Clay Christiansen in his book The Innovator’s Dilemma, showed clearly why great companies can fail. He points out that is companies go through their normal technology maturity S-curve there reaches a point in which a new disruptive technological change provides greater value to the end-user or customer. He further points out that the [...]
In the early 2000’s a program which had improved manufacturing operations performance and reduce their costs was called Six Sigma. These efforts were focused on reducing the variability in manufactured products and to some extent services. By improving the quality of such products and services the company experienced superior financial performance. There were [...]
Before moving on to the best ways to manage technical projects it is helpful to divide them into several categories. Many classification schemes exist that is the generally accepted breakdown is divide R&D and new business development projects into three main types. Types, Categories or Horizons of R&D The “Types, Categories or Horizons [...]
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