CHAPTER 8

Governance and Funding

To blindly conform to the original plan when it no longer represents the best economic choice is the act of a fool.

—DONALD REINERTSEN

IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL EXPLORE

■ how many traditional organizations approach funding work and the challenges those approaches bring

■ how to reinvent investment and governance processes to enable innovation and agility

■ some tools and techniques for providing effective governance at each stage of a product life cycle.

Budgets, Projects, and Outputs: Building the House of Cards

Founded in 2007, Better Place had dreams of revolutionizing the car industry in Israel. Its bold vision was to provide a battery-charging and battery-switching service for electric cars that it sold. ...

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