Alliance Prioritization Rank specific, named candidate alliances and technology partnerships against each other, and decide which ones the team invests in. No single canonical ranking method owns this discipline - say so plainly rather than invent one. What the evidence actually supports: - A dedicated alliance function and structured process is the field's best-validated success driver: 63% vs 50% alliance success across 1,572 alliances (Kale, Dyer & Singh, 2002). A repeatable prioritization process is part of that function. - Complementarity plus compatibility is the best-validated fit cons…