The practical methodology of architecture management is earnestly desired by P2M users for innovation．The modeling methodology may afford to generate unique solutions for value creation. The featuring point is focused on tool development of “Architect Jump” to condensate collective intelligence in architecture. Program manager may apply tacit knowledge to formulate practical documentation and the management process flows.

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This study discusses a design of the web system using a logic model that produces for program architecture according to organizational hierarchy level. Based on the survey of relevant literature and cases of research and development programs, we devised a design of the web platform that realizes the information sharing for mutual coordination in hierarchy of programs and projects. In practice, the program manager explains the target value and company-wide strategy to each project, and based on it, each project reports the progress and results to the program manager. Based on this design, we will put the web platform to practical use, confirm the validity of the platform, and improve it in practice.

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This study proposes useful patterns for implementing the web platforms that support creation type programs. To implement these platforms, existing social networking services (SNS) were utilized. The functions required by these web platforms were combined with the functions supported by five typical SNSs. Then, the SNSs appropriate for the platform introduction purposes were selected, and the utilization patterns for simplifying their setup procedure were devised. In addition, about three actual creation type programs, we implemented the web platforms based on the proposed utilization patterns, and confirmed their practicability and effect.

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Our previous paper (2012) discussed an attempt to use Platform (hereafter, Pf) as a management method at the scheme model stage in corporate R&D [1]. This method suggests the ability to invigorate corporate R&D organizations. However, we found that there are issues in operating Pf. For example, Pf tends to make employees busy as their workload increases. Also, it is difficult to evaluate Pf activities. The authors focus on these issues and proposed solutions to these problems. The point we are making clear is that managers should be taught the importance of Pf activities so that they will know how to encourage their subordinates to participate in such activities. It is also important to create a team of dedicated staff to support Pf activities.

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In official support of R&D by private companies, high attention has recently been paid to proposal-based programs, in which grants are given to the most highly qualified proposals selected from submissions received. For those proposal-based programs, establishing proper selection criteria in advance is fundamental in terms of embodying their political aim and organizational direction. In order to enhance this selection process as one of key factors for the program, the selection review criteria were analyzed based on the particular cases of the proposal-based program offered by official funding agency. These analyses consist of a review of the relationship between selection criteria and funding approvals, a review of the relationship between different selection criteria and a review of the relationship between selection criteria and the degree of success in the end. Based on these analyses, the current situation was quantitatively evaluated, and the decision method and basic ideas for establishing the selection criteria are presented in order to ensure proper management for the program.

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For the purpose of joint ownership of research and development methodology beyond the limit of the type of industry, we propose an analysis technique of research and development process based on scheme model. At first, we examined a method to compare the decision-making flow of research and development process of the different type of industry using a scheme model as a unified frame. As a result, we drafted a concept model that could visualize a decision-making flow by paying its attention to a market pull and seeds push. Then, as a result of having applied the concept model to each research and development process of assembling product, material product, and medicine product, we were able to expose the characteristic of each type of industry. In addition, we explained the specific example of the characteristic of these each type of industry using case studies. Finally, we considered a method to make use of the characteristic of each type of industry from a viewpoint of the platform management.

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This study proposes concrete procedure and standard deliverables in new product development of IT industry, based on program strategy management. Also the method for calculating the value accumulation amount in product development is proposed as progress measurement metrics different from ordinary work progress measurement metrics. While working with candidates for customers at an early stage of product development and clarifying the product concepts, specifications, and product sales channel in stages, we attempt to complete the development process as well as to secure first users. The resulting proposal was evaluated by experts, its validity was confirmed, and future problems were extracted. For practical use of this technique in the future, we will take measures for the extracted problems, perform trial experiments for them, enhance the proposal, and verify effectiveness.

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Stage-gate method was developed in North America in the 1980s, it has spread to high-tech manufactures rapidly. Then, the method is popular since the late 1990s in Japan. It is necessary to consider the differences of the business environment between Japan and the United States when it is introduced to Japan.　In the US, there are many and rich venture capital funds and companies launched from universities. As the results, there are many candidates of new technical seeds outside. Therefore, in the US, it is possible to adopt the “many birth and many death type R&D management”. On the other hands, in Japan, it is necessary to grow the technical seeds carefully inside (so called, the “few birth and few death type” R&D management). In this report, Stage-Gate process that is suitable for the “few birth and few death type” R&D management of Japanese boutique type chemical companies is proposed based on several successful examples.

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The authors have been concerning with development of methodologies for sustainable business lifecycle deployment in connection with the P2M concept. These works focus mainly on the internal activities for accomplish the business objectives. In this paper, the concept of sustainable P2M is deployed to realize the shared-value concept proposed by M. Porter. After redefining productivity in value-chain in P2M framework, we propose practical approaches with their processes and evaluation factors for creating shared-value under the P2M framework. Illustrative examples of an industrial cluster development and a human resource development are also shown.

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A variety of efforts have been applied in order to reduce GHG emissions by targeting a group of “producers”, “suppliers and distributors”, and “consumers”. However, the development of a cross-cutting method among the three groups is strongly needed, so that the whole value chain can be shifted from highly CO2 emission dependent basis, to a drastically reduced CO2 basis. This study focuses on a ‘cross-cutting platform’ as an effective approach to achieve such a drastic shift, analyzing results from two R&D projects that worked on developing such a platform in anticipation of the whole replacement of value chain with a low carbon system in the long run. Based on the results of the R&D projects, the requirements and issues to be worked on further have also been proposed.

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In recent years, emergent regional vitalization project that has the purpose of vitalization and problem solving in a region has attracted attention. Emergent regional vitalization project is organized and generated when there is an appropriate communication of the actor who has the awareness of issues of vitalization and problem solving in their region. Therefore, in Scheme model stage, the platform that provides communication field and connection of the stakeholders has been formed. On the other hand, there are many issues such as the uncertainty of the emergent regional vitalization project owner or numerous goals and challenges from the newly joined actors, susceptibility to external environmental changes, undefined goals at the System model stage and etc. In this study, to solve these issues, creation of the position for owners, consensus building with local residents and rolling of the logic model by symposiums on a regular basis, and formation of a program platform that will promote the emergence and share the resources between projects were carried out in the targeted emergent regional vitalization projects in Odawara-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture. In this study, the results of these case studies were reported.

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Urban development projects based on the Smart City concept are underway worldwide. Smart Grid, at the core of Smart City, is a vast social Infrastructural improvement project consisting of a consortium of many cross-industrial associations. Because a Smart Grid project needs to establish optimal solutions for its stakeholders, including local communities together with local government, industries, academic organizations and citizens, the management of the whole project is the key to success. Project and Program Management (P2M) is one of the project management methods suitable for projects whose individual functions are highly specialized and which interact in a complex manner with each other. The method is considered to be effective in a Smart Grid project. Here we verify the effectiveness of applying Platform in P2M to a Smart Grid project using a case study.

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