Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Recently, I got caught up in some announcement by Siemens, where they announced the acquisition of Mendix, the Low-Code providers, for the explicit purpose to combine Mendix with Siemens MindSphere, claiming it has the potential to cover off all elements of the Smart App Stack. That got my attention.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Apples success is built on a combination of strong architecture (seamless hardware-software integration), reputation (premium brand image), and innovation (continuous product evolution). For example, Volkswagen suffered reputation damage due to emissions scandals, demonstrating the importance of maintaining customer trust.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Improved Collaboration : Agile fosters a collaborative environment where cross-functional teams work together towards common goals, enhancing innovation and productivity. Agile Team Collaboration Effective collaboration is the backbone of agile product development.

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Product Development Agile Software Review LEAN 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 9, 2025

Define: Who owns content strategy Who writes, edits, and approves Who handles design, SEO, or promotion How feedback and requests are managed Consider using a content workflow system or project management tools to streamline collaboration. Measure and Optimize Content Performance Use analytics to track KPIs and understand whats working.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2023

A system that encourages forming strategic alliances, partnerships, and knowledge sharing to drive innovation and create shared value in open, thoughtful, and collaborative ways. The shift to platform thinking gives the potential for scalable and flexible foundations for collaboration, integration, and value creation.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Innovation is struggling to really perform and unleash breakthrough products due to many ‘inbuilt’ inhibitors. Embedded software is becoming more important in value than the physical product. Embedded software is becoming essential within products; from shoes, household appliances, cars, travel etc.

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Ezassi’s Idea Management Software , Technology Discovery Software , and Pipeline Management Software help organizations manage every phase of innovation, ensuring ideas are not only generated but also refined, implemented, and optimized for long-term success. Understanding the Idea-to-Implementation Process 1.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

The Essence of Team Collaboration Team collaboration is the bedrock of modern organizational success, fostering an environment where ideas can flourish and goals can be achieved through collective effort. Benefits of Effective Team Collaboration The advantages of implementing team collaboration best practices are manifold.

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Bubblegroup

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

New report into the Product Roadmap Software Marketplace is published. Bubble, one of 10 vendors reviewed in-depth by TIM-Consulting and Fraunhofer Institute. . Bubble is pleased to share news that our PPM Software Bubble Innovator features in a new and independent review of the Roadmapping software marketplace.

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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.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 12, 2023

Composable thinking encourages a more flexible, adaptable, and collaborative approach to problem-solving, innovation, and resource management. Developing any new concept requires recognizing its specific elements of required knowledge, operational requirements, and our future world, plugging into the human-AI collaboration.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

For example, if you need R&D to deliver a feature, and they won’t prioritize it on their roadmap, or legal says that you can’t release a new product, there’s not much you can do but try to work around those issues. With time, patience, and collaboration, those can often be overcome, but not always. Conflicts of interest.

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ITONICS

JANUARY 21, 2025

For project managers, project management brings clarityturning scattered tasks into a cohesive roadmap. During these sessions, leadership reviews the project portfolio matrix, assesses its relevance to organizational goals, and ensures that individuals are distributed to initiatives with the highest potential for impact.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Nothing frustrates software developers more than working hard on something that never ends up providing value. The Six Hidden Costs of Software Development Resource waste is a pervasive issue that can significantly hinder productivity, efficiency, and the achievement of business goals.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 59

Qmarkets

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The DMAIC Framework: The Core of Lean Six Sigma At the heart of Lean Six Sigma Management lies the DMAIC framework , a structured five-phase process that provides a roadmap for implementing improvements. Employee Collaboration and Empowerment The success of Lean Six Sigma Management initiatives depends on active employee involvement.

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Qmarkets’ innovation management software facilitates idea generation, evaluation and implementation, collaboration, and data analysis. It will partner up with the C-suite to roadmap the journey, deliver and create value for each of the business functions, and drive strategy cohesiveness across teams.

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Culture Technical Review Software Review Roadmap 98

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. “Regular design review meetings are helpful in keeping both the scrum teams and researchers in the loop with decisions that seem to change every 2 minutes.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Meaning anyone who provides the vision for a product, whether it be in code, wireframes, comps, prototypes, or cocktail napkins. Developers own the code, business owns the proposition, yet design is considered a “service.” One team I’ve worked with helps bridge this gap on strategic projects by maintaining an “experience roadmap.”

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

A well-defined set of goals and objectives provides a roadmap for productive discussions and is a critical success factor for any offsite. Fostering Collaboration and Teamwork The synergy of a well-aligned team can lead to breakthroughs in strategy development.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Software Review 100

Planview

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Empowering Product Teams with Agile Work Management Solutions Agile work management solutions enable the adoption of Agile principles, streamlining workflows, enhancing collaboration, and maintaining a strong focus on delivering customer value.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Gartner has found that business leaders underfund transformational projects by ~33% due to ineffective innovation project evaluation methods. And at the organizational level, leadership has a clear roadmap for achieving ideal outcomes even faster. They can rapidly resolve issues by reporting barriers to managers and collaborators.

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Anaqua

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In developing the Anaqua 2022 roadmap for our AQX IP management platform, we listened to our customers, listened to the market, then we worked directly with our customers through two rounds of interviews, sharing and refining our thoughts with them, and listened again. The product roadmap process at Anaqua is always iterative.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

By the end, you’ll have a solid grasp of how to harness agile methodologies and the role of agile innovation software in driving success. This approach emphasizes continuous improvement, customer involvement, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that new ideas are developed efficiently and effectively.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Problem Solving : Addressing complex challenges that the company faces in a collaborative manner. It’s about aligning on the purpose, setting a clear agenda, and choosing an environment conducive to strategic thinking and collaboration. Innovation : Brainstorming new ideas and creative solutions to drive the company forward.

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

The traditional paradigms of automotive manufacturing are evolving, driven by the imperative to integrate cutting-edge software solutions seamlessly with hardware production. This divergence between software and hardware cycles poses significant challenges, particularly for OEMs typically focused on manufacturing.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Here are key aspects you should integrate into your organization’s fabric: Openness and Collaboration : Encourage open communication and collaboration across all levels of your organization. By doing so, you create a roadmap that guides your team towards innovation objectives.

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Culture Innovation Training Collaboration 100

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Industries are evolving rapidly due to technological advancements, customer expectations, and global competition. Promoting Collaboration and Cross-Functional Teams Innovation thrives when different areas of expertise intersect. Create an evaluation committee or use software tools to help streamline this process.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 30, 2019

Creative Construction , by Gary Pisano at Harvard Business School, is such a book, in part due to the preeminence and influence of Harvard in the conversations about innovation that have been taking place since Christenson’s ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’ was published in 1997. Collaborative but Individually Accountable. Conclusion.

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Wazoku

MAY 12, 2020

Forrester Reveals The 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management “Wazoku has a differentiating vision for idea sharing and innovation collaboration.” In February 2020, Forrester published the 2020 Forrest Wave, a review of the global Innovation Management sector.

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Innovation Management Management Software Review Innovation 52

hackerearth

MARCH 31, 2017

The talent management and performance review processes are certainly not what we’d refer to as all in a day’s work. The event held in San Francisco in 2014 drew over 100 professionals collaborated to come up with solutions to improve employee engagement. Code Monk, Wordsworth, Flash, and Optimus. Hackathons—an underrated tool.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

A UX future vision accelerates short-term delivery, but also drives the product roadmap. On the other hand, software can live for years; it’s worth investing to make it scalable, consistent, and avoid design entropy. How to figure out the right team for a new project? Lifespan of project/portfolio.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Project Groups 83

hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The strategy and the roadmap towards the desired innovation-driven mode are critical. In case of gaps or ‘surprises’, the team needs to quickly review the assumptions, the involved models, and processes, and make the right decisions in an agile manner- to ensure alignment with the overall strategic innovation plan. Programme Managers.

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Technical Review How To Software Review Innovation 68

CMOE

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Establishing the right department goal and roadmap is key to overcoming companies’ execution challenges and obstacles. Learn what department goals are and why they are essential and review a five-step plan to actually execute them. If you’ve reviewed the first tip on this list with your team, then all should be well here.

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Tips Underperforming Technical Team How To Software Review 52

Planview

JUNE 28, 2017

Recently I had a chance to read a terrific article in the most recent issue of the MIT/Sloan Management review about internal crowdsourcing. Product roadmap feedback, validation, and some ideation. Figure 1: Adapted from “Developing Innovative Solutions Through Internal Crowdsourcing” MIT Sloan Management Review, Summer 2017.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Add in software to direct and help facilitate discovering, buying and selling, payments, service fulliment and final delivery. The Power of Network Effects: As more participants join the marketplace, the value for each participant increases due to network effects.

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ITONICS

MAY 14, 2018

Even though it took 7 months for the founders to persuade Bosch leadership that their vision is doable, the startup developed a software with machine learning and analytics integrated within the networks of the retailer and the IoT application. Often, it’s due to the speed at which they can innovate and this has a lot to do with their size.

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Company Technical Review Software Review Innovation 57

Qmarkets

APRIL 9, 2024

From streamlined campaign creation to enhanced collaboration tools and game-changing integrations, we’re here to supercharge your innovation efforts. Enriched Collaboration & Community Building Innovation is fundamentally collaborative – it doesn’t happen effectively in a vacuum. Catalyst Network Toolkit 2.0

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