Meeting participants don't argue about verbs and nouns, they argue about modifiers. Modifiers include adjectives,...
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Converting New Product Ideas into Polished Product Concepts (2 of 3)
Product Concept Management (PCM or Catalyst) is the technique of designing, implementing, and continuously managing...
Risk Analysis – Method and Questions to Facilitate A Portfolio of Projects
Project portfolios focused on the best opportunities, and accelerate innovation. So how do you build consensus around...
What is TRIZ, When You Should You Use It, and Stop Doing the Counterproductive
TRIZ represents a methodology focused on innovative processes or product improvement. Use it when you need innovative...
Triple Constraint Theory: Use a Flexibility Matrix to Fortify Product Vision
Triple constraint theory suggests that it is not realistic to expect to build the fastest, the cheapest, and the...
Quantitative SWOT Analysis (TO-WS) Makes it Easier & Faster to Build Consensus
Quantitative SWOT analysis contrasts the internal, controllable aspects of the organization (i.e., Strengths and...
Lead and Facilitate Root Cause Analysis that Leads Directly to Innovation
By using root cause analysis, you can develop Critical to Quality (CTQ), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and...
Scope Creep Kills: Facilitate Concern, Influence, and Control
Scope creep kills projects. It also kills meetings. The consensual sphere of Concern, Influence, and Control helps a...
How to Facilitate Prioritization and Build Consensus Quickly (or, MoSCoW)
Strongly encouraged by Steve Jobs, as mentioned in his biography by Walter Isaacson, here is how to facilitate...
How to Facilitate Olympic Scoring – Innovative Ideas & Concepts
The Purpose of Olympic Scoring is to extract some consensually validated new product, process, or other innovative...
Balanced Scorecard Demands Strategy-Focused Facilitation
Five principles of successful organizations emerged from Kaplan and Norton’s research on successful Balanced Scorecard...
Payoff Matrix — Quick Wins, Tried and True, or Hail Mary Passes
Quick Wins are found in the Payoff Matrix shown in the “two by two” below provides the classic means of prioritizing...
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