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The Role of Innovation in New Product Development: Three Approaches for Success

Qmarkets

Innovation is essential throughout the entire new product development (NPD) process, but nowhere is it more key than it is in the Fuzzy Front End (FFE) stage. FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process.

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Air, Water, Food

CorporateIntel

In product development, it might be an innovative, competitive technology solution that is worth marketing because it will surprise and delight customers. In product development, it might be the process management that lets you create a dependable schedule. What is Air? Water is the ability to deliver it.

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Staffing for growth and innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Of course, with that and a towel, you can accomplish almost anything. But the question about staffing for growth, new products and innovation is an important and interesting question. New product development, innovation and growth responsibilities are simply layered on top of their existing jobs.

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Understanding the trajectory of the competitive landscape

Mike Shipulski

If you want to gain ground on your competition you’ve first got to know where things stand. If you stay the course, this is where your portfolio will add mass. With this addition you have glimpse into the stay-the-course future. But will they stay the course? Where are their advantages? Where are your advantages?

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. How much value could you add? Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

We felt that to remain competitive, larger companies needed to recapture the sense of wonder and adventure that working in the "front end" of innovation would create. This practice, of course, has led to its own moniker - innovation theater - and to rising cynicism on the part of people who want to get more innovation done.

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I don't want to live in a Ready Player One world

Jeffrey Phillips

The software ideas are of course almost infinitely scalable, while consulting is somewhat scalable. Now, of course, consulting is shifting its business model, looking for revenue streams outside of the billable hour because the model is no longer deemed scalable.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.