Destination Innovation

APRIL 20, 2020

Starting exploration projects. Gaining support and resources from other departments. Killing the weaker projects. They are all important but I believe that the most vital is #8 – the ability to kill off the weaker projects. Here are some bad reasons to kill innovation projects. Listening to customer feedback.

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Sopheon

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You could argue that the best innovation combines equal parts creativity and structure. The creatives reading this might argue that deadlines and structured decision-making bind creativity, but successful organizations understand the importance of both.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 12, 2023

It was about her new book “ Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away “ , and there was one topic they spoke about which really stuck with me when thinking about innovation projects. She spoke about why people often find it so hard to walk away from or stop projects which are obviously failing.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Project managers who aspire to be CEOs are often surprised to learn that their skills, while highly valuable, do not directly align with those needed for positions of executive leadership. Why isn’t successful management of high-stakes projects and organizational resources sufficient to ascend to the top ranks of the business?

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Kainexus

MARCH 3, 2022

People start, work on, and complete projects in organizations all of the time. Some projects are carefully planned and managed, while others happen more haphazardly out of urgency or necessity. In most cases, the more effort you put into planning and controlling your project, the more likely you are to achieve success.

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

When it comes to the trifecta of innovative Project Portfolio Management (PPM), PPM, Continuous Innovation and Agile come together to create a complete framework for innovation success. Project Portfolio Management – The Burger. This is where Agile comes in. Agile – The Soda.

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Planview

APRIL 14, 2023

When it comes to resource management, what do you find to be your biggest challenge? Is it balancing capacity, tackling bottlenecks, or even dealing with limited resource forecasting? In a recent webinar , 37% of attendees said their number one challenge was balancing capacity for supply and demand on their projects.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

No, today I want to talk about the differences and problems when companies focus on innovation as a discrete project, versus what they really need, innovation as a competency or capability. Plus, innovation as a project demonstrates some investment in innovation but controls for cost and risk.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 14, 2023

Innov8rs | Despite its importance, innovation project governance is often handled ineffectively, slowing down rather than driving innovation. Innovation project governance is a decision-making discipline where organizational leaders decide which ideas to pursue, how to allocate the innovation budget, and how to assign resources.

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Sopheon

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

When optimizing resources within a portfolio, it's imperative to answer important questions and analyze scenarios before making the mistake of allocating resources without knowing the complete picture of the current portfolio. The post Optimizing Resources among Competing Projects appeared first on Sopheon.

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Planview

AUGUST 29, 2023

But most organizations lack basic resourcing capacity, and plans are often approved before resource capacity is evaluated, resulting in missed objectives and employee burnout due to overutilization. Understanding Resource Management Capacity planning can take on different forms depending on whether it happens internally or externally.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Together, they all concur to determine how organizations set strategy and make decisions to allocate resources. In particular, portfolio management can bridge the gap between strategy development, budgeting and resource optimization, and the governance of individual innovation projects. Keen to know how?

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CMOE

JUNE 21, 2021

With the right tools and resources by your side, you will feel more confident in driving your team forward. To effectively delegate, supervisors must understand the skillsets team members possess and use this knowledge to assign the right projects to the right individuals. 12 Supervisor Resources & Tools. Learning plans.

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IdeaScale

JULY 23, 2019

With project management tools, you’ll have a software to start tracking your favorite ideas and prioritize the ones you love. When your company is working on multiple projects at the same time, it’s difficult to focus on the details. Many of these softwares can also calculate the time and money spent on each project.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2023

Project management is akin to navigating a ship in choppy waters. Applying machine learning to project management challenges can pave the way for smarter, more efficient, lower-risk projects and higher-quality products. Let’s explore how AI is shaping the future of project management.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The secret lies in transitioning from a project-oriented management approach to a product-centric model. Despite beginning with unwavering enthusiasm, McKinsey reports that initiatives often lose approximately 42 percent of their projected value as they progress into later implementation stages and long-term sustainability.

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Planview

JULY 26, 2023

In its conventional sense, project management has been marked by rigorous methods and stringent controls. But in the wake of generative AI technology, we’re on the brink of a transformative change in how projects are managed. This post details a sampling of the technology transforming project management today and its advantages.

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Rmukesh Gupta

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital transformation efforts) to deliver projects on time, on budget and on spec. Do 70% of projects really fail to achieve their goals? Ensure synchronisation between tasks, people and resources.

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Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources Open Innovation, crowdsourcing, co-creation… overlapping terminologies to describe a trend towards more open business models and a closer collaboration with customers. On this page we gather a list of inspiring examples. Invision Craft Sketch Photoshop Let's talk Intermediary platforms.

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Moves the Needle

MAY 20, 2022

Unlike Horizon Planning where projects are prioritized based on “level of innovation” and “time to ROI”, Visibility Planning is based on evidence. This method ensures resources are allocated to those that close the gaps toward achieving your group’s objectives. How to use Project Prioritization.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

A Business Case clearly outlines the fundamental reason for why an organization should engage in a particular project or task. Generally, the team creating the business case for a project or task should aim to argue that whatever resources (e.g., Applied consistently to every proposed project .

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s true for all disciplines and describes the project portfolio management (PPM) market for several reasons. The market’s landmark evolution in 2020, which bifurcated PPM to support strategic portfolio management and adaptive project management. Why is the project portfolio management market continuously evolving?

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Essentially, every idea an employee has needs resources in order to be turned into an innovation project. Resources like money, a team and time away from an employees other duties. And often, it is not clear who is allowed to allocate these resources. Project Manager ? Team Lead ? Program Director ?

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Planview

MAY 20, 2022

In this post, we’re going to show you how to execute a project. You’ve initiated your project, created an in-depth plan, and secured stakeholder buy-in. Except that, as every PMO knows, project execution is the most challenging stage of the project life cycle, and it’s only gotten more difficult in a world of hybrid and remote work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2024

These factors emphasize the importance of clear, credible, and emotionally resonant messaging, the necessity for teams to have the right resources and freedom, the use of mechanisms to increase transparency and precision, and the role of measurement in adapting and improving execution.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

One of the best ways to assess what proportions your company should allocate to different types of innovation projects is by looking at your current and desired innovation portfolio. 20% of their innovation resources on adjacent innovations, to expand offerings and attract new customers. The 70-20-10 ratio was always an average though.

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CMOE

MAY 4, 2023

Statistics show that 70% of projects fail to deliver desired results and 42% of organizations don’t even understand the importance of project management—but they also show that 73% of organizations that use a formal project-management approach always or often have met their goal. Here, we focus on five core skills.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Traditionally, one of the best ways to speed up the delivery of a project is to allocate more resources to it. Some projects cannot be done faster, even if more people work on it. Additional resources do not necessarily make this happen faster. Additional resources do not necessarily make this happen faster.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

While the massive layoffs at meta are terrible, it sadly shows one of the major issues that companies struggle with when they try to grow and innovate too quickly … facebook tried a huge number of innovation projects which failed. Precious little of it has stuck, except for the headcount brought to work on these projects.

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Planview

OCTOBER 10, 2021

A robust and realistic project management communication plan is essential for project success. This informative and easy-to-read article looks at basic concepts of a project management communication plan, and provides examples, strategies and best practices. There are several paths to project glory.

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Wellspring

AUGUST 23, 2021

This engagement and collaboration allows the innovation function to stay close to strategic initiatives and high-level, vital projects. Plus, pooling resources, funding, and internal knowledge can improve internal coordination, speeding up the time to market for a new product or service.

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Planview

JANUARY 27, 2022

Today we’re going to look at how a global biotech company used biotech project management software to drive greater business value. “We use Planview’s solutions to ensure projects in distress are getting the help they need.” “We use Planview’s solutions to ensure projects in distress are getting the help they need.”

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Essential Tools for Remote Team Collaboration In the ever-evolving landscape of remote work, your team’s success hinges on the tools you use to stay connected and manage projects. Project Management Tools Coordinating tasks, deadlines, and resources across a distributed team requires robust project management tools.

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