

Don Creswell
650-470-0188
dcreswell@smartorg.com