Your path to business agility
The most innovative organizations — noted for their creative designs, unorthodox service, or energizing workspace — make innovation a part of their culture. It is integrated into all that they do, and not just limited to the CEO or an “innovation group.” Here are 9 tips for achieving Integrated Innovation in your organization: Don’t Underestimate...
Most software suppliers deliver their solutions with some kind of help file. Similarly, we have such a solution and are confident that the information we provide is relevant, helpful and accurate for our users. But, many software users try to avoid ever reading these help files. It is in fact often the last place people...
In the last blog post, How Structured Is Your Capital Planning Process?, I wrote about my interview with Madison Laird, Executive-in-Residence at Planview. We discussed the extremes of highly structured processes and highly unstructured processes that exist in capital planning; inspired by the newly released report from The State of Capital Planning survey.
At the PMO Symposium in Orlando several months ago, Planview’s Expert-in-Residence Terry Doerscher and I discussed a number of topics that seemed to permeate the conference. There were a number of sessions decrying the lack of PMO focus on value and benefits. And several sessions spoke of the growing trend toward lean and adaptive methodologies,...
Lean Innovation and New Product Development Written by Sean Klein, Business Analyst at Kalypso, and Avjit Dugal, Senior Consultant at Kalypso In both operations and manufacturing, the concept of “lean,” has earned its reputation as a powerful toolset that drives down cost and improves cycle-times. Lean manufacturing achieves this value through a focus on...
Application Portfolio Management (APM) is a process used to attempt to capture application performance and spending over time. Recently, Gartner published a report stating that “Fewer than 10% of Global 2000 organizations understand the full costs of their applications.” ¹ Why are so many organizations failing to do this right? I believe these organizations are...
40% to 75% of New Products Fail — How to Improve Your Odds of Winning! Innovation and new product development are risky. 40% to 75% of new products fail. This is not because people make dumb decisions; it’s the nature of things when you face an uncertain future. Think about it. If you could consistently produce...
As citizens and taxpayers, I’m sure we all like to see our governments working to become more efficient and effective. And here at Planview AgilePlace, we’re obviously pretty bought-in to the idea that applying Lean-Agile to an organization’s operations can bring dramatic productivity improvements. So, we’ve been excited this past year to see strong signs that people...
Will the real efficient frontier please stand up? Each year, we attend many conferences focused on the themes of new product development, innovation, and portfolio management. One of my biggest pet peeves at these conferences arises when speakers discussing project prioritization present a scatter chart with individual projects cumulatively plotted in descending order of bang-for-the-buck...
Some of the best project managers seem to have an uncanny sense of what needs to be completed by whom. If you sit in a meeting with these types, they instantly recall what activities those in the room are performing, what questions need answering, and what next steps are required. Whether interacting with individuals or...
