The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In recent times, gestation speed has garnered increasing attention as a proximate performance metric. Further analysis, employing illustrative data from interviews, revealed four mechanisms of causal decision-making that hindered venture gestation, termed as ‘causal brakes’: Devoting time to market research and planning.

Development 62

Development Entrepreneur Long-term Planning 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Ditch vanity metrics and leverage indicators that forward your mission and goals. That’s the way to improve your time-to-market without compromising on product quality. The tricky thing is simply having one doesn’t cut it. You have to engage in its ongoing refinement. Adhere to the Core Principles of Agile.

Agility 34

Agility Planning Project Decentralization 34

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

For nearly two decades, many companies have utilized the principles within the Agile Manifesto to deliver faster time-to-market than traditional, or linear development models. Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics. So what is sparking the need to deliver even faster now and where do AI and ML fit in?

Agility 9

Agility Technology Development Content 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Today’s organizational strategies call for small, manageable units focused solely on specific technologies, end markets, or geographical areas. Additionally, impractical and quickly outmoded high level P&L management can be supplanted by performance metrics that stress driving value for every critical part of the enterprise.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Of course, identifying Moneyball-like metrics and boosting individual performance remains vital. But this was the first time attending the event where so many of the top-tier athletic luminaries—particularly coaches and managers—spoke so wistfully and ambitiously about the analytic alchemy that can turn teammates into champions.

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

It was in 1990 that George Stalk and Tom Hout of BCG published Competing Against Time , pointing out that time was an unexploited aspect of competitiveness. Out of their work came a new business focus on "time to market" and "cycle time."

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

For years, agile teams and organizations have measured success using process metrics – time to market, team throughput and cycle times, improved quality, and better predictability of output. Is faster delivery into the market having an impact on your bottom line?

Agility 8

Agility Metrics Technology Succession 8