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Case study of agile and UCD working together

Boxes and Arrows

Large scale websites require groups of specialists to design and develop a product that will be a commercial success. To develop a completely new site requires several teams to collaborate and this can be difficult. Particularly as different teams may be working with different methods.

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The ‘perfect’ office layout for innovation and productivity

Idea to Value

06:15] Technology now means we are no longer locked to our desks, or to our teams. [08:00] 09:15] How conflicting requirements between neighbouring teams can cause distractions and lower performance. [10:30] The white paper on the Future of Workplace : [link]. 02:30] The scale of design capabilities at Deloitte. [05:00]

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

This white paper has been originally published to the SSRN: Spruijt, Jan, Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: Why Entrepreneurship Can Hardly Be Taught (May 17, 2017). Is it easy to create autonomous team and projects? Entrepreneurship. Are managers prepared to allow experimentation? Do they tolerate mistakes?