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Product vs. Project Managers

Sopheon

Product managers and project managers are two distinct roles. To launch new products successfully, they play a crucial role and must collaborate tightly. Product managers work closely with project managers to ensure that product development is aligned with the product strategy.

Project 98
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Innovation Funnel Management System: The Secret Tool to Drive Innovative Product Development in Your Business

Leapfrogging

Enter the Innovation Funnel Management Process, one of my favorite tools to help manage business process innovation. This is a process I’ve taught businesses to implement for more than 25 years, helping some of the world’s biggest businesses develop their innovation processes. The Innovation Funnel Management Process ?requires

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Project Managers, Focus on Outcomes — Not Deliverables

Harvard Business Review

If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes).

Project 136
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Unleashing the Power of AI in Innovation Management

Leapfrogging

The Intersection of AI and Innovation Management My journey into the realm of innovation management began as I witnessed many clients wrestling with the increasing complexity of developing new products and services. The Rise of AI in Innovation Management What is Artificial Intelligence?

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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.

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How AI is Improving Early Warning Systems in Project Management

Planview

Project management is akin to navigating a ship in choppy waters. Applying machine learning to project management challenges can pave the way for smarter, more efficient, lower-risk projects and higher-quality products. Let’s explore how AI is shaping the future of project management.

Project 52
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3 Ways to Enable Smarter Product Development with AI

Planview

Even more so, when discussing AI and its purpose and value in product development, it can be easy to fall deep into a rabbit hole of all the possibilities and potential. In this post, we outline three more general applications of AI/ML in product development that deliver results in this quickly expanding field.

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How to Find and Test Assumptions in Product Development

Watch this webinar with Laura Klein, product manager and author of Build Better Products, to learn how to spot the unconscious assumptions which you’re basing decisions on and guidelines for validating (or invalidating) your ideas. You'll learn: Why every product leader goes into a new project with untested, hidden assumptions.