Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first management principle, which goes back 1,000 years, says the things that we measure, we do something about. Many software development companies have what’s called distributed teams, which means people working around the globe on products. How do you achieve effective collaboration across time zones?

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

But behind every successful hackathon lies the right platform—one designed to streamline collaboration, track ideas, and manage participants efficiently. Whether your hackathon is in-person, online, or a mix of both, having the right software can be the difference between chaos and groundbreaking innovation.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Zaras Fast Fashion Revolution Zara transformed the fashion retail industry by overhauling its supply chain and product development processes. The company implemented vertically integrated processes to design, produce, and distribute products within two weeks, significantly faster than traditional retailers.

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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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Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Paul navigates the technology landscape for both Sopheon and its customers and identifies the business values linked to investments in innovation management systems and processes. The Jobs in Innovation Management For starters, this does require a change in how we think about jobs.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I've been a consultant most of my working life, doing all kinds of consulting - starting out in software development, moving on to process improvement, data analytics, new product development and strategy. To paraphrase an old saying, all consulting is good, and some of it is useful.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 1, 2021

With the rapid transition to work from home, the recent adoption of project management tools has skyrocketed. These are just a few points that some project management tools need to consider to gain managers’ attention and win the teams’ adoption. Jira Software is a project management application from Atlassian.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 1, 2023

From its foundational beginnings in early brand management to high tech software program management, product management has emerged as its own collective of product-focused best practices. Product Management is a vital component of organizations undergoing digital transformation.

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Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 31, 2010

Unfortunately, the enthusiasm I had for my new job waned after six months when an executive was appointed Head of Product Development—who insisted he knew SCRUM 1 better than anybody. As the Creative Director, I deferred authority to him to develop the product as he saw fit.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

Fractional CTO 52

Fractional CTO Management Roadmap Technical Review 52

Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Dear Reader, Joe the CEO , Leon the Product Line Director and Emily the Product Manager are hard working people, very motivated to make their company successful. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. But each of them is a little powerless.

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Fractional CTO Management Roadmap Technical Review 52

etventure

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Agile development has been around since the 90s, and became popular shortly after the turn of the millennium, when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was formulated and signed by Kent Beck and 16 fellow software developers. If it is not applied properly, agile development can easily turn into chaos!

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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. In 2009, I moved on to Salesforce.com, where Agile methods (including Scrum) were implemented across their entire research and development organization.

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Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shifting Gears in Automotive Product Portfolio Management. Tackling CASE and IoT auto innovations with speed requires product portfolio management insights that do the following: Understand the ROI of R&D efforts to know where to best focus investments. But today, exception is now an expectation.

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helloFUTURE

JULY 17, 2022

During the time that I’ve managed projects, as we got through the process of implementing any kind of program, whether it’s a software implementation, and innovation architecture, or software development, most project managers that I know like to end their projects with a mythical land known as “steady state.”

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Planview

AUGUST 20, 2024

Software development teams often face challenges that can hinder productivity and disrupt the successful delivery of projects. 1) Wasted Time: The Hidden Drain on Productivity One of the most paradoxical yet pervasive issues in technology management is wasted time due to duplicate data entry.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The software development methodologies and organizational design principles harnessed by digital natives are well documented. Quantifying the Disconnect Between Business Leaders and Technology Teams Consider one of the most startling findings from The 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Huub Rutten

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Dear reader, let me share with you a conversation I had with the Chief Engineer Digitization & Software Development of a large company that produces complex electronic devices with many software elements in and around them. For him electronics and software development is second nature, and he is savvy about physics.

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Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 13, 2013

Although I was attending as a sponsor/exhibitor for Indigo Studio, I did manage to break away to go to the “There’s more than one way to skin a cat: Integrating UX into an Agile environment” session. The answer situates itself within the Lean approach to product development. I recently attended UXPA 2013 in D.C.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Many large organisations across the globe now use innovation management software to crowd-source ideas from their employees for process improvement , new product development, waste reduction , and much more.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

The alternative which I’m referring to is innovation management software. How Can Innovation Management Help? Many large organisations across the globe now use innovation management software to crowd-source ideas from their employees for process improvement , new product development, waste reduction , and much more.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 17, 2018

George Fankhauser is an innovation consultant and R&D leader with more than 20 years of industry experience managing global, inter-disciplinary teams. His past positions range from leading small teams including several startups to MNCs with a deep dive into research, development, manufacturing and product management.

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Moves the Needle

JANUARY 8, 2019

As a result, the product garnered little attention from early potential buyers. The team was ready to take the next step of getting the necessary guidance and accountability support to strengthen their Lean Innovation muscle and speed up the product development progress.

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Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

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Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

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Huub Rutten

APRIL 20, 2021

If that is good for software development, fine. Also if software development is not Agile is fine. I am convinced that Agile with bad engineers gives bad products. If software departments want to work agile, please do, but don’t force other departments to use the same methods. to go Agile.

Agile 52

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

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Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Development Software Developers 52

Huub Rutten

MAY 4, 2021

In my daily practices of developing innovation management methods and software I cannot avoid the term anymore: nearly every development methodology or project management methodology uses EPICS as a kind of starting point for a development project. But not a narrative anymore. It seems so.

Software Review 52

Software Review Agile Software Development Software Developers 52

InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 12, 2022

How can design thinking help with product development? Developing new products and services: Design thinking can be used to generate ideas for new products and services, and prototype and test them to ensure that they meet the user’s needs and are feasible to implement.

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etventure

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

You have a range of front and back office systems, lots of desktops and devices to manage, as well as specialized systems that are unique to your industry. The speed boat uses the MVP approach , together with agile software development and user-centric design. Big & Complex. Extremely Robust. Moving Fast.

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CorporateIntel

APRIL 1, 2012

Information compounds on our desktops, the team with analysis paralysis most often loses to the nimble risk takers—but all this means is that in product development , the role of Quality Assurance (QA) has never been more critical. If top management does not buy this, Quality is doomed.

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In our last post, we addressed the six key questions that senior management should address to determine if an Innovation Outpost makes sense for a company. These priorities have been identified by earlier planning work at the senior management level. Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams. see the previous post.).

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Corporate Innovation

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In our last post, we addressed the six key questions that senior management should address to determine if an Innovation Outpost makes sense for a company. These priorities have been identified by earlier planning work at the senior management level. Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams. see the previous post.).

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