Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Companies can also rent their business applications (for accounting and finance, human resource management, marketing and sales, collaboration, project management, and so forth) on-demand from companies like Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Workday, Hubspot, Yammer, Dropbox, Basecamp and others.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. There is no time for complacency.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 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. Behind that problem was a deeper one: We had more than 100 large projects (each worth over 500,000 euros) under way.

Project 8

Project How To Objective Efficiency 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

When organizations want to build a process culture, they need to identify leaders for each process improvement effort—namely an Executive Sponsor, Process Owner, Project Lead and Business Process Management (BPM) Team Facilitator. The Executive Sponsor and Process Owner bring different strengths to the BPI Project. What’s in it for Me?

BPM 56

BPM Process Tips Management 56

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

But a big and growing challenge is emerging: Once your tech teams have begun to master these new ways of working — improving time to market, continuous learning, responsiveness, and collaboration — they often find that the pace of work they desire is substantially hindered by the lack of agility in HR.

Agility 8

Agility Software Incentives Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

” Self-awareness: PMs must be self-aware so as to remain objective and avoid projecting their own preferences onto users of their products. Pro: Breakthrough technology can offer customers things they didn’t even know they needed. Engineering Drives Product: More technically-oriented product companies (e.g.,

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. The clients don’t have to own or maintain the technology. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Customer Intimacy Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Analogous solutions are extremely beneficial to businesses because they reduce time to market, and they can get stalled projects moving again. But for a long time they weren't easy to find. If you didn't accidentally happen upon a solution, you were simply out of luck.

Software 8

Software Innovation Sharpe Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

By Surya Panditi, GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Read more from CA Technologies: Using AI and Machine Learning for Agile Development and Portfolio Management. Do you have the flexibility and agility to capitalize on market opportunities when they arise? Survey Data Shows That Many Companies Are Still Not Truly Agile.

Agility 8

Agility Metrics Technology Succession 8