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A Front-End Management Process For Innovation: Removing The Fuzz from the Front-End

August 14, 2021June 10, 2020 by John Carter

We have advocated two systems for managing your company’s early stage product innovation activities. The first is a yearly planning process that ties the company’s vision to a strategy, and provides roadmaps that drive the annual budgeting process.

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Categories Product Development Pr... Tags innovation, Program Management

Innovation: Are Two Systems Better Than One?

August 14, 2021June 8, 2020 by John Carter

In too many companies, the front end of development remains fuzzy. The same companies that will micro-manage IT, or spend time simplifying a portion of their manufacturing operations, show little interest in improving the early stage innovation activities that drive future growth.

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Categories Product Strategy &... Tags innovation

Building High Performance Teams To Drive Innovation

August 14, 2021June 1, 2020 by Jeanne Bradford

Creating high-performance teams is a competitive advantage. Through high performance teams it is possible to quickly innovate and deliver winning products to market.

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Categories High Performance Teams Tags innovation

A Strategic Planning Process for Innovation: A Long Term Horizon for Product Planning

August 15, 2021May 13, 2020 by John Carter

Before projects become products, they are ideas in the minds of your teams. They begin as product concepts, germs of your company’s future growth. How can companies manage the portfolio of product ideas?

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Categories Product Strategy &... Tags innovation
Comprehensive Innovation Map

Best Practices in Innovation: Creating Better Innovations Faster

August 15, 2021May 9, 2020 by John Carter

Our clients often ask us how they can become more innovative. Some seem to believe that innovation appears as if by magic. Many believe that there is no process for innovation. We have identified three practices that are research-verified, an end-to-end series of steps that yield the best ideas.

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Categories Product Definition Tags innovation, Time to Market
Community Product Requirements Chart: Using Communities to Understand Customer Usage

Community Product Requirements Chart: Using Communities to Understand Customer Usage

August 21, 2021November 9, 2018 by Jeanne Bradford

The Community Product Requirements Chart is a tool that provides customer insights and creates opportunities for innovation.

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Categories Product Definition Tags Crowdsourcing, innovation, Social media

Machine Learning: Impacting Innovation Today!

August 27, 2021July 26, 2018 by John Carter

AI and Machine Learning (AI/ML) are not just for Google and Amazon. They are beginning to be a substantial part of new products in unexpected categories. It is impacting how we manage teams and projects, enabling teams to be more efficient and creative.

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Categories Business, Technology Tags artificial intelligence, innovation, machine learning

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