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Success results from deeper engagement and more holistic thinking

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been a consultant most of my working life, doing all kinds of consulting - starting out in software development, moving on to process improvement, data analytics, new product development and strategy. Time and engagement are the enemy, and only careful discernment and holistic thinking can solve these challenges.

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Setting Industry Benchmarks Through Client Collaboration

Anaqua

Over the years, Anaqua has made it a priority to engage with customers and harness their valuable feedback to help create the market leading IPMS, as recognized by industry analyst Hyperion Research. Simply put, if it is not in our clients’ best interest, then it is not in our product roadmap.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM 1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

He shares the factors that influence how effective various prototyping methodologies will be and how to choose wisely; what level of effort you will need to invest in prototyping in order to get useful feedback; and how to permanently integrate prototyping into your software development process in a way that is effective for your organization.

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What Is Business Intelligence?

Collective Innovation

An engaged social media is an incredible tool to learn about customers needs and problems. It should be reinforced at every proposal, every meeting and every decision. A customer journey map is also key to identifying the entire process a customer goes through and the thoughts during each step.

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The Art of Agile

etventure

Agile development has been around since the 90s, and became popular shortly after the turn of the millennium, when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was formulated and signed by Kent Beck and 16 fellow software developers. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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How to Set Up a Corporate Innovation Outpost That Works

Corporate Innovation

As the eyes and ears of the parent corporation, a new Innovation Outpost’s first priority is to “sense” innovations by actively engaging with the Innovation Cluster. Stage 3: Productizing the Solution to Corporate Problems. This is where the rubber meets the road. What solution are we productizing?