
281Product Portfolio Management
requires a different approach and evaluations. Portfolio management of nancial assets is a purely
short-term activity unless it entails rebalancing through long-term investments in real assets, in
which case it requires the participation of the SDF team. At the other end, product extensions and
upgrades are supported by tactical forecasting unless they require large capex or have strategic
impacts, in which case the support of the SDF team is also needed.
The SDF team activities, analyses, and evaluations are summarized in Figure 16.2, which shows
the support provided to the project team in different project stages ...