Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

From its foundational beginnings in early brand management to high tech software program management, product management has emerged as its own collective of product-focused best practices. Product Management is a vital component of organizations undergoing digital transformation.

Management 52

Management Agile Software Design 52

Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

With client-led software development, we partner closely with our clients to develop a long-term strategic roadmap where we identify opportunities and gaps (such as functional capabilities), and then determine what elements Anaqua should build, buy, or partner that will best support our platform, AQX®, and most importantly the needs of our clients.

Collaboration 75

Collaboration Industry Software Review Roadmap 75

mjvinnovation

JUNE 1, 2021

With the rapid transition to work from home, the recent adoption of project management tools has skyrocketed. These are just a few points that some project management tools need to consider to gain managers’ attention and win the teams’ adoption. Jira Software is a project management application from Atlassian.

Project 52

Project Tools Management Software 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

Management 52

Management Fractional CTO Technical Review Roadmap 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

Management 52

Management Fractional CTO Technical Review Roadmap 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

Management 52

Management Fractional CTO Technical Review Roadmap 52

Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

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. To paraphrase an old saying, all consulting is good, and some of it is useful.

Engagement 144

Engagement Artificial Inteligence Software Review Software Developers 144

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

Agile 52

Agile Software Developers Software Development Software 52

Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

Agile 52

Agile Software Developers Software Development Software 52

Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

Agile 52

Agile Software Developers Software Development Software 52

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 17, 2018

George Fankhauser is an innovation consultant and R&D leader with more than 20 years of industry experience managing global, inter-disciplinary teams. His past positions range from leading small teams including several startups to MNCs with a deep dive into research, development, manufacturing and product management.

Agile 40

Agile Software Developers Software Development Creative Process 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Many large organisations across the globe now use innovation management software to crowd-source ideas from their employees for process improvement , new product development, waste reduction , and much more.

Video 40

Video Innovation Management Industry Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Many large organisations across the globe now use innovation management software to crowd-source ideas from their employees for process improvement , new product development, waste reduction , and much more.

Video 40

Video Innovation Management Industry Management 40

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How can design thinking help with product development? Developing new products and services: Design thinking can be used to generate ideas for new products and services, and prototype and test them to ensure that they meet the user’s needs and are feasible to implement.

Design Thinking 74

Design Thinking Design Underperforming Technical Team Ideation 74

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

As a result, the product garnered little attention from early potential buyers. The team was ready to take the next step of getting the necessary guidance and accountability support to strengthen their Lean Innovation muscle and speed up the product development progress.

Marketing 65

Marketing LEAN Case Study Study 65

Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Study Leadership Policies 52

Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

For instance, an engineer who can develop brilliant new product designs but who can’t effectively communicate the value of those designs to others (or collaborate with design teams to bring those ideas to life) is doing himself and his organization a major disservice. FOCUSING ON “SOFT SKILLS” PAYS OFF–LITERALLY.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Study Leadership Policies 52

etventure

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

You have a range of front and back office systems, lots of desktops and devices to manage, as well as specialized systems that are unique to your industry. The speed boat uses the MVP approach , together with agile software development and user-centric design. Big & Complex. Extremely Robust. Moving Fast.

System 66

System Software Developers Software Development Agile 66

CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. If top management does not buy this, Quality is doomed.

Software Review 40

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software 40

Boxes and Arrows

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The adoption of Agile software development approaches are on the rise across our industry, which means UX professionals are more likely than ever to support Agile projects. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

Agile 111

Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 111

Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Although I was attending as a sponsor/exhibitor for Indigo Studio, I did manage to break away to go to the “There’s more than one way to skin a cat: Integrating UX into an Agile environment” session. The answer situates itself within the Lean approach to product development. I recently attended UXPA 2013 in D.C.

Agile 80

Agile LEAN Development Team Review Software Review 80

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

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.

Agile 108

Agile Design Underperforming Technical Team Software 108

Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shifting Gears in Automotive Product Portfolio Management. Tackling CASE and IoT auto innovations with speed requires product portfolio management insights that do the following: Understand the ROI of R&D efforts to know where to best focus investments. But today, exception is now an expectation.

Industry 52

Industry Software Review Software Developers Software Development 52

Leanstack

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

He has no product revenue and relies on part-time freelancing work to fund his product development. Earlier that day, his manager told him that their parent company (from a recent acquisition) would shut down their offices in a couple of months. And he works alone. How did each of them end up in such a different place?

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation LEAN Meeting 52

Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The software development methodologies and organizational design principles harnessed by digital natives are well documented. Quantifying the Disconnect Between Business Leaders and Technology Teams Consider one of the most startling findings from The 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report.

Artificial Inteligence 72

Artificial Inteligence Data Roadmap Tools 72

Collective Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2017

Any social media manager should keep data on requests and problems or be involved in the decision making process. appeared first on Collective Innovation - Ideation Management Software. How many exit in each part of the process and which steps produce the most pain and can be improved? The post What Is Business Intelligence?

Survey 40

Survey Artificial Inteligence Data Analysis 40

etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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!

Agile 56

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Software Developers 56

Matthew Griffin

MAY 26, 2015

Design companies focus on creating beautifully designed, frictionless products and are commonly less interested in administering the cost intensive, low margin manufacturing and assembly operations that inevitably rely on facilities that have to be built, managed and supplied in order to create the final product.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Competition Course 40

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Developers Software Development 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Developers Software Development 52

Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 15, 2009

Karl Fast , professor in the Information Architecture & Knowledge Management program at Kent State University, argues that our conceptual tools for interaction design are more limited, and limiting, than we currently believe. Multi-touch surfaces are going mainstream. Listening more than you speak.

Underperforming Technical Team 74

Underperforming Technical Team Design Conference Culture 74

Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In our last post, we addressed the six key questions that senior management should address to determine if an Innovation Outpost makes sense for a company. These priorities have been identified by earlier planning work at the senior management level. Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams. see the previous post.).

Underperforming Technical Team 56

Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Disruption 56

Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In our last post, we addressed the six key questions that senior management should address to determine if an Innovation Outpost makes sense for a company. These priorities have been identified by earlier planning work at the senior management level. Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams. see the previous post.).

Underperforming Technical Team 56

Underperforming Technical Team How To Innovation Disruption 56