Planview

APRIL 6, 2023

Last month, Planview released the inaugural 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report , and it is well worth the read. This debunks the perspective that business agility and successful transformation are limited to companies of a certain profile. It’s hard work to get buy-in across supporting functions of a value stream.

Competition 52

Competition Technical Review Software Review Agile 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Agile Leadership 100

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

Agile 111

Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 111

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may share insights on techniques for effective ideation such as design thinking, mind mapping, and leveraging technology for collaborative brainstorming sessions. They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes.

Innovation 113

Innovation Leadership Ideation Innovation Processes 113

Gregg Fraley

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Digital Technology Remains An Unharvested Field. The potential, much of it, lays in digital technology. The combination, the mash-up, of digital technology applied to challenges could lead to the innovation that saves you. The pandemic shifted many of our businesses towards digital technologies. Two Real World Examples.

Roadmap 98

Roadmap Technical Review Technology Innovation Processes 98

hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This special team needs to be strategic, tactical, agile and fast. The strategy and the roadmap towards the desired innovation-driven mode are critical. The experts combining deep technical knowledge, best practices and understanding of product architecture, product development lifecycle and innovation methodologies.

Technical Review 68

Technical Review How To Software Review Ideation 68

ITONICS

JUNE 7, 2019

As a result, adequate resources must be provided to the most beneficial innovation projects. Agility of Strategy. Except for M&A, which typically needs longer timeframe due to regulatory reasons, all other 10 practices are carried out more frequently by top performers than by the rest of the companies in the survey pool.

Strategy 50

Strategy Strategy Software Review Technical Review 50

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. Innovation leaders, review this list and get a sense of where you are with the fundamentals. The science and the technology, and, the ever-changing market and customers.

Innovation 70

Innovation Culture Creative Thinking Design Thinking 70

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In-house designers often have to advocate for design priorities versus new features or technical change. We all sketch before we design, but too often the sketches go in a drawer when the project starts, often never to be seen again. The roadmap is a collection of prototypes showing what each release will look like.

Underperforming Technical Team 94

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

Be-novative

APRIL 21, 2021

Connecting people virtually to co-create in a purpose-driven way accelerates positive business outcomes and unites people in finding meaning in transformative change, that is why Purpose & Co-creation projects are trending in 2021. The next 5-year outlook on the way we work and manage projects ??

Trends 52

Trends Project Design Thinking Ideation 52

Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 8, 2016

Leaders must change before they have to, and they must enable their organization to surf the incoming global shockwaves with intelligence, agility, strength, and command.”. “When they do, leaders and organizations can actually accelerate performance,” adds Sweetman. His projects have received prizes in the areas of leadership and change.

Disruption 40

Disruption Technical Review Software Review Agile 40

ITONICS

APRIL 4, 2018

Having a clear strategy and a purposeful, structured process for implementing new business models and/ or gradually adapting existing ones to new business models will determine the success of digital transformation projects and company’s market position. How to develop a clear strategy in the context of digital transformation? How to start?

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Agile Roadmap Competition 47

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 15, 2018

The most impressive presentation I reviewed in 2017 was the one from Munich Re, held on 21st November 2017 under their investor day event. This is no finished roadmap but it does give investors and multiple stakeholders a really decent understanding of how Munich Re are managing their transformational journey.

Innovation 82

Innovation Technical Review Industry Agile 82

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Large corporations have taken steps towards being more agile and adapting to the rapid pace of digitization by improving their oftentimes long innovation processes and giving more autonomy to employees. Interestingly, Gmail , Google News , and AdSense evolved out of 20% projects. Adapt or die. Top Model Principle. Listen and say yes!

Company 57

Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail. Digital disruption is the impact of digital technologies and business models on a company’s value proposition and market position. The key to innovation is clear; it is experimentation and this needs flexibility, to adapt, be agile, to test ideas.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 133

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail. Digital disruption is the impact of digital technologies and business models on a company’s value proposition and market position. The key to innovation is clear; it is experimentation and this needs flexibility, to adapt, be agile, to test ideas.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 120

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

src: [link] I recently had a chat with a senior director of a respected technology company making highly specialized products. Should I design the assessments to be industry specific taking account of the peculiarities of each industry, it’s unique pressures, opportunities and technology? Are your assessments industry specific? ”

Industry 40

Industry Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40

David Marks

MAY 19, 2017

In the book Charles Darwin described a natural selection process favoring individuals and species who, due to a lucky collection of redeeming features, were better suited to their environment than less fortunate peers. Based on the assessments we provide clear recommendations and roadmaps for improving companies innovation credentials.

Company 40

Company Analysis Competition Comparison 40

Boxes and Arrows

DECEMBER 23, 2014

A different company wouldn’t have tried to pull off a project as risky as Harmony. Any manager at Intuit could request an Innovation Catalyst to help them drive design and experimentation on their projects. Klaus Kaasgaard and Dan Wernikoff during a design review. A different company might have felt that was good enough.

Design 104

Design Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Software 104

CMOE

JULY 23, 2021

For example, Hitachi continuously reviews its strategies and KPIs and updates them periodically to keep up with changes in the industry, competitors, and its strategic priorities. Strategy Promotes Strategic Agility. A well-defined strategy is important— but strategic agility is even more important.

Strategy 91

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Training 91