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PMO Case Study Roundup: Improve Efficiency, Reduce Costs

Planview

Benefits such as increased productivity, consistency, and top-down strategic alignment – already seen as quite valuable in a good economy – are even more crucial as companies look for new ways to increase efficiency and reduce costs in today’s down economy. But PMOs must be agile and adaptable to be valued business partners.

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The Dangers of Legacy Thinking

Daniel Burrus

Every successful company and organization inevitably must confront a powerful question: Is what got us to where we are helping us move forward or holding us back? Your company or organization may be thriving, but is this record of success sustainable and can you keep going? The same is occurring with legacy thinking.

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Change Your Thinking, Improve Your Results

Daniel Burrus

Every successful company and organization inevitably must confront a key question: Is what got us to where we are today helping us to move forward, or holding us back? Just ask Delta Airlines , the British bank Tesco or any other company whose legacy software caused breakdowns and data breaches. Take agility.

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5 Factors Determining Success or Failure in the Shift From Project to Product

Planview

Figure 1: Where companies are today in their progression across the five project to product stages. Continuously funded build-and-run teams Team organization and resourcing is the most influential attribute for companies to navigate the shift from project to product successfully.

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Building the innovation stack

Paul Hobcraft

Examples like IKEA, Square (Jim McKelvey’s solution), and Southwest Airlines are credited with creating innovation stacks. Building an innovation stack on a platform increases business agility through interlinking innovation across a company’s infrastructure, culture, and employee base.

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Building a Business Case for Innovation Management – Why Now?

Qmarkets

While disruptive periods like this can be incredibly damaging, you only have to look at the companies founded during previous recessions to see that a crisis can also create many opportunities. Casualties of Innovation Complacency The disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced all companies to act.

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Building a Business Case for Innovation Management – Why Now?

Qmarkets

While disruptive periods like this can be incredibly damaging, you only have to look at the companies founded during previous recessions to see that a crisis can also create many opportunities. Casualties of Innovation Complacency The disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has forced all companies to act.