Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

Traditionally used in manufacturing and operations to track metrics like production time, cost efficiency, and quality, benchmarking has evolved into a broader innovation and strategy tool. It now applies across business functions, including customer service, technology, marketing, supply chain, and product development.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Developed by Rita McGrath and Ian MacMillan , Discovery-Driven Planning is ideal for: New product development. Invest resources efficiently , preventing costly failures. Aligns resources with proven opportunities. Agile Development Adapts product evolution based on customer insights.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Facilitates agility and adaptation Encourages ongoing refinement of strategy based on results. Prevents waste and misalignment Ensures resources are used efficiently toward meaningful goals. Focuses on a Few Key Priorities Prevents organizations from spreading resources too thin. Lead Successful Strategy Projects!

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

By assessing concepts against predefined criteria such as feasibility, market potential, cost, and alignment with business objectives, businesses can systematically filter out weaker ideas before significant resources are invested. Optimize Resource Allocation: Prevent waste by investing in the most feasible and marketable ideas.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 11, 2025

Facilitates agility and adaptability Enables organizations to adjust strategies based on real-time data. Without this structured approach, businesses risk ineffective execution, misalignment, and wasted resources. Encourages Agile Strategy Adjustments Adapts plans based on real-time market insights.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

This agility is particularly important in fast-paced markets where consumer preferences can change rapidly. Cost Efficiency : By automating data collection and analysis, AI reduces the time and resources required for market research.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Core Competence Analysis plays a critical role in strategy development by ensuring that companies: Differentiate themselves from competitors Establishing a unique position that is difficult to replicate. Allocate resources efficiently Investing in areas that provide the greatest strategic advantage. Allocate resources efficiently.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It gives the big shots at the top a game plan, making sure resources aren’t thrown around like confetti at a parade. Provide Resources : Make sure your team has the tools, training, and time to work their magic. Provide Resources Give access to the tools, skills, and time needed for innovation. That’s agility.

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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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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Large organisations tend to treat major new product developments as serious projects which require serious resources. However, despite all of the management science the large majority of new products fail – certainly in the fast moving consumer goods sector. Agility, fast feedback and risk mitigation are the watchwords.

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

The trends outlined in this blog offer a glimpse into the future of product development and some exciting opportunities for product-driven companies to achieve real ROI regarding cost savings, efficiency, productivity, digital transformation benefits, and employee satisfaction.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Some of the most impactful innovations dont come from high-tech labs in advanced economiesthey emerge from the ingenuity of resource-constrained markets. By developing solutions tailored to resource-limited environments, companies can uncover cost-effective and efficient innovations that can later be adapted for high-margin markets.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This is one reason why ideas like agile and rapid sprints seem so compelling. But what about lean startup, rapid sprints, agile But aren't there entire methodologies that are meant to get to good ideas faster? Agile, lean and rapid methodologies meant to accelerate the innovation cycle?

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Here’s where a sprinkle of innovation can turbocharge your growth: Product Development : Cook up new goods or give current ones a spiffy upgrade to match what folks want. Divvy Up Resources : Make sure you’ve got the essentials covered—time, cash, and crew—to back your fiery projects.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 3, 2019

But how can an enterprise organization re-invent product commercialization? Lean Innovation doesn’t begin and end with product development. It does not include product development. Most companies have a product development process that is completely separate from their go to market strategy.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Within the value proposition, we actively shape these journeys, building adaptability, agility and innovation for long-term success in the changing business environment we all face today. A landscape and the navigation skills that provide the adaptability and agility needed for successful innovation in the current business landscape.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

From linear to agile: Idea generation is now a continuous process, not a one-time event. Organizations are using agile methodologies to rapidly test and iterate on ideas, keeping up with the pace of change and market demands. This openness is driving innovation by bringing in fresh perspectives and new ways of thinking.

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Planview

JULY 15, 2022

In this post, you will find questions and answers from an incredibly timely and informative webinar that provided crucial new product development best practices based on lessons learned from the pandemic. Addressing Agile-Stage-Gate PPM Implementation Challenges Resource Allocation, Capacity, Planning Best Practices.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Companies that embrace this approach see clear benefits: streamlined operations, better resource utilization, and higher-quality outcomes. Beyond internal gains, process improvement also allows organizations to respond more effectively to customer needs and market changes, giving them an edge over less agile competitors.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

There are significant shifts underway towards digital innovation in R&D and new-product development. The importance of big data, the speed of technology adoption, mobile products, digital design, and technology platforms are at the heart of innovation. It will fundamentally change the type of resources innovation requires.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Successfully navigating this landscape requires a precise balance between maintaining a clear focus on overarching visions and executing meticulously throughout the product development lifecycle. Example of How to Integrate Agile Work Management Solutions Consider a product team at a mid-sized tech company.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This alignment can result in a myriad of collaborative opportunities, from product development to new market entry. By integrating the agility and fresh perspectives of startups, established companies can adapt more quickly to industry changes and consumer demands.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Since then, crowdsourcing has evolved into a widely used business strategy, enabling companies to engage employees, customers, and the public in problem-solving, product development, and market research. This ensures new products align with market demand while strengthening brand loyalty.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Adopting the approach involves several elements, such as breaking down departmental barriers, establishing cross-functional teams, and creating feedback loops that connect customer insights to product development and service delivery.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Startups often bring fresh ideas, new technologies, and agile development approaches, but identifying the right ones to collaborate with or invest in can be complex. Approaches to Startup Scouting Effective startup scouting can take many forms depending on an organization’s resources, innovation goals, and risk tolerance.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 11, 2021

For example, one of the biggest idea killers is the inability for many companies to take really good ideas and get them prioritized in the existing product development process. Adequate resources and funding - I'll deal with the funding here and the resources in the next bullet. Want more innovation?

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The progression of AI technology has led to its adoption in several key areas of business strategy, including market analysis, customer service, operational efficiency, and product development. Human Resources: Leverage AI tools for talent acquisition and employee engagement analysis.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

The most significant activities for investing in innovation management software are presently for events, challenges and campaigns, idea assessments, especially at the early stage, and product development filters. Innovation will be central to this; it will be based more on agility, being highly adaptable, flexible and acting at speed.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 3, 2019

These words include adjectives such as "lean", "agile" and "rapid", to make the point that innovation should be stripped to its bare components, move as fast as possible and create minimum viable solutions. Risk avoidance and current revenue are often more important than potential profitable products and services.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 20, 2018

We work with clients to materialize their Design Thinking processes like we did with our customers at SAP , achieve their Agile product development and research operations, and implement business viability assessments based on COSTAR or Business Model Canvas. We’re looking to generate results sooner rather than later.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JULY 21, 2021

What the companies that make the decision to maintain cost containment will miss is the opportunity to put new products and services into the product development funnel. What do companies that fail to invest in innovation miss? What work can be done to improve innovation and shorten time to market?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 26, 2015

We teach trend spotting and scenario planning to our customers to help them understand the importance of recognizing emerging needs and emerging segments, because the great ideas they generate won't become products or services very quickly. And then I ask them to tell me their firm's average product development process timeframe.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

Even if they have agreed on the importance of innovation and have set up teams or departments to develop new value-adding, innovative products and services, these products may end up never being launched because nobody in the existing business units will take responsibility and take the risk of launching them.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s a systematic approach designed to minimize risk and allocate resources effectively. The typical stages might include concept development, design, testing, and launch. Enhance the quality of products developed. Optimize resource allocation throughout the development process.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 18, 2020

A new product development process that works at lightning speed requires new ways of working plus new ways of innovating. In this post we will cover how to: Cut your development cycle time and free up working capital. Tips from top new product developers. Fill up your pipeline with new, vetted ideas. In Conclusion.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 9, 2021

The dreaded "day job" That's why so much new product development and innovation is accomplished in teams of people who are working beyond their normal responsibilities. New product development, innovation and growth responsibilities are simply layered on top of their existing jobs. Where should they report?

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Planview

JULY 29, 2024

Streamlining Global Product Development Process Conagra Brands has been a major force in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry for more than a century and needed a solution to streamline their global development process and improve data-driven decision-making.

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