Web 2.0 had appeared in 2004 and supplied open platform to access providers by personal level for contents and tools globally. This resulted to have converted the world to be net services oriented society. Young entrepreneurs have challenged to the new business field in net marketing, game, electronic commerce and made rapid growth in performance. P2M users have been expecting to the architecture management and solutions to the new business generation and its development methodology in terms of network effects and the three dimension printers to be gained in smart economy. The points are focused in documentation framework for solution generated by collective intelligence and the practical process flows.

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This study proposes the design method of the web system for producing and sharing program architecture based on a logical model according to organizational hierarchy level. The layout and related information of the web platform were determined for mutual information collaboration in program and project layers according to example of R&D, survey results of related documents. The program manager informs each project of company-wide strategy and targets, and each project reports progress status and results according to the information. 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. In the future, we will examine the effective operation system of the web platforms and evaluate their applications to another type programs, etc., for promoting the experimental studies of platform management.

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Determination of business scope would be essential elements in enterprise business models. How business scope should be determined depending on the business environment, regarded as core business or diversified business areas or processes, regarded as specialization among developed companies and developing companies? In this paper I will present theory on "time series analysis of business models" using the pattern of international specialization based in international economics, especially describing out the patterns of vertically integrated business model between core business and diversified business as the backward linkage industries of core business. And I will present examples of vertically integrated business model between electronic appliances and integrated circuits and discrete semiconductor devices as the backward linkage industries fits to the theory on "time series analysis of business models". Theory of time series analysis will contribute to the theoretical basis for the research of business models.

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This study proposes a framework for linking web advertisement development and evaluation with company-wide targets and for improving contribution to business. We devised a framework for adding the corporate brand promotion function and the function for evaluating the contribution to medium- to long-term profits. In this devising, utilizing of third party ad serving (3PAS) that had advantage of measurement of business transaction effect on the web was assumed, and the knowledge of design management, program strategy management, and project target management was used. Its effectiveness was evaluated by hearing survey. In the future, we will verify and improve the effectiveness by trial experiments, etc., improve the practicality of our proposal, and evolve it to practical knowledge of project & program management (P2M).

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4 billion people in the world (called BOP) have been living on less than $ 2 a day. In order to compete globalization, every production company should consider entering this BOP market. However, products produced through the same process for advanced countries may show high price and they cannot be accepted by BOP market. Therefore, in this paper, a BOP business framework is proposed with (1) creating time by saving labor from BOP's living with product's core function, (2) increasing the income through education by utilizing spare time created by products, (3) proposing business model with a f a product development program that can respond to lifestyle changes.

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For a system development and introduction program to be successful, it is extremely important to set the project's goals during its initial stage. An outcome-oriented, deductive style of project management that shares to-be-achieved goals within a project team is required. However, there have been some instances where project members' achievement of goals is not necessarily equating to the projects' goal achievement, as a structure to derive the members' goals and to evaluate their results is not established. For cause of such circumstances, arbitrary disassembly and evisceration of the upper organization's goals at the execution level, as well as incompatibility between the existing organizational goal setting/evaluation process and P2M,are identified. In order to solve such problems, steps to facilitate promotion of mission- and program goals-sharing, and translation of such project goals into individual-level goals will be proposed. In addition, a structure that enables control of human and knowledge resources at the program-level, depending on the goal achievement status at the mid-term, will be proposed.

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The previous paper discussed the attempt to use Platforms as a management method at the scheme model stage in corporate R&D. This method suggests the ability to invigorate corporate R&D organizations. However, we found that there are issues in operating platforms. For example, "Platform causes busyness", "Difficulty of evaluation". This paper looked at these issues and proposed solutions to these problems. The point we are making is that managers should be taught the importance of Platform Management 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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In the previous paper, the authors focused on the Core-Products for innovative decision-making, and discussed about the framework to create the Core-Products. In fact, the timing and details of decision-making is very important to create product innovation based on the Core-Products. In this paper, an innovation target is discussed with Reverse-AHP (R-AHP) to specify details of innovative product. To illustrate the validity of the proposed method, a SONY's music player is taken as an example and analyzed.

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This study proposes a technique appropriate for reflecting users' behavioral habits in a deployment and compensation plan of fuel-cell-vehicle (FCV) fuel-supply infrastructure. A deployment plan using distance information such as a Voronoi diagram, etc. was combined with the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in order to extend the plan by considering qualitative factors. In addition, the validity of this technique was confirmed according to the degree of coincidence with the existing deployment and compensation plan of a fuel-supply infrastructure. It is expected that future deployment and compensation plans will be smoothly formulated with this technique. In the future, we will develop various measures for easy utilization of this technique by developing systemized tools based on this technique and by improving the efficiency to collect information on behavioral habits from users.

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For the purpose of joint ownership of research and development methodology beyond the limit of the type of industry, we suggest 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 in from a viewpoint of the community 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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From the point of view of reducing CO2 emissions, companies are developing products aimed at more efficient energy usage. We propose a collaboration technology combining platform was applied P2M theory as a place of common work in collaboration among different industries the scheme model of the development of partition built-in personal air conditioning in the previous studies, it is created by the interaction of each stakeholderWe considered the effectiveness of P2M theory to explicit mechanism of a new framework formed. We investigated the effectiveness of the platform management in research and development to practice scheme model of collaborative technology platform combining as the next step, validation of the effect.

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The previous works are concerned with developing a methodology for sustainable business lifecycle deployment in connection with the P2M concept. These works focus mainly on the internal activities for accomplish the objective. In the present study, the authors deploy the concept of sustainable P2M to develop the practical approach for realize the shared-value concept proposed by M. Porter.

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Smart Grid is a massive social Infrastructural improving project and its project consists of consortium in where many cross-industrial associations participate. Since the Smart Grid project needs to establish the optimal solutions for stakeholders such as each local community together with local government, industries, academic organizations, citizens, and how to manage the whole project is the key to success. P2M is one of the project management methods suitable for the projects whose individual functions are highly specialized and complexly interacts each other. The method is considered to be effective to the Smart Grid project. Here we verify effectiveness of applying Horizontal Cooperation Platform in P2M to the Smart Grid project by a case study.

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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 CO_2 emission dependent basis, to a drastically reduced CO_2 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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The largest LNG plant in People's Democratic Republic of Algeria was attacked by the terrorists, though its main contractor took preventive actions. In this result, we learned that it is difficult to take a prompt action without preparing fully situated scenarios. In this paper, the authors propose a situation management methodology that assesses possible situations by generating dynamic scenarios based on SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity, threat) structure.

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In a project management, the alignment of required engineers from available human resources is a key factor to achieve its promised goal. It is, therefore, very difficult to hire new engineers who don't have enough knowledge and experience for the project. There are, however, very few expertized project engineers in developing countries. Education of the engineers for project specific technologies is very essential to precede the project. There are two major approaches for job education. One is OJT (On the Job Training) and the other is Off-JT (Off the Job Training). In the project, it is very difficult to find out a room to accept OJT for new engineers, because of its tight schedule and limited badget. In this research, authors would like to propose a methodology for OJT in project management. In this methodology, a deliverable-oriented planning discloses works that can be assigned to new engineers with or without education. For works that need OJT should be considered for an additional education project. Integration of the original project and the education project is considered in the proposed methodology.

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In Japan many pubic facilities were maintained with PFI since it was introduced in 1997. To measure the use of PFI more aggressive, the revision of the PFI law was carried out in recent years. For the purpose of the introduction of the concession agreements and the expansion of facilities subject to, the development of investment markets of the PFI project, Private Finance Initiative Promotion Corporation of Japan has been established. I arrange it about the relationships of the stakeholder in the PFI business to utilize an advantage by the PFI enough, and to maintain the public accommodation in Japan where a system of the PFI is fixed and consider structure of the risk transfer. Then, I consider the management of PFI project with visualization by arranging the characteristic of the process of the project operation in the PFI while watching the situation of the PFI projects.

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In the previous report,I proposed a four-phase framework model for the Industry-Academia Collaboration Research Management Program,dividing the "Scheme" stage of P2M Ver.2 consisting of "Scheme,System and Service" into Conceptualization and Planning by applying the management concept of the research management field. I confirmed the usefulness of the framework with reference to actual cases of collaboration. In this report,I established a model providing an appropriate "system arrangement" and "alliance activity" as the program elements for each framework. To extract the factors for success of collaborative research,I requested universities to choose key items from actual cases achieving intended outcomes,and as a result of an analysis of 108 cases from 48 universities,found that they placed greater importance on "alliance activities" than "system arrangements".

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We have done research for the use for the electricity obtained by small scale hydropower for the Kuno river valley in Odawara-shi, Kanagawa in Japan, and for promoting city region activation. In order to promote activation of the area by the local supply and local consumption of the energy using small scale hydropower, it turned out that formation of a regional vitalization environmental platform is important. As the method of research, the program management by the P2M method was used. This paper explains the P2M method , the probabilistic assessment and the regional vitalization environmental platform of small scale hydropower.

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