Three Agile Metrics to Track and Measure: Outcomes, Flow & Competency
Every organization needs to decide which metrics they will track and measure. These metrics are indicators of your company's internal health, the performance of your products on the market, and the efficiency of your processes. Without tracking, measuring, and analyzing these figures, there is no definitive way to show success, find improvement opportunities, or learn from mistakes.
Does Set-Based Design Lead to Better Products?
Every product development team wants to create the best product possible. It’s easy to generate and collect great ideas. Still, it’s more challenging to explore the best options, let alone decide on the winning version that will please the customer and be commercially viable. Scoring methods can help sift through a long list of ideas, but how does the product team choose which ones to develop? One strategy that product management teams can use is Set-Based Design (SBD).
7 Ways to Deliver Value During a Product Critique Workshop
It takes a lot more than sheer luck to create a product that flies off the shelf or the lot. There is an extensive team of developers, engineers, designers, marketers, and managers behind that product. Delivering a great concept from the idea phase to successful sales requires coordination, collaboration, thorough testing, and refining. Product critiques play an integral part in the testing and refining process. Gathering a range of feedback before the final version launches leads to greater product success.
The Exciting Future of Cyber Physical Products
Innovation in technology and product development is the key driver of progress in today's fast-paced world. It involves creating and implementing new ideas, processes, and products to improve efficiency, solve problems, and meet the evolving needs of society. From artificial intelligence (AI) and renewable energy to smart devices and biotechnology, product development innovation impacts nearly every aspect of our lives.
The Importance of User Stories in Cyber-Physical Product Development
Product development at the smallest scale requires clear, consistent communication to ensure everyone involved in building the product is on the same page. The more complex a product gets, the more opportunities there are for communication to break down. Manufacturers of complex products will turn to scaled agile frameworks to keep their teams aligned and working efficiently on big projects.
What Is a Product Critique and When Do You Need Them?
Have you ever bought a product and wondered why it had so many features or ones that seemed unnecessary? Many products hit the market every year, but only a selection of those are successful. The ones that succeed do so because they meet the needs and wants of the target customer, which, in most cases, is the result of regular testing, iterations, and practical product critique sessions.
How to Support Cross-Collaboration with Engineering Teams
It takes many people to design and develop an amazing product. Many companies with large complex hardware, software, or cyber physical products can have numerous teams working simultaneously and in tandem with each other to ensure the best model makes it to the market. Successful products happen when great minds and teams work together. While it’s easy to imagine that this collaboration happens organically, the reality is that teamwork needs to be fostered.
Capturing Your Customer's Needs and Turning them into Actionable Solutions for Prioritization
Your company has created a product your customers love, and your sales team and distributors can hardly keep up with the demand. While your team is basking in the launch's success, you also know that it's only a matter of time before the competition launches something new. Unless you also introduce a new feature, you may lose some of your customers. Your team needs to focus on idea generation and prioritization to stay competitive.
Feature Scoring in Product Development: When to Do It and Why
Choosing between two great options is a struggle for anyone. When faced with the decision, there can be a feeling of loss for the choices not selected. When it comes to ideas and group discussion, it can even feel personal. The more options thrown into the mix, the more challenging the decisions become.
Your Guide to Sharpening Scoring Skills & Reducing Bias
Product development teams are always eager to improve their products. This passion for the product and quest to make improvements leads to a flood of ideas pouring in on a regular basis. Naturally, everyone who submits an idea believes their suggestion is great and should be implemented. While their idea may be good, that doesn’t guarantee it’s the right idea to focus on next. Product development decisions need support from data and research.
How Generative AI Can Benefit Product Management Teams
One of the most novel product development trends is the integration of AI technologies in the development process; product managers are among the top ten user groups of artificial intelligence systems in organizations today, with a recent study by IBM highlighting that 21% of product managers use this technology on a daily basis. The benefits of AI and machine learning are that product managers and development teams can use them to fuel growth and gain a competitive advantage.
The Ford GT Story + 50th Anniversary Win at Le Mans - Innovate to Success
In 2019, the movie Ford vs. Ferarri (starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Catriona Balfe) relaunched the tale of the iconic win by Ford over Ferrari on the Le Man racetrack in 1966 back into the minds of racing fans. The equally impressive feat is how Ford came back to defeat Ferrari yet again in 2016, fifty years after the original win. How did they do it, and why does it matter? Here's a rundown of the significance of the Le Mans race to the automotive industry and the tenacity of the Ford development teams to pull off stunning wins against the odds.