This document discusses a research project aimed at improving managerial decision making in project portfolio management through the use of visual tools and methods adapted from design and architecture. The project involves cross-disciplinary sessions between fields, development of experimental prototypes, and evaluation of whether the visual methods can improve decision quality and make decision making more accessible. The goals are to test visual representation prototypes and continue customizing visual tools to different cognitive styles.

1. Solve Different.
methods from design and architecture
for managerial decision making
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Leadership for Innovation: Visualizing the Invisible

4. area of leadership +
project portfolio management
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5. our vision:
improve decision making in portfolio
management by visual tools

6. our initial approach:
cross-over sessions

7. architecture + productmanagement

8. architecture + productmanagement

9. design + portfoliomanagement

10. design + portfoliomanagement

11. analysis of crossover sessions:

12. output: experimental protocol

13. our mission:
adapting visual methods
from design and architecture

16. tangible output:
design and programme:
prototypes of visualisation methods

18. briefing:
real world portfolio as excel sheet +
background story

19. tangible outcome software 1-5

20. tangible outcome software 1-5

21. tangible outcome software 1-5

22. tangible outcome software 1-5

23. tangible outcome software 1-5

24. scope of research
will decision makers approach problems
differently ?
can we improve decision outcomes?

25. evaluation by experts
experimental protocoll

26. results
improved decision quality
access to non-experts
attuned to cognitive processing style

27. outputs
tested prototypes of visualisation tools
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DMI Paper (if accepted)

28. next steps for the team
extend representations: 3D embodiment
customize for cognitive style
develop business model
find funding

29. Peter-Pribilla Foundation
thank you for the fantastic project !
and our work is going on
Oliver Fritz Sven Richter Bernhard Rothbucher Mario Arlt
Leadership for Innovation: Visualizing the Invisible

30. credits
Manuela Lackus
Hans Sachs
Aram
Neongrau
David Grieshammer
Daniel Jonas Becker
Katrin Hanses
Matthias Görlich
Serge Engelman
Andreas Muxel