What are the key benefits of using the IFT solution
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Maximizing Product Portfolio Value
Decisions at the product portfolio level impact the success or failure of your business. The ability to review, analyze, simulate and restructure the portfolio in response to change is essential. Our solution delivers the visibility and clarity on your product portfolio that is central to helping you make better and informed decisions, faster.
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Our comprehensive Web-based solution allows you to:  

n       Align and prioritize portfolios based on business strategy to meet key objectives
n       Improve visibility of portfolio information using an integrated central repository & make informed real time decisions
n       Easily identify products that are not aligned with your business strategy
n       Plan resource capacity based on prioritization of products in the portfolio
n      Improve resource allocation amongst competing products to maximize performance

Managing the Product Total Lifecycle Management
In today’s business environment, competitive advantage will not come from flawless project execution alone: Managing the total product project lifecycle is critical. Organizations need to align all phases of the process from project selection, prioritization, and initiation to benefits realization.
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IFT's solution enables you to: 
 
n       Proactively manage a dynamic portfolio of products by having timely and accurate cost, schedule, risk, and benefit information
n       Ensure company-wide compliance with governance methodologies and lifecycle management processes
n       Provide information transparency and establish accountability throughout the life cycle of product projects
n       Reduce product time-to-market with improved quality to maximize profitability

Optimizing Cross-Functional Performance
Increasingly complex matrix environments create challenges in maintaining strategic alignment and integration across functional business lines and between lines, teams and governance bodies. The global nature of product development increases the need to leverage information and improve performance across functions more than ever before.
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IFT's highly configurable solution will support your efforts to:
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n       Maximize collaboration and coordination of project work across function groups and geographically dispersed teams
n       Efficiently assess functional capacity against resource demands
n       Resolve resource bottlenecks due to the effects of changing priorities
n       Continually ensure that all levels of project execution across business units are aligned with decisions at the product portfolio level