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Discovering the Diverse Sources Behind Innovation

Scrum.org

What Is Innovation Innovation refers to creating, developing, and implementing new ideas, products, services, or methods that bring something different and more effective into use. Innovation is necessary to adapt effectively; it enables us to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. The only constant thing is change.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

The SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool and provides a framework for evaluating internal and external factors influencing the success of a company or project. Strategic planning The SWOT analysis supports strategic planning by providing a structured overview of the most important influencing factors. What is a SWOT analysis?

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Value Innovation Strategy For Strategic Project Managers

The Strategic Project Manager

This post dives into the profitable concept and practice of Value Innovation. It defines it, compares and contrasts it from similar approaches, and then looks at the impact of leveraging Value Innovation in the practice of strategy and project management – developing a Value Innovation Strategy.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. Engaging Stakeholders on Projects is another one of my books, but it definitely deserves its place in the list if I do say so myself! Definitely worth a read. It’s about influence and negotiation and how to get things done.

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Product Development with the Stage-Gate® Process (Part 2): Strengths, Weaknesses, Pitfalls

Inloox

The Stage-Gate® process is a process model for the targeted development of innovations - for example, in the form of products and services. In the first part of this blog series, we looked at the definition and basic principles of the method according to Robert G. Enables quality-oriented development and innovation processes.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. This approach stifles agility and innovation, leading to a feature factory mindset that focuses on executing predefined plans rather than adapting to change. Share successes widely to build a case for further lean initiatives.

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Stakeholder Communication Strategy: Part 3 of 4 Steps of Stakeholder Engagement

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Key Goals for James Bond could be to make sure that the organisation’s information assets such as customer data, innovation, etc. Are they part of our Definition of ‘Done’? What stakeholders’ influence is’ can be really important in what channels you want to use. If not then what is the plan? release roadmap) events as well.