Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 23, 2018

After working through a number the one that held my attention and has become central to my thinking to take organizational practices forward was provided by a recent report from McKinsey “ How to create an agile organization ”. Agility for me is vital, it allows us to increasingly be adaptive in an uncertain world.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

Are we leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning enough from the explosion of data to identify patterns and insights leading to emerging concept creation? By adopting a composable approach, organizations can achieve greater agility, adaptability, and scalability in their innovation efforts.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence 147

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. To look forward, I would argue we always need to look back and account for the progress made in managing innovation over the years. The need today is not to dispense with this but to link it fully up.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 26, 2022

Agile” and “Waterfall” offer us very different approaches to project management. Agile design, on the other hand, begins without a clear endpoint, assuming that any presumptions about results may bias or limit our opportunities and options. This includes systems architecture, as well as specific hardware and software systems.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By embracing Design Thinking principles differently in the future of innovation, organizations can foster a more profound culture of creativity, empathy, collaboration, and user-centricity. Moving to the edge : Organizations are becoming more agile by adopting an “edge” approach.

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Planview

JANUARY 17, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and dynamic world of technology, the adoption of Agile methodologies has undoubtedly transformed the landscape of how technology teams function. Efficiently handling WIP and promptly addressing bottlenecks are not mere options, but imperatives, for agile teams. Regularly review and update risk assessments.

Industry 59

Industry Management Software Review Technical Review 59

Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

The traditional paradigms of automotive manufacturing are evolving, driven by the imperative to integrate cutting-edge software solutions seamlessly with hardware production. This divergence between software and hardware cycles poses significant challenges, particularly for OEMs typically focused on manufacturing.

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mjvinnovation

MAY 29, 2019

Agile Frameworks help the business team experience an Agile mindset in practice. With Agile Frameworks, business processes become more dynamic, staggering business values and productivity. 5 Most used Agile Frameworks. Learn – build metrics to justify continuing the project, incrementing it, or restarting.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our innovation processes stay islands of knowledge stubbornly not flowing across organizations, informing others and giving the right levels of insights, support, or collaboration needed. Innovation software management continues to be sold piecemeal, so often just bolted onto the other parts already in place, not being optimized.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Businesses that innovate can respond to shifts in consumer behavior, leverage emerging technologies, and enter new markets with agility. AI’s pattern recognition can also be applied to optimize workflows within the design thinking process itself, thereby streamlining collaborative efforts and reducing time spent on iterative tasks.

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CMOE

MAY 4, 2023

The accepted conventions of project management—from methodologies to practices and strategies to software—are there to ensure organizational effectiveness, a concept that measures how efficiently an organization achieves its business goals. Set clear goals and objectives 37% of projects fail due to a lack of clear goals.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

AI-powered innovation management involves the use of machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, predictive analytics, and other AI tools to augment the human decision-making process. Enhance cross-functional collaboration through shared insights and decision-making platforms.

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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!

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mjvinnovation

APRIL 9, 2020

In this article, you will reflect on the challenges of remote team management and how agile practices can help you make the transition efficiently. Understanding productivity is more complex in this transition period, more so due to the fact that people aren’t within reach… and that’s is only at the beginning. Follow this!

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 27, 2021

Discover another digital collaboration tool for UX, design thinking, and innovation teams. Klaxoon is another cloud-based all-in-one tool to add to our list of digital collaboration tools and resources that your team be may interested in trying for brainstorming sessions, hosting meetings, project management, and agile teamwork.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 28, 2018

I was catching up with my collaborate and sparring partner on “all things innovating”, Jeffrey Phillips and within our recent conversation, some of our discussions sort of triggered a reflection back to some fundamental work we undertook some years back. Reviewing where we are and recognizing innovation can be approached very differently.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Innovation 166

Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Teams can iterate designs with agility, supported by AI’s predictive analytics to forecast the success of design choices. Rapid Prototyping: AI-powered software can quickly turn ideas into functional prototypes, allowing teams to test and iterate designs with unprecedented speed.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

It is equally holding a new form of innovation back, one that is highly collaborative where partners come together to work on more complex problems. Collaborators can achieve solutions only by being “fully” connected up, comfortable with their data, understanding and contribution, both within their knowledge and insights.

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Industry Technical Review Design Innovation 213

The Human Factor

MARCH 2, 2023

Traditional screening methods, such as reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and administering technical assessments, may not be enough to identify top talent, especially as the demand for tech professionals increases. Effective tech talent screening is crucial for companies looking to build a strong, innovative, and agile workforce.

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Planview

AUGUST 2, 2023

Amidst an ever-changing and unpredictable market landscape, Fortune 500 companies are increasingly turning to the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to enhance their value streams and meet customer demands. and give insight into how enterprises can use Flow Metrics to measure and accelerate flow throughout the software delivery process.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We then reviewed them to see that the answer summaries made sense. How can I learn design thinking? What is the difference between design thinking and agile methodologies? Builds collaboration and teamwork: Design thinking involves bringing together people from different disciplines and backgrounds to work on a problem together.

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Boxes and Arrows

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Teams moving to agile often struggle to integrate agile with best practices in user-centered design (UCD) and user experience (UX) in general. Fortunately, using a UX Integration Matrix helps integrate UX and agile by including UX information and requirements right in the product backlog. The feedback loop is broken.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To overcome it, we must be agile, collaborative, and remote. The challenge is that this needs to happen quickly, reactively, and collaboratively. According to the Harvard Business Review, only 30% of companies train their employees to interact with digital tools. Humans can adapt to anything. The new normal.

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Culture Change Agile Technical Review 45

Gregg Fraley

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Get your teams trained to collaborate on complex problem solving and work smarter. Concepts are taught using interactive exercises and challenges, which make for rich debrief discussions, learning, and integration into real world team habits. Listening skills are built and teams learn to collaborate. Training Description.

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eZassi

MAY 8, 2017

Enterprise level innovation is the practice of looking beyond the organization’s R&D systems and past its discrete departments, to connect with global collaborators and improve business agility. Some of this change is due to mergers and bankruptcies, but a leading cause is market disrupters and innovators.

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Acuvate

APRIL 12, 2023

However, the development of technologies like RPA, AI, and the Internet of Things is making up for these constraints, making production and supply chains more agile and bringing manufacturing well and truly into the era of Industry 4.0. technologies to build a fully connected and integrated industrial ecosystem.

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Data Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Big Data 52

Acuvate

APRIL 12, 2023

However, the development of technologies like RPA, AI, and the Internet of Things is making up for these constraints, making production and supply chains more agile and bringing manufacturing well and truly into the era of Industry 4.0. technologies to build a fully connected and integrated industrial ecosystem.

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Data Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Big Data 52

Tim Kastelle

MARCH 7, 2016

The platform environment is mostly characterized by a tension between collaboration and competition of the participating companies, often referred to as coopetition. In the first place, experimentation is about testing assumptions and hypotheses by means of a scientific learning approach. Culture of experimentation (and speed).

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ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

But we have good news for all those who have not yet taken the step into the right direction: Although every innovation has something new and unique, we can learn significantly from the companies that get it right and create a first how-to-plan based on their workflows, structures, and practices. Adapt or die.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

In 2007, I co-founded Innovation Framework Technologies (IFT) in order to close this gap, to offer a combination of best practices and best software embedded in solutions that companies can actually and successfully use. Our Approach: We've defined a set of key best practices that are now fully embedded in our approach and software solution.

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Innovation Programs Software Review Technical Review Innovation 56

Planview

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Making Agility Compatible for You. The skinny: Paul Hobcraft, leading innovation expert, discusses how companies can balance the need for stability with more agile, dynamic capabilities. He offers some initial suggestions for established businesses looking to ‘adapt to agile’ Read more ». Read more ». Read more ».

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Meaning anyone who provides the vision for a product, whether it be in code, wireframes, comps, prototypes, or cocktail napkins. In years of presentations working at an agency, I learned to sense the tension building before a design was revealed. Agile teams can lose the long term direction by focusing on small sprints.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

In 2007, I co-founded Innovation Framework Technologies (IFT) in order to close this gap, to offer a combination of best practices and best software embedded in solutions that companies can actually and successfully use. Our Approach: We've defined a set of key best practices that are now fully embedded in our approach and software solution.

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Innovation Programs Software Review Technical Review Innovation 40

Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2017

Qmarkets works on an ongoing basis with hundreds of the world’s most innovative companies who use idea and innovation management software for a wide variety of use cases, from new product development to continuous improvement.

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Software Review Technical Review Innovation Innovation Management 58

mjvinnovation

MARCH 26, 2019

This is a choice that defines how the production of a software application will be managed, the resources that will be needed, among other things. In a project where the waterfall Model is used, each such point represents a different stage of software development, and each stage usually ends before the next stage can begin.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Rapidly changing customer behaviours, disruptive digital technologies, and the emergence of agile fintech start-ups means that disruption is an ever-present danger. After discussing these challenges with TSYS, Above + Beyond, conducted a thorough search for a software solution that could meet their unique requirements.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Left, right, and center, traditional organizations are replacing Waterfall project management with Agile planning. In essence, software offerings are now treated as products, not projects. Here are three tips to improve collaboration between the PMO and delivery organization.

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