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Every year at Spigit’s annual conference, Ignite, we recognize clients in our innovation community whose programs have achieved remarkable feats. This year, we celebrated our client’s success in several categories, including: Best Employee Engagement Launch of the Year New Program of the Year Let’s take a closer look at the winners, their stories, and key...
If I asked you to fill in this blank: Portfolio management uses many ________ charts. You’d probably shout “bubble!” without hesitation. Indeed, frontier charts, pipeline charts, and risk vs. reward charts all effectively employ scatter and bubble charts to describe your portfolio. But the humble bar chart is no slouch when you’re looking for portfolio...
What is idea software? Idea software, often referred to as idea management software, is a powerful solution that you can use to ask for, collect, analyze, and track ideas from diverse groups of people, also called a “crowd.” For businesses, this typically means employees, but many companies also use it to solicit and vet new...
Digital disruption has been making and breaking businesses since 2000. The fact is, every company is facing an increase in appetite from customers for better experiences and more convenience. And as newer technologies emerge, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence, it leaves companies scrambling to figure out what it means for their businesses now and...
Every year Planview IdeaPlace conducts its “State of Crowdsourced Innovation” customer study to better understand how our customers build and manage their innovation programs. As we analyze this data year over year, we can see trends emerge and see how what’s important to them changes over time. One of the key findings from this research...
Are you picking winners in your product portfolio or picking whiners? What might sound like a silly question has a very serious foundation: in company after company we observe funding going to projects supported by the most vocal, politically-savvy, or persistent leaders. Meanwhile, those projects best aligned with strategy or those developing novel technologies, markets,...
Measuring the success of an innovation program is a critical step in determining the impact it has on a company’s bottom line. But how do you know if your innovation program is delivering value? How do you know if it’s an integral part of your company’s growth? Earlier this year, we hosted a webinar featuring...
In this blog series, I discuss the six principles that guide an agile mindset, as discussed in a recent webcast influenced from a book “Continuous Architecture: Sustainable Architecture in an Agile and Cloud-Centric World.” For details on principles 1-2 read the blog: Continuous Architecture: Architect Products Not Solutions and Focus on Quality Attributes. For details...
There was no shortage of practical sessions at Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite 2018 conference. One session in particular that gave a unique perspective into the minds of executives was the executive panel moderated by Innovation Leader’s Kelsey Alpaio. The panel consisted of: Rebecca Cameron, VP of Corporate Strategy, Nasdaq Jeff George, VP of Research and Development,...
When selecting the right flowers to plant in your garden this spring, you may consider elements such as type of soil required, the amount of sunlight needed, and the level of care—all crucial to ensure your flowers blossom. Similarly, enterprise architecture today is increasingly being evaluated on its ability to drive business initiatives which include...
