Portfolio Manager

GenSight sells Portfolio Manager, a strategy execution and project portfolio management platform. The company says it has more than 25 years of experience delivering portfolio, project and strategy software, and that the platform covers the whole innovation process. That runs from idea management and project or product management through governance, finance, portfolio and resource management to strategic planning. It can be delivered from the cloud or installed on a client's own premises.

Choosing which projects to fund

The software helps an organization communicate its portfolio of projects and see which ones bring the greatest value. Project prioritization, project selection, portfolio analysis and visualization support those decisions. The company says this optimizes the allocation of resources, so that successful product development moves faster to market and carries less risk and cost. Stage-and-gate processes and an investment model give structure to new product development, and the company publishes material on the purpose of gates in a phase-gate process.

Resource, project and idea tools

Resource management allocates people and effort across the portfolio. Project management tools cover the schedules, workflows and cost structures for each project, and a configurable methodology lets an organization set up the way it runs projects. Business analytics and business intelligence are included, along with tools for managing ideas and collaboration on them. The company says its functionality can be configured and tailored to the needs of each client, so the product fits existing processes rather than replacing them outright.

Governance and strategy

Governance tools give leadership a way to track strategic goals against execution. The company describes its aim as full visibility of goals and their delivery, and says the platform helps businesses transform by linking strategic plans to the projects that carry them out. Strategic planning and the management of R&D portfolios sit inside the same platform, so that innovation spending can be reviewed alongside the rest of the business.

Industries and delivery

The company says its clients are large global corporations across most industry sectors. Its material names consumer products, industrial products and science and technology businesses, and describes implementations in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, beauty, chemicals, financial services and telecommunications. Delivery options are cloud hosting or on-premise installation, with configuration services for clients who need them.