input
- Candidate projects
- Costs, benefits, criteria and weightings
- Budget
Engine
- Portfolio optimisation (stochastic knapsack)
Output
- ‘Best’ profit portfolio
- Cost and benefit contribution by project
Specifications
Features
- Used for capital budgeting
- Includes non-financial criteria, e.g. quality and risk
- Considers project dependencies
- Calculates project synergies
Benefits
- Optimised use of capital budget
- Objective assessment
- Consensus on project priorities
Setup Effort
- 2 weeks
- On-site time required
- Determining the relative weightings of non-financial criteria is a critical step
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