Qmarkets

MARCH 14, 2024

These tools can help businesses systematically explore new opportunities, evaluate potential changes, and implement innovative models. Lean Startup Methodology The Lean Startup methodology , created by Eric Ries, emphasizes the importance of rapid prototyping, validated learning, and other iterative product and service development techniques.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 14, 2016

We all are caught up in handling and understanding different management tools. So let’s see if we can help here, step back a little from your favorite tool and look at this just a little more deeply. How do we pick through all the tools, let alone keep up with all the new ones emerging? Tracking the trends on Management Tools.

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Leanstack

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post, Alejandra shares her perspectives on when and how to incorporate lean, agile, and design thinking into your product lifecycle. I have been applying design-led strategies that combine agile and lean for almost 10 years, and while they work, they needed to provide more solid evidence for decision making.

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Leanstack

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s been 10 years since the last edition of Running Lean. While the book answered some questions, I was faced with a barrage of challenging follow-on questions like: How can I get my investors (and stakeholders) to buy into my idea with just a Lean Canvas? How do I apply Running Lean to non-tech products and services?

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Leanstack

MARCH 14, 2019

A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June Version History Continuous Innovation Framework 1.0?—?March

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Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Moves the Needle’s Innovation Toolkit is designed to be used in the context of your Lean Innovation work. The tools cover each stage of your work – Empathy, Experimentation, and Evidence. You will find three components for each tool in this toolbox: Objective: Describes the objective and outcome of using the tool.

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Matthew May

AUGUST 28, 2015

I started developing a visual tool for team facilitation of strategy development over two years ago, after I learned the Playing to Win framework from Roger Martin. It is designed to be at once a visual tool, a creative device, a standard operating procedure, and an artifact of a team’s strategic thinking.

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Articles from GroundControl

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Download the Canvas. Another canvas? We all know the Business Model Canvas. The Business Model Canvas is a great design tool for creating and renewing business models. The first stage of the canvas focusses on finding proof there is an actual problem. Origin of the NEXT Canvas.

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Fehmida Kapadia

JANUARY 3, 2018

We have started integrating the agile and lean methodology (popularized by the IT industry) into our waterfall methodology (popularized by the manufacturing industry). The key tenet of agile and lean development is to quickly and iteratively build?—?test?—?learn. At this stage of the process, I like to use Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. And what we do find usually isn’t a rigorous enough implementation… but rather a cherry-picking of tactics and tools?—?often I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

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Articles from GroundControl

JUNE 5, 2019

What is the Business Model Canvas? The Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a strategic management and lean startup template for developing new or documenting existing business models. In other words, the BMC is a design tool for the creation or renewing of business models. What is the NEXT Canvas? Try for free.

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Leanstack

JUNE 7, 2018

Over the last nine years, I’ve published two best-selling books: Running Lean and Scaling Lean. It Starts With The Customer Forces Canvas Customer Forces Canvas Version 3.0 SIDEBAR] The backstory of this canvas Those of you familiar with Jobs-to-be-done should recognize several elements from JTBD in the canvas.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’re already at the 10 year anniversary of the Lean Startup. ideas that went on to spark the global Lean Startup movement. And what we do find usually isn’t a rigorous enough implementation… but rather a cherry-picking of tactics and tools?—?often I’m always happy, for instance, to see Lean Canvas posters in conference rooms.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. At its core, the framework is a collection of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions to difficult problems. Suggested reading: 6 – Business Model Canvas.

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Leanstack

MARCH 14, 2019

A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. March 9, 2012 - Running Lean Meta-Process - Lean Canvas Continuous Innovation Framework 2.0?—?June Version History Continuous Innovation Framework 1.0?—?March

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Then they encounter an institutional block like a regulatory risk, branding concerns, or just the inability to purchase a $20 SaaS tool they need due to a lengthy procurement process. I am a strong believer and advocate of agile, design thinking, and lean startup. That turns innovation into weekend work and a “nice-to-have” priority.

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Tim Kastelle

JUNE 19, 2016

I’ve been running Lean LaunchPad programs for a couple of years now, and all along, I’ve thought that the number of customer development interviews that a team does is a good indicator of how successful they’ll be. Consequently, I thought that the magic in lean startup is customer development. I was wrong.

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Open Innovation EU

JANUARY 22, 2016

Many popular tools are based on this process view on organization design. Think about The Lean Start-Up (Ries), Agile, Business Model Generation (Osterwalder) and Customer Development (Steve Blank). It was the Nordstrom Innovation Lab who firstly created the following image on the relation between Design Thinking, Lean and Agile.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2021

In The Startup Teacher Playbook we provide the tools needed to bring startup principles into education to promote innovative teaching and create the culture of innovation we all strive to achieve. Provide tools to help people innovate: Give structure to go from idea to implementation. That’s where lean methodology comes up.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2022

They lean institution-centric, rather than student-centric. With better tools, that data could prove both a powerful and dynamic indicator over time. Some tools have emerged from researchers focused on the power of network science to improve outcomes. But rosters and climate surveys only get you so far.

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Innovation Leader

JANUARY 13, 2016

Alex Osterwalder, one of the developers of the Business Model Canvas, discusses how companies use the tool; its relationship to lean startup; and the challenges companies face.

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Strategyzer Innovation

MAY 15, 2019

Innovation sure can be challenging, but with the right tools and the right process, teams can have the confidence to successfully validate any business idea. Spark is tools and knowledge applied in practice. Read more: Testing Before Building Is The Key To Success 5 Lean Startup Essentials To Reduce Risk And Uncertainty.

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Leanstack

AUGUST 11, 2016

This emphasis on problem versus solution was the core mind shift I wanted to get across with the Lean Canvas and why I modified the original Business Model Canvas. The Lean Canvas isn’t a better Business Model Canvas but a different canvas altogether.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

But I still find it a helpful visualization tool for outlining a high-level innovation process in search of good ideas. Portfolio management is a tool that ensures we aim to realize these beliefs from many different angles so as to leave no stone unturned. using a Lean Canvas ), and the quantitative business model assumptions (e.g.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The view offered in this article suggests four pillars to be put into place: 1) A Committed and Engaged Leadership, 2) A Comprehensive Innovation Strategy, 3) A Sustained Mindset Shift and 4) A Comprehensive Tool Kit. Comprehensive Tool Kit. I have been attempting to build up a growing set of explanations to different innovation tools.

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Leanstack

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

While we all looked different and spoke different languages, I saw that for the first time in history, we all had near-equal access to the same tools and knowledge, wanted and feared the same things, and made the same mistakes. If you are a student with an active.edu account, the BOOTSTART plan is $0 (free).

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Leanstack

JUNE 7, 2018

Over the last nine years, I’ve published two best-selling books: Running Lean and Scaling Lean. It Starts With The Customer Forces Canvas Customer Forces Canvas Version 3.0 SIDEBAR] The backstory of this canvas Those of you familiar with Jobs-to-be-done should recognize several elements from JTBD in the canvas.

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Leanstack

JUNE 7, 2018

Taking the First Business Model Snapshot “Set a timer for 20 minutes and take a first snapshot of your idea on a Lean Canvas.” He manages to complete the canvas just as the timer goes off. You get those wrong and it’s easy to see how the rest of the canvas falls apart. Steve quickly scans them to get a big picture.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. In the last five years “ Lean Startup ” methodologies have enabled entrepreneurs to efficiently build a startup by searching for product/market fit rather than blindly trying to execute. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals.

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Leanstack

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

But I still find it a helpful visualization tool for outlining a high-level innovation process in search of good ideas. Portfolio management is a tool that ensures we aim to realize these beliefs from many different angles so as to leave no stone unturned. using a Lean Canvas ), and the quantitative business model assumptions (e.g.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2024

Techniques such as Lean manufacturing and automation play a pivotal role in driving process innovation, enabling businesses to maintain operational excellence and agility. Implemented first in Toyota manufacturing plants, this innovative production system dramatically reduced costs while improving product quality and production flexibility.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

There’s no question that teams are capable of great things when working remotely, and there is no shortage of project management tools, virtual whiteboards and prototyping software out there to help. Which tools to use: There are countless items in the design thinking toolkit , and knowing which to apply at which stage can be daunting.

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Moves the Needle

MAY 18, 2015

Perhaps the most common question we hear is, “How do you get started doing Lean Startup in the enterprise?” We always get a kick discussing enterprise lean startup challenges with The Lean Startup author Eric Ries, so welcomed the opportunity to do so during his recent Kickstarter campaign. It made such an impression on him.

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Leanstack

JUNE 7, 2018

Taking the First Business Model Snapshot “Set a timer for 20 minutes and take a first snapshot of your idea on a Lean Canvas.” He manages to complete the canvas just as the timer goes off. You get those wrong and it’s easy to see how the rest of the canvas falls apart. Steve quickly scans them to get a big picture.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 29, 2015

There are tons of tools and frameworks, why a new one? Great tools exist to track the current state of startup’s and enterprise innovation team’s business model assumptions. Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas and Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas come to mind. The digital versions will come — well, they’re already here.

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Moves the Needle

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Digital transformation is more than saying “We are doing business in the 21st century, using 21st century tools.” As a service to my fellow change agents, I would like to offer the following rundown of organizations that are nonetheless leading the charge of innovation and digital transformation, heading into 2019 as a due diligence tool.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

If they give you skepticism or consternation, you can also show them tools like the Business Model Canvas. When you break them down, these tools cover what they’re used to seeing in a business plan without the weeks/months of wasted time and effort. Structure, Tools & Processes 1. Innovation needs structure.

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