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. I first encountered Agile Development in 2005, when a team I supported was chosen to help pilot Scrum development methodology at Yahoo!

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 111

Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

It’s interesting to reflect that in 1997, the Agile Manifesto had not yet been published. I had never heard of Agile. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development. Agile and Human-Centered Design The Agile Manifesto of 2001 was a game-changer in product development.

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Management Agile Software Design 52

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 17, 2018

Enabling organizations – strategic roadmaps, IT optimization, operating model definition. Area of expertise: Lean & Agile Management. Agile Engineering Practices. Solving complex problems – capability transformation, large-scale program delivery and turnaround. DevOps Practices. Business Strategy. Leadership.

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Software Engineering Roadmap Agile Strategic Thinking 40

Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

The purpose of an innovation process model is to reduce uncertainty and risk by providing a clear roadmap. Cyclical and Iterative Models Cyclical and iterative models, such as the Agile or Lean methodologies, focus on continuous improvement through repeated cycles.

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Innovation Processes Innovation Innovation Management Industry 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes. They provide narratives on how rapid prototyping accelerates the innovation cycle, thereby reducing time and resources spent on product development.

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etventure

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When you join a roadmap meeting and you hear people talking about the “MVP”, you better make sure they are actually talking basketball before you throw in your favorite Michael Jordan story. The Challenges of Waterfall vs. Agile: Many companies have a careful method of product development – that is deeply embedded in their culture.

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Roadmap Product Development Agile Leadership 72

Leanstack

MARCH 8, 2017

Minimum Success Criteria I cover detailed steps for determining your minimum success criteria in my book: Scaling Lean. ” - Michael Porter With your ballpark destination defined, the next step is outlining a potentially viable roadmap for getting there. I’ve also written about it here. Why three weeks?

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Strategy Strategy Roadmap LEAN 52

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

Even with the proliferation of lean startup, design thinking, innovation labs, accelerator programs, hackathons and innovation marathons, crowdsourcing and a host of designer canvases that keeps pushing our advancement along, success is still piecemeal and random. Impact and Intensity becomes the new mantra.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

No matter how you get work done, whether it’s Agile, traditional waterfall, Lean, or something in between, organizations must be able to establish an innovation culture where ideas are collected, evaluated, prioritized, and then turned into amazing products, services, and efficiencies that your business and your customers want.

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Collaboration Software Innovation Management Management 63

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

One supporter collaboration that has come out of our community is the Agile Uprising which looks to build a community around the agile mindset and includes four Happy Melly members as founders. brand, Jason’s Lean Change Management book and workshops, and Learning 3.0’s

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Collaboration Crowdsourcing Agile LEAN 100

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 24, 2019

Just kidding, Design Thinking can be a good choice, as can Agile, or Lean, or your own blended system. Which is best? Can I blend frameworks? If everyone else is jumping off the Design Thinking bridge shouldn’t we? Using a structured innovation framework is a project success factor. There is also a lot of yakking about culture.

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Project Idea Generation Innovation Design Thinking 70

Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

You will fail with: Lean, Agile, Design Thinking, TRIZ, Stage-Gate, Osborn-Parnes CPS, KILN’s FuseTrail, or a homegrown/blended framework. If you want to kick start an innovation program, get in touch, I can give you a roadmap and help you adapt it to your context.

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Innovation Creative Thinking Culture Design Thinking 70

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

One team I’ve worked with helps bridge this gap on strategic projects by maintaining an “experience roadmap.” The roadmap is a collection of prototypes showing what each release will look like. Agile teams can lose the long term direction by focusing on small sprints. The fastest way is almost always making pictures.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Disruption Marketing 83

Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. Several pockets of innovation in his agency have begun to look to startups and have tried to adopt lean methods. We were once a scrappy, agile and feared organization with a “can-do” attitude. .”

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LEAN Underperforming Technical Team Disruption Roadmap 40

ITONICS

APRIL 4, 2018

A = Agility: Agility stands for the ability to be flexible, proactive and ready for continuous market change and transformation in order to adequately react. Based on your (sub-) strategies you can develop business model options which have to be checked for their market viability in a lean and agile manner.

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Technical Review Agile Roadmap Competition 47

Moves the Needle

JUNE 3, 2016

We’ve learned from the collapse of Kodak, Blockbuster, RadioShack and other once-prominent organizations that a corporate culture designed to uphold and manage existing success can actually become the arch nemesis of an enterprise that needs to be agile in order to evolve to meet the needs of quickly changing global markets.

Underperforming Technical Team 72

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Culture Disruption 72

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

I could outline countless ways to work through different examples, set about a strategic and operational digital transformation roadmap, to combine effective knowledge from people and excellence gained from what you need to do in IT and your technologies to get this going, but I will not here, as this is an opening primer, not a solution.

Technical Review 133

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 133

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

I could outline countless ways to work through different examples, set about a strategic and operational digital transformation roadmap, to combine effective knowledge from people and excellence gained from what you need to do in IT and your technologies to get this going, but I will not here, as this is an opening primer, not a solution.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Innovation Technology Engagement 120

David Marks

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Sales would lean on their channels to ensure better exposure to the new product. Based on the assessments we provide clear recommendations and roadmaps for improving companies innovation credentials. Management would have experienced a paradigm shift and divert resources to an iPhone beater. But, as we know, this is not what happened.

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Industry Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40

ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Large corporations have taken steps towards being more agile and adapting to the rapid pace of digitization by improving their oftentimes long innovation processes and giving more autonomy to employees. The term comes from the English and is based on the Lean Startup Model by Eric Ries. Adapt or die.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Business and Tech

MARCH 18, 2022

Stay lean and mean, do everything you can yourself, and outsource things that you need, as opposed to hiring staff to do things. The behaviors and mindset required to build an inclusive business that empowers agility, innovation, and drives sustainable business success also overlap with those that respect and value women.

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Resources Industry Management Collaboration 130

David Marks

MAY 19, 2017

Chief among these are the Blue Ocean strategy, Business Model Generation and Lean Startup methodologies that deservedly attracted many followers. Based on the assessments we provide clear recommendations and roadmaps for improving companies innovation credentials.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Competition Comparison 40