Schedule, Cost, Scope, and Quality are four typical dimensions in the performance management of IT development and digital transformation projects. Performance indicators like On-Time Delivery (OTD), Schedule Variance, Cost Variance, Scope Creep, First Time Right, Defect Rate are common in Project Performance Scorecards and Dashboards. Some organizations use hybrid metrics like OTIF (On Time In […]
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On this National Startup Day across India, let me share my views on how corporates can collaborate and work together with startups in mutually beneficial ways. It’s no secret that many corporates are trying to emulate startup culture to accelerate innovation and agility in their organizations. Here are a few ways that will help corporates […]
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Portfolio Approach in R&D
Traditional R&D investments are usually on internal efforts to develop new products, capabilities, and methods. Product refresh cycles and new product introduction timelines are getting shorter with rapid changes in technology, business models, and customer expectations. Integration among products and with adjacent services is gaining importance to deliver seamless user experiences. It may be a challenge for the traditional R&D models to respond effectively. A hybrid approach to R&D investments may help companies stay relevant.
Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes virtual elements in the physical world around us and provides rich visualizations and interactions. Virtual Reality (VR), on the other hand, creates a simulated environment that is totally outside of the physical world. AR/VR technologies immediately remind us of gaming; or the way it is shaping our shopping experience. But these […]
Focus on reactive, proactive, and explorative channels to build a healthy portfolio of innovation ideas that helps business success in short-term as well as in long-term.
Three Layers of Application Design – Understand the problem, design back-end solution, and design front-end user interface. In this same order.
Advanced Analytics in Manufacturing offer significant gains not only in the operational performance like cost, quality, and delivery but also provide options like offering customizations, flexible delivery, and proactive support to customers
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