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Greetings!
I hope your summer is packed with fun and family! Summer is a great time to catch up on the latest in innovation and other business models. I've spent my  summer focusing on project management and I hope you'll also benefit from learning more about these skills.
This month's selected feature is a thought leadership paper on "How to Manage an NPD Project: Three Skills to Help You Become More Effective." You might also enjoy a recent, popular innovation analysis on Product vs. Project Management: What's the Difference?
This month's recommended reading focuses on tools to help innovators meet their time-to-market goals along with increased creativity. You will enjoy "Innovate Products Faster" by Carter and Bradford.
And, speaking of creativity, our Innovation Fun Fact this month shows you how paper is made. Enjoy!
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Innovation Fun Fact | |
Making Paper
One of my hobbies is scrapbooking so I have a fascination with paper - and a room full of paper in different colors and textures. So, this month i wanted to share alittle of my hobby with you.
Paper and the pulping process was first invented in the  2nd centruy AD. In 2006, there were over 450 paper mills in the United States with a production of $68 Billion.
Click on the image of the sheet of paper at the right for a short video to learn how magazine paper is made. (A 3-minute video.) |
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How to Manage an Innovation Project | |
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Three Skills to Become More Effective
There is often confusion between the jobs of a product manager and a project manager. Yet at the root of it, any New Product Development (NPD) effort is a project. Projects are defined by these characteristics:
- A distinct starting and ending point,
- Temporary in nature (yet may be long in duration),
- Creates a unique product or service, and
- Involves a cross-functional team.
 Certainly, the development of a new product meets this definition. So, what's the best way to manage the NPD project? How can a manager and company get the most efficient production out of available resources? What skills can I gain as product development leader to drive profitability for NPD teams?
In this paper, we'll discuss three important skills for a project manager.
- Balance the triple constraint,
- Kill bad ideas, and
- Conduct post-launch reviews.
GNPS Premier Members can access this dynamic thought leadership paper in pdf format. All GNPS Premier members SAVE on NPDP Certification courses.
Otherwise, you can download a pdf copy now of How to Manage an NPD Project: Three Skills to Help You Become More Efficient for just $3.95 (tax included). |
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Recommended Reading | |
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Innovate Products Faster by Carter and Bradford
This new book by innovation technology consultants at TCGen illustrates multiple tools in short, bite-sized chapters. Innovate Products Faster cross-references strategy, management, execution, organization, and process to offer visual solutions to change management and risk management.
Innovate Products Faster is the book club selection for the Innovator's Book Club, a Linked In group discussing the latest in innovation and new product development. Join us at http://lnkd.in/6M7ivG. |
