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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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Long-term Growth: Adapting to disruption opens up new pathways for growth, whether through new products, markets, or business models. To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Moreover, CVC initiatives can enable corporations to respond more swiftly to technological shifts by leveraging startup agility. Networking Events : Attending industry conferences, seminars, and meetups to connect with entrepreneurs and other investors. Communication is key in this stage.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These experts offer guidance on a variety of topics, from product development and market fit to business strategy and operations. This close collaboration often leads to accelerated product development and can open doors to new markets for both the startup and the corporation.

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

The trends outlined in this blog offer a glimpse into the future of product development and some exciting opportunities for product-driven companies to achieve real ROI regarding cost savings, efficiency, productivity, digital transformation benefits, and employee satisfaction.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

By doing so, teams can navigate challenges with agility and confidence, leading to transformative business results. By embracing experiential learning, we can develop a team that is agile, resilient, and equipped to navigate the complexities of the market.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. Then Agile appeared on the scene. But not a narrative anymore.

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. Then Agile appeared on the scene. But not a narrative anymore.

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Software Review Agile Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. Then Agile appeared on the scene. But not a narrative anymore.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). When you look at the positions of the Product Line Manager and the Product Manager, you could say that they are in central management positions, but mostly they don’t own the budgets.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). When you look at the positions of the Product Line Manager and the Product Manager, you could say that they are in central management positions, but mostly they don’t own the budgets.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Note: this risk is per definition embedded in several Agile methodologies. Agile gives a lot of power to the developers, the shop floor.). When you look at the positions of the Product Line Manager and the Product Manager, you could say that they are in central management positions, but mostly they don’t own the budgets.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Open innovation is our passion; as founders ourselves, we love to collaborate with leading technology developers and startups to access their expertise, solutions, and innovations. These collaborative partnerships allow us to facilitate deploying solutions to accelerate digital transformation in agile ways.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 14, 2018

And in practice, we combine three important ideas: design thinking, Lean Startup, and agile methodology. Reviews, social media, mobile devices and so on mean that the quantity of information customers have on products, services, support issues, and ethical behavior makes them agile than the companies who serve them.

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Destination Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Most people work in their departments on the current model while a handful of innovators drive change initiatives or new product developments. Emergent innovation looks risky and chaotic but Google, Facebook, WL Gore and others are famous for letting smart people try new things in very agile ways. You can try both.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Open innovation is our passion; as founders ourselves, we love to collaborate with leading technology developers and startups to access their expertise, solutions, and innovations. These collaborative partnerships allow us to facilitate deploying solutions to accelerate digital transformation in agile ways.

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Fehmida Kapadia

JANUARY 3, 2018

Paradigms of product development have shifted significantly in the last decade. We have started integrating the agile and lean methodology (popularized by the IT industry) into our waterfall methodology (popularized by the manufacturing industry). The key tenet of agile and lean development is to quickly and iteratively build?—?test?—?learn.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

Agree on an internal definition at your company – solicit input from all over the organization, not just those in product development, IT and the C-Suite. They do it as part of an event (shark tank, hackathon, field trip to Silicon Valley) rather than a discipline that is simply part of how they do business.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 22, 2019

Companies are investing in innovation training, mostly learning frameworks like Lean, Agile, or Design Thinking. Nearly all that training is for dedicated innovation teams , or employees who are focused on new product development. Can be a single event or a connected series. And that’s a good thing.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

More agile competitors are starting to eat into our business. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. Talking to Bob I realized that at Acme Widgets (and in most large companies) the word “failure” was being used to describe two very different events: failure in execution of a known product in known market.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

By implementing an agile Front-End of Innovation process, powered by a well animated innovation management system , an increasing number of companies have been able to generate the right balance of incremental, radical and disruptive innovation and increase their market leadership. Nurturing and clustering ideas before evaluating them.

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The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Then a business downturn comes, or a new CEO with a different strategy and mindset, or a corporate re-org, or the leader of the corporate innovation group gets frustrated and quits, or any one of a myriad of other events happens. Most corporate business functions – new product development (NPD), quality, sales, R&D, marketing, etc.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Configurable at all times, it’s a space for creation where we prototype, innovate with our customers, meet at our events, test and much more. 2) You have developed a bespoke innovation approach: Spot, Play, Go. Now, we have all the keys to start the product development. GO : Bring the action!

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Innovation 360 Group

JUNE 9, 2020

Over the past few months, we have learned a lot about ourselves in the way we’ve been able to respond to external unplanned events. Although FS organizations tend to be well-capitalized, they can be slow to deliver, and may have ineffective development processes and/or performance issues driven by offshore supply chains, etc.

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Boxes and Arrows

JUNE 29, 2009

The documentation needs are often based on the size of the project, launch date, team dynamics, audience, technology, and the product development process. Description of the Problem There are many product development processes and one that has garnered much attention is agile.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

By implementing an agile Front-End of Innovation process, powered by a well animated innovation management system , an increasing number of companies have been able to generate the right balance of incremental, radical and disruptive innovation and increase their market leadership. Nurturing and clustering ideas before evaluating them.

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Taivara

AUGUST 29, 2018

Support your innovators Provide training in iterative, experiment-rich approaches to innovation and new product development. We have seen numerous companies run big innovation events, pitch contests, and hackathons as a means of kicking-off major innovation initiatives. because most things don’t go to plan! Avoid the hoopla.

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Qmarkets

MAY 26, 2017

Events such as Dallas Startup Week , a five-day celebration of the Dallas startup community, and Startup Angels Angel Summit have also helped to put Dallas firmly on the map of startups both in the rest of Texas and elsewhere. 3) Corporate innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2020

Configurable at all times, it’s a space for creation where we prototype, innovate with our customers, meet at our events, test and much more. 2) You have developed a bespoke innovation approach: Spot, Play, Go. Now, we have all the keys to start the product development. GO : Bring the action!

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Integrative Innovation

OCTOBER 18, 2016

There are distinct differences by industry: Financial service corporates are leaning towards Corp-Up (63%), One-off events (56%) and CVC (38%), media players towards CVC (80%) and Corp-Up (60%), and telecoms towards Corp-Up (57%) and incubators/ accelerators (56%).

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Events such as Dallas Startup Week , a five-day celebration of the Dallas startup community, and Startup Angels Angel Summit have also helped to put Dallas firmly on the map of startups both in the rest of Texas and elsewhere. 3) Corporate innovation.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Similarly, the agile start-ups of the gaming industry are the ones which are able to unleash creativity by taking risks and making innovations. If gamers feel appreciated and valuable to the production of a game, they are more likely to become invested in the product and purchase it upon release.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Similarly, the agile start-ups of the gaming industry are the ones which are able to unleash creativity by taking risks and making innovations. If gamers feel appreciated and valuable to the production of a game, they are more likely to become invested in the product and purchase it upon release.

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Be-novative

APRIL 21, 2021

Talking more about open questions and opportunities rather than only about past events and stories already done. Key clients are engaged more if they can influence the directions of product development: winning even more deals, improving retention. VALIDATED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE?—?Co-creation

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Planview

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This new era of roadmapping transfers the usefulness of having a visual representation of a plan from product managers to anyone in your organization. Q&A with Planview CPO Louise Allen What was behind the decision to develop roadmapping now? They’re not agile enough. What do you mean when you say a unified view?

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