article thumbnail

How to Kill Innovation Projects

Destination Innovation

Starting exploration projects. Killing the weaker projects. They are all important but I believe that the most vital is #8 – the ability to kill off the weaker projects. Starting evaluation projects is harder but you need to start many because no-one knows which will succeed. Listening to customer feedback.

Project 270
article thumbnail

How A.I. can help you better lead projects and teams

Idea to Value

You may know that in addition to my work on innovation and creativity , I work as a professional Project Manager. As I’ve just finished leading an 18-month project, I am reflecting on how project management and leading teams is changing as Artificial Intelligence becomes more common in the workplace.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. method) about how the L.I.V.E.

Project 264
article thumbnail

How to tell when it is the right time to walk away

Idea to Value

Walking away from an idea or project which is just not working. In some cases this can mean literally moving on and walking away, to another team or project. Every innovation team or creative person will encounter a situation where no matter how much effort you put in, it seems like the idea is going nowhere. Quite the opposite.

How To 311
article thumbnail

Turning Metrics into Dollars: How to Turn Your Analytics Data into a Real Financial Model for your Startup

Speaker: Tristan Kromer, Lean Agile Coach, Kromatic

You'll learn: How to turn basic dashboard metrics into a financial model. Learn how margin of error impacts financial projections. At the very least, they need to be able to see the impact of a change in retention rates to their user growth. When to increase the complexity of your model and when to keep it simple.

article thumbnail

How to use KANBAN: An effective productivity method for innovative ideas

Idea to Value

How do you manage projects where the requirements are likely to change frequently. So if your innovation team needs a system for managing multiple streams of smaller projects, KANBAN can be a useful tool to have in your arsenal. Or where teams might be independently working on multiple aspects separately but simultaneously.

article thumbnail

Top 5: How to plan your 2023 innovation activities and events for maximum success

Idea to Value

Innovation projects often fail because innovation teams, management, leadership and operations are not aligned on what success actually looks like. And one of the most important ways to have facilitate this in your projects is to ensure you have clarity and alignment from the very beginning on what the definition of success is for all teams.

article thumbnail

How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

Speaker: Paul Heller

Paul Heller, Innovation Evangelist and podcast host of Innovation Talks , will provide insight on the following: Learn how to ensure that innovation projects are directly tied to broader business transformation goals Discover methods for improving cross-functional collaboration between innovation, product, and leadership teams for enhanced supply chain (..)

article thumbnail

From Concepts to Actionable Insights: Powering Digital Transformation Success

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

70% of most digital transformation projects fail. Learn how you can quickly improve that success rate. Our expert speaker, Ketan Jahagirdar, Sopheon’s Director of Product Management, shares his insights on how to overcome common challenges of digital transformation. How to reduce digital transformation execution risks?

article thumbnail

5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.". Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late.

article thumbnail

The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

It will show you how to select the right solution and what investments are required for success. We hope this guide will transform how you build value for your products with embedded analytics. Access the Definitive Guide for a one-stop-shop for planning your application’s future in data.

article thumbnail

Modern Data Architecture for Embedded Analytics

Every data-driven project calls for a review of your data architecture—and that includes embedded analytics. Discover the pros and cons of each approach, plus how to choose the right architecture for your business priorities, timeline, and customers. 9 questions to ask yourself when planning your ideal architecture.

article thumbnail

Best Practices for a Marketing Database Cleanse

This buyers guide will cover: Review of important terminology, metrics, and pricing models related to database management projects. How to assess the current health of your database while working with a B2B contact data provider. What to look for before entering a buyer’s agreement with a vendor.

article thumbnail

The Definitive Guide to Dashboard Design

Great dashboards lead to richer user experiences and significant return on investment (ROI), while poorly designed dashboards distract users, suppress adoption, and can even tarnish your project or brand. Download the Definitive Guide to learn why dashboard design matters, and how to do it well.

article thumbnail

Living With Technical Debt: Balancing Quality and Perfection

Speaker: Cliff Gilley, The Clever PM

Unexpected details pop up, as small as UX that needs clean-up, and as big as a previously unforeseen flaw in the infrastructure of a project. Whether you like it or not - because it can’t be avoided. We have to accept that nobody gets away without some technical debt. July 24, 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 7:30 PM GMT.