Combining Best Practices for Next Generation R&D Management
“Best Practice” is, of course, a super Dilbert-y phrase and one that often elicits either admiration or contempt. The danger of best practices comes when they are followed blindly, verbatim and merely...
View ArticleBeyond the GANNT chart – Advanced Project Management for NPD
Management fads may come and go, but the one that outlasts them all is sound project management. While it’s not nearly as sexy-sounding as “six sigma,” when’s the last time you heard someone boast...
View ArticleAdvanced Project Management for NPD – Top 4 Concerns of Webinar Participants
Below are some quick insights from a survey recently conducted in conjunction with our upcoming webinar on May 22, 2013, “Advanced Project Management for Product Development: Applying Lean and Agile...
View ArticleAdvanced Project Management for NPD – Wikis, Outsourcing and Virtual Personal...
Many interesting insights and out of the box tips and tricks were shared at our webinar on May 22, 2013, “Advanced Project Management for Product Development: Leveraging Others–Working with Suppliers...
View ArticleInnovate Faster with these Lean & Agile Project Management Tools
More and more we are seeing a wider adoption of tools from Agile software development migrate into other R&D and product development offices, a logical progression as more and more products are...
View ArticleEven old stage-gate dogs can learn some new tricks…
Today over 75% of US firms are using some flavor of the Stage-Gate process created by Dr. Robert G. Cooper over 25 years ago. In that time it has been credited with positive accolades such as fueling...
View ArticleWherefore art thou “Lean Product Development”?
As “agile” software development practices spread into all aspects of standard product development, and latching onto the “lean” label, it is often a valuable exercise to try and get a better...
View ArticleHow do Agile Software Development Practices Translate to Hardware Development?
In this short video segment, Andrew McCaskey of SDRNews speaks with TCGen, Inc.‘s Scott Elliott on the latest successful efforts to apply best practices in agile software development to physical...
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