Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. Performing market assessments. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Running design sprints. Company Fit.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Cloud-based services are also now being bought directly by functions like HR and marketing, resulting in IT losing its control over technology purchase within the organization. Requirements and specifications are more flexible and developed within cross functional teams with constantly evolving business needs.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

At the same time, the trend also heightens the expectations of CIOs'' internal customers to deliver better solutions at greater speed. A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." Our own research has further looked at the problem.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

All the content was "good," the timelines "reasonable," the budgets "sufficient.". I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. We were in a meeting to review the roadmap for the company's new product. The voice grew in clarity and volume.

CEO 16

CEO Engineering Consensus Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Companies across the globe are faced with new competitive threats, changing market dynamics, new technology disruption and evolving customer needs, and the pressure is on for companies to be able to sense and respond to those changes and deliver better products and services to customers, faster.

Agility 8

Agility Metrics Technology Succession 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Although we had been a market leader for many years, our new products had been launched several months later than the competition — in fact, our time to market had doubled over the previous three years. In that time, I have developed a simple framework that I call the “Hierarchy of Purpose.”

Project 8

Project How To Objective Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Essilor undertook a project to develop photochromic lenses with partners PPG and Transitions Optical. That's why all sites can't carry equal weight, even if their experience and expertise are equivalent; one has to be designated the lead, taking responsibility for delivering the project on time and on budget.

Globalization 15

Globalization Innovation Team First-mover Advantage 15