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Calculating the Six Hidden Costs of Waste in Software Development 

Planview

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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How to Succeed with Corporate Innovation: Strategies and Best Practices

Qmarkets

However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Many organizations face difficulties in establishing effective innovation programs, often due to misaligned strategies, unclear processes, and inadequate tools. Assess the alignment of these initiatives with evolving business objectives.

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The PDCA Cycle: Leveraging Dedicated Software for Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

PDCA software has become an essential tool for businesses looking to refine their operations. Let’s explore how this software can modernize and streamline your continuous improvement efforts, making your business processes more cohesive, efficient, and scalable. Source: ResearchGate The PDCA cycle was popularized by Dr. W.

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Helping discover your innovation pathway

Paul Hobcraft

I always find the post-New Year to be a reflective part of the year of reviewing, deciding, and then setting new goals. Innovation application and practice seem to have stayed stuck, largely due to how it is organized. This is a post about the sources of my knowledge that feeds my innovation passion. Let me start.

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How Open Source Can Help Drive Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview: Open source software, patents, and research provide the codebase, data, and information to anyone who wants to explore it. First coined as a term in 1998, open source has its origins in the computer science sector and refers to software where the source code of the project is freely available and can be modified by anyone.

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What goes around, comes around, in Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Let me provide a quick introduction along with some brief explanations : Innovation for me always needs common reference points. Jeffrey and I believed, even more so today , that the innovation space needs a common starting point – a collaborative reference model. It needs connecting up in a comprehensive way. Let me be proved wrong!

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Using a “budget pool” to reduce the cost of innovation

Idea to Value

For some types of projects that have previously been implemented, there can be a clear reference point as to how long they should take, how many resources they will need and how much they will cost. In most traditional business cases in large companies, a project must plan out its potential total costs from start to finish.