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General Interest – New Product Development (NPD) and Project Management
- What’s New in NPDP Certification (#86)
- What is Scrum? (#84)
- Change Management in Projects (#79)
- Disruptive, Open, and Lean Innovation (#78)
- Three Threats to Disruptive Innovation (#76)
- 4 Steps to Improve Project Communications (#72)
- Three Ways to Integrate NPD: Project Management for Innovation (#62)
- Optimism Bias in NPD: A Practical Approach to Project Management (#61)
- The New Product Development (NPD) Framework (#56, #57)
- Three Strategic Risks and Tools to Manage NPD Effectively (#52)
- How Do You Measure Success? Earned Value Management for Projects (#51)
- Caution! Four Warning Signs for Troubled Projects (#50)
- A Simplified Process for Small Project Management (#48)
- Inspiring Innovation: Four Tips for Creative Ideation (#43)
- How to Innovate Disruptively: A Not-So-Catchy Title for an Important Subject (#40)
Strategy
- Lean Strategy (#83)
- Making Sense of Classic Innovation Strategies (#74)
- Three Elements of Innovation Strategy (#73)
- Opening Up Innovation (#71)
- Business Model Innovation (#67)
- Inverted Innovation – The Sequel (#65)
- Inverted Innovation: A New Look at Strategy in Product Development (#60)
- Active Innovation: 3 Ways to Improve NPD (#58)
- Strategies for New Service Development (#53)
- Adaptive Strategy: A New Way to Lead Product Development (#48)
- 4 Myths of Innovation Strategy (#45)
- Three Approaches to Innovation Strategy (#38)
- Product vs. Project Management: What’s the Difference (#31)
- Three Innovation Myths: The Case of the Picnic Table (#30)
- 2 Functions and 3 Ways to Implement Innovation (#29)
- 5 Steps to Identify Your Strategic Capabilities (#28)
- Innovation Strategy: 3 Key Questions (and Answers!) (#27)
- Budgeting for Innovation (#24)
- Three Principles of Lean NPD (#21)
- Case Study Review of Innovation Strategy Types (#9)
Portfolio Management
NPD Processes
- Why Products Fail (#85)
- Your Supplier as a Customer (#75)
- Gatekeeper Training: Essential to NPD Success (#64)
- Excellence in NPD: Three Steps for Success (#54)
- Project Post-Launch: Reviews for Managing NPD Projects (#39)
- Planing an Innovation Program: Three Tools Leading to Success (#36)
- How to Manage an NPD Project (#34)
- 5 Steps to Profitable NPD (#25)
- Post-Launch Reviews: Measuring Your NPD Processes (#7)
- Effective NPD Processes (#6)
Teams, Organizational Structure, and Leadership
- Bridging Communication Gaps in Virtual Teams – Part 2 (#82)
- Bridging Communication Gaps in Virtual Teams – Part 1 (#81)
- Is Your Company Killing Innovation? (#77)
- Creating a Sustainable Culture of Innovation: Ten Steps (#59)
- Organizing for Project Team Success (#47)
- Leading Innovation: Tools for New Product Development (#42)
- NPD Teams: The Basics (#33)
- Three Ways Organizational Culture Influences Innovation (#32)
- Four Tips for Virtual Teams (#22)
Life Cycle Management
- The Product Life Cycle (#89)
Market Research
- Design Thinking: Theory and Application (#80)
- Managing Customers, Stakeholders, and Bosses (#55)
- The Path to Innovation: Focus on the Customer (#41)
- Customer-Centric Innovation: Three Focus Points for NPD (#26)
Tools & Metrics
- Economics of NPD in the Back-End of Innovation (#70)
- Economics of NPD: The Fuzzy Front End (#68)
- The Innovation 4×4 (#66)
- Measuring NPD Success: Three Innovation Metrics (#63)
- Misconceptions About Project Metrics (#46)
- 3 Tips for Managing Projects: How to Meet Time Critical Deadlines (#44)
- Time Management for Efficient New Product Development (#37)
- Real Options for NPD (#35)
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