TCGen principal and Innovate Products Faster co-author Jeanne Bradford explores how visual tools help product teams make better decisions, communicate more clearly, and bring products to market faster.
Breaks projects down into tasks, shows the dependencies of one work stream on another, and provides real estimates, created by the people who actually perform the tasks.
Shows the team and management how much progress they are making on a project. An improvement on Gantt Charts in that it focuses on customers, and provides a more accurate estimate of the work performed on a project in-progress.
Social Innovation enables organizations to tap the wisdom of the crowd, both inside and outside of your company. The Social Innovation Maturity Scorecard helps determine your organization's maturity l...
The Schedule Prediction Accuracy Chart provides an early warning when a project fails to hit the schedule. This tool allows project teams to anticipate problems before they occur, and to intervene bef...
The Root Cause Diagram is a framework that helps you discover the ultimate cause of any outcome. Also known as the Fishbone or Ishikawa diagram, it is a graphical representation of an evidence-based m...
Effective product development strategy connects long-term goals to the daily management of product concepts. A strategic product planning process links together the company's vision, with the strategi...
The Lite Schedule Estimating Matrix is a parametric tool that helps estimate the time to complete a given phase of a project. It creates a rough estimate using past experience combined with the critic...
Graphical Tools for Accelerating Product Development
The Four-Fields Map is a graphical technique most commonly applied to cross-functional processes. It emphasizes the elements of task, teamwork, and quality, with a focus on how you do the work rather...
This simplified RACI helps you clarify who owns what decisions within a project.