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The future of sustainable product development: Looking at innovation governance

Sopheon

A sustainable innovation process needs to include a governance structure backed by an innovation management system that defines—with situational flexibility—who should make which decisions and when they should make them. A sustainable governance framework includes rules for managing unexpected situations within your innovation process.

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Turn the Tables on Product Development Disruptions

Planview

Disruptions to effective product development are constant but don’t need to be detrimental to an organization’s ability to deliver innovation with speed and maintain a healthy ROI. Suppose organizations make adaptability a cornerstone of their product development strategy and overall culture.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

We tuned in to recent webinars by Sopheon’s Mike Bauer and Paul Heller to get answers to that billion-dollar question. In this first article summarizing their webinar series, we’ll explore what InnovationOps is, the jobs to be done within innovation management, as well as critical enablers for success.

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Implementing Open Innovation: Insights from Ariana Smetana of AccelIQ Digital

Qmarkets

Is it to reduce R&D costs, accelerate product development, tap into new markets, or all of the above? Proper governance, IP management, and mutual trust are critical for successfully implementing open innovation strategies. Traditional organizations might feel protective of their internal knowledge and processes.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

It was their job to ensure all aspects of the product development process were aligned and working together. Program management was steeped in technical processes, but also considered how product decisions would impact the product’s end users. ” The program manager was part of the Engineering department.

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8 best project management tools

mjvinnovation

A company specialized in product development for software developers and managers. Robust, the solution aims to offer a complete view of the processes that govern a project and full visibility on the work and control of the progress of tasks. This element is a widespread pain among developers and designers, for example.

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Taking the path to digital transformation

ImagineNation

The Boston Consulting Groups’ (BCG) Most Innovative Companies Report 2018, states that: At leading innovators, R&D and new-product development have become digital endeavours. Moreover, by wide margins, strong innovators are much more likely to pursue disruptive or radical processes and cultures governing innovation projects.