Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

A “lean” approach amplifies both profits and purpose. A new book by Silicon Valley tech veteran and innovation advocate Ann Mei Chang, Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good explores the unique challenges that can deter social innovation. Are you wed to deploying a particular technology?

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Technical Review LEAN Innovation Social Innovation 100

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. Many of the problems they reported indicated that both UX professionals and technical staff lacked a shared understanding of each others’ team roles and responsibilities.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. Proudly, the Head of Production explained to me: “We use Lean Production – meaning we eliminate waste from our manufacturing process.”

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Enter Lean Six Sigma Management (LSSM), a proven methodology that combines the best of two worlds: Lean’s focus on reducing waste and Six Sigma’s emphasis on quality and consistency. What is Lean Six Sigma Management? Improve : Implement targeted solutions, leveraging Lean and Six Sigma tools to optimize processes.

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Planview

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are a number of benefits that come from following Lean Portfolio Management principles in your organization. In order to achieve enterprise Agility, Lean-Agile principles and practices must also be applied to the entire enterprise well before work is delivered by Agile teams. projects, programs, portfolios). The reason?

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For example, a project team with strong capabilities to deliver innovation can be prevented from succeeding by a management team with inappropriate governance processes. Lean Innovation Project Management: Putting in place a structure which teams can use to focus limited time and energy on progressing ideas quickly, and validating progress.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction to New Product Development In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, the ability to innovate and execute new product development (NPD) effectively is a cornerstone of business success. At its core, design thinking involves five phases: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every year, organizations lose billions in revenue due to inefficiencies embedded in their operations. Enter lean process improvement : a methodology designed to maximize efficiency, reduce unnecessary activities, and deliver value directly aligned with customer needs. What is Lean Process Improvement?

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models. Remote work , lean budgets , and the need for contingency plans are three big trends impacting the industry. Scalable Business Models.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Here are some of the many ways you can use Instant Coffee: Brainstorming Incremental Planning Story Mapping Lean Coffee Impromptu Meetings PI Planning Retrospectives SWOT Analysis Standup Meetings. Incremental planning is a process many organizations use to break longer-term initiatives into smaller, more actionable projects.

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Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 11, 2017

How do you integrate all this new fancy stuff into strategy and ideation to create actual projects? Has there ever been a moment in time when so many new technologies are washing over us all at once? The elephant in the room is that the new technology requires a truly different approach. Have a cross-domain, diverse team.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Companies don’t fail at innovation due to lack of ideas. They partner with Silicon Valley startups who have breakthrough technology when they really just want incremental innovation that delivers quarterly results. In some cases, the individuals relocate and reside within a single physical location for the duration of the project.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

In partnership with nine organizations (including the Christensen Institute), NGLC explored this question through a project called What Made Them So Prepared? The project’s team conducted surveys and interviews of 70 participating schools and districts that seemed to have weathered the pandemic well. .

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the story of how SAY San Diego is using Lean Innovation to create real, powerful change in their community. They were having recent trouble operating efficiently and keeping their programs fresh due to a lack of process around testing new ideas and exploring potential opportunities. for a temporary worker per hour to $12.05

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Planview

JULY 22, 2024

By adopting these cutting-edge technologies, organizations can not only improve productivity and decision-making but also foster a culture of innovation and efficiency. Readiness Assessment Assessing team readiness for AI adoption is a crucial first step for technology leaders.

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mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As a rule, the corporate scene is full of uncertainties: Will this project work? Therefore, before adopting frameworks and best practices, before looking at the technical part of Agile, you must to turn to the mindset. Redirect the project according to the objective of the business. Key points to have a successful project.

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Design Thinking Agile Design Technical Review 69

Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. After several years working in museum management, Athena decided to specialize in project management, which gradually led her to her current role.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models. Remote work , lean budgets , and the need for contingency plans are three big trends impacting the industry. Scalable Business Models.

Software Review 100

Software Review Change Technical Review Disruption 100

Planview

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In the latest Mik + One podcast, Dr. Mik Kersten, Chief Technology Officer at Planview, sat down with Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman to discuss their groundbreaking work on Industrial DevOps and its potential to revolutionize the development of cyber-physical systems. Who are Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman?

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mjvinnovation

JULY 1, 2021

Keep reading to understand why agile project management provides numerous advantages over traditional forms of project management. What is agile project management? Agile practices can be incorporated into project management, adding numerous benefits. We call this initiative agile project management.

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Planview

JULY 30, 2024

Technology companies want to deliver products better and faster, but as it is, demand often exceeds capacity, visibility is limited, rework is too common, and investments lack focus. In their research, Gene and Steven reviewed common efficiency design systems like Lean, Agile, DevOps, and the Toyota Production System.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 2, 2018

You can use Lean Innovation techniques -- Empathy, Experiments, and Evidence to ensure the driving force is sustained through the integration. One organization might consider innovation to be a new channel to market and another sees it as new technology. With regard to innovation, there’s often more than just technology at stake.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Ultimately, you build a portfolio of innovation projects and some will succeed. Part of the innovation process is also to kill projects, so that you can focus your investments on the projects that are working. When there's no evidence, there's no customer jobs, pains and gains, you want to be able to kill those projects.

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Technical Review Handbook Generative AI Innovation 59

Planview

JUNE 16, 2022

To create interconnected products and services that move a company forward, business leaders must continually assess and evolve capabilities while directing cross-organizational coordination between strategy, work, people, technology, and outcomes. Planview Enterprise One Reviews. Gaining visibility across portfolios. Roderic P.,

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 5, 2015

Have you ever asked for an update on a project you’d invested a great deal of time and energy in, only to hear “they have completely redesigned it since then”? On a recent project, I was the designer paired with a recently-hired UX director, who was a little bewildered still by the new gig. Client mentoring as an investment.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Technical Review Design 86

Paul Hobcraft

JULY 25, 2016

There is a rub here, most transformation projects seem to fail. Digital disruption is the impact of digital technologies and business models on a company’s value proposition and market position. Now that really does become transforming. We need to ask can this lead to disruption, ours and others for competitive advantage?

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Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Digital technology, the accelerated pace of change, and the evolving relationship between businesses and their customers all have an effect on how organizations must operate in order to remain relevant in today’s shifting business landscape. At the heart of this transformation mindset is Lean Innovation.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 14, 2023

In fact, they can leverage Ericsson’s technology platforms, extensive portfolio of 60,000 patents, global network of customers and partnerships, and a talented pool of 100,000 people with diverse capabilities. "By The Ericsson ONE team reviews initial ideas and moves the most promising ones forward to the next stage.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 30, 2019

Digital Transformation (also known as “DX”) is the phenomenon that virtually all companies are incorporating digital technology at some level. In fact, it has been around since the 1990s, when technology started to become commonplace in businesses, and email and the Internet emerged as ubiquitous productivity tools.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Technology Leadership 74

Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

An innovation pipeline is a systematic approach to managing the flow of ideas and projects from conception to market launch. Lean Startup: The lean startup methodology aims to validate ideas quickly and efficiently by building minimal viable products (MVPs) and gathering user feedback early in the development process.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

On top of this, from an incumbents’ point of view, there are legitimate reasons for rejecting a new technology. But incumbents would be willing to make changes if a new technology proves to be truly disruptive and the long-term benefits are worth it. It will become a hotbed for innovation in 2016 and the coming years.

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Innovation Management Management Underperforming Technical Team Big Data 100

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. Innovation leaders, review this list and get a sense of where you are with the fundamentals. The science and the technology, and, the ever-changing market and customers.

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Innovation Creative Thinking Culture Design Thinking 70

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In-house designers often have to advocate for design priorities versus new features or technical change. We all sketch before we design, but too often the sketches go in a drawer when the project starts, often never to be seen again. The roadmap doesn’t just benefit the project team or the designer. We also build relationships.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

They may share insights on techniques for effective ideation such as design thinking, mind mapping, and leveraging technology for collaborative brainstorming sessions. They may also delve into methodologies like lean startup principles and agile development to illustrate how continuous testing can lead to successful outcomes.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 20, 2015

Simply put companies ‘die’ due to their inability to adapt to change and transformation projects fail because the message somehow fails to register and never gets completed to the original objectives. This requires technology to be central to this different thinking, alongside a radical shift in how we see innovation.

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Change Technical Review Marketing Design 100

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

There is this sense that consultants are resolutely staying very internally driven, self-promoting, still trying to convey the story of innovation mastery, when clearly this is lacking in rapidly changing market and technology conditions and due to this staying ahead of the knowledge curve are actually failing the client.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Each sprint focuses on developing a small part of the project, allowing teams to test and refine their ideas continuously. Teams are encouraged to embrace changes, whether they come from market shifts, technological advancements, or customer feedback. Flexibility and Adaptability: Agile innovation thrives on flexibility.

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