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December 5th is International Day of the Ninja. Sure, you can dress in black and carry around a set of nunchucks to play the part, but, we all know that’s just subterfuge. And, Halloween was a month ago. Instead, turn yourself into a decision-making ninja, a la Enterprise Portfolio Management (c’mon, you’re reading the Troux blog, you knew that was coming, right?).
We’re going to prepare you for the International Ninja Day by turning you into the decision-making ninja you’ve always dreamed of being – sorry, wall scaling not included.
Step #1: Laser Focus. The decision-making ninja’s laser focus let’s them hone in on the business questions that need to be answered to better function, grow, and compete in the marketplace. Troux’s tools and experts help professionals do just that with tools like the Troux Mind Map. The Mind Map remedies one of the biggest challenges we see in business today: identifying the most important questions the business needs to answer and effectively relaying that to the involved stakeholders, regardless of their business acumen and tech savvy. The Mind Map gets everyone speaking the same language, allowing business leaders to focus on what’s needed right now. Learn more about this decision-making ninja tool by reading, You Don’t Have to be a Psychic to Read our Mind Map
Step #2: Agility. Agility means maximizing your time; the decision-making ninja accomplishes this by knowing what data they need, which isn’t easy. We see it happen all the time: pros get excited about all the data can gather and pretty soon they are sinking in information quicksand. Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) gives business decision-making the tools and resources to stay focused and agile, only capturing the data that’s needed. No more, no less – the ninja way. Mitigate the information overload trap with these tips: How to avoid this common mistake with your EA program – Part III: Just say no to modeling the universe.
Step #3: Foresight. At the end of the day, it’s all about getting to the answers that drive success. The first two steps make it possible to size up the situation – then, the decision-making ninja springs into action with the foresight gained. EPM helps leaders make more informed business and technology strategy decisions based on insights from the key areas that characterize their business. For more on how EPM helps you better navigate the decision-making process read Doing the Right Thing vs. Doing Things Right.
Happy Ninja Day. If you do wear all black to work on Thursday, please tweet us a picture. That’s just something we’d have to see.
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