Tom Spencer

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the most effective ways to achieve this is through data-driven product development. By leveraging insights gained from data analytics, companies can make smarter decisions, create products that better meet customer needs, and ultimately stay ahead of the competition. What is Data-Driven Product Development?

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2024

A capacity planning tool is software developed to assist organizations in allocating and managing their resources more effectively. It increases productivity Capacity planning software helps ensure that the right resources are available at the right time and aren’t overloaded. This helps maintain high productivity levels.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Pharmaceutical projects are endeavors related to the drug development process, starting from drug discovery to the final approval of a new medication. Drug discovery and development. This type of pharma projects involves testing newly developed drugs to make sure they are safe, effective, and comply with required regulations.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2024

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers who have a stake in the final product.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2024

Researchers who analyzed consumer feedback from Etsy discovered that what consumers value most about upcycled products is not their sustainability but their creativity.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Facilitating productive project work. These factors contribute to increasing team members’ productivity. Epicflow serves engineering-driven companies in the following industries: manufacturing, aerospace and defense, automotive, telecommunications, software development, healthcare, and government institutions.

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

For the growing companies, it’s crucially important to keep track of all their products and make sure they are in demand and meet customers’ needs. A good way to increase profitability is to work on the products that will definitely bring revenue and make the right improvements that people are expecting.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2025

For product leaders , large language models (LLMs) arent just another shiny tech trend, theyre reshaping how businesses interact with customers, automate workflows, and make decisions. Implementation Challenges While the potential of LLMs is vast, product leaders must approach their adoption strategically.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2025

In todays fast-paced business environment, successful product development demands more than just great ideas and cutting-edge technology. This article explores the importance of cross-functional teams and how they drive successful product development. Benefits of Cross-Functional Product Dev Teams 1.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Employing a team of strong workers can help you get through these unknown times, which is why investing in employee development is crucial. Learning new skills and competencies is the bread and butter of a learning and development program. Providing learning and development opportunities does just that.

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A matrix organizational structure means that a companys employees report to multiple managers, e.g., a project (or product) manager and a functional manager. engineering, marketing, finance, etc.) More opportunities for growth and development. This approach makes it possible to engage resources from different departments (e.g.,

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 4, 2025

One of the hardest challenges I have faced is communicating a product vision to others. The Design Council’s re-imagined double diamond framework provides a holistic view of project design while preserving the fine details needed to differentiate your product. For example: Our [service/product] helps [Whom?]

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Leaders must embrace these changes, finding ways to maintain team cohesion, productivity, and culture in dispersed work environments. Whether it’s responding to a global crisis, adjusting strategies in the face of market shifts, or navigating internal organizational change, leaders must be flexible and ready to pivot when necessary.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2024

Creators aren’t just changing marketing. They’re transforming product development, too. Creators can drive demand for specialized products, accelerating product life cycles and even changing what customers actually value.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Companies rely on Learning & Development (L&D) programs – especially eLearning – to stay competitive as industries change. However, the actual value of these learning and development programs lies not just in their immediate impact but in their long-term effects on business performance driven by employee learning.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

I don't have just one product for my business. And I'm not a team working on just one feature set or a product. However, when I switched to continuous flow, I have a different approach to my planning and sizing of my work: I have a yearly strategy with the answers to who I serve with which products and services. What happened?

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Engineering projects deal with the design, development, and implementation of processes or technologies; they can be executed in civil, mechanical, software, or electric engineering: e.g., designing buildings, creating new devices, implementing manufacturing automation systems, etc. What is Engineering Project Management? Agile methodology.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs and product managers (PMs) know that they need to find out what people want. In this article, we will look at how to conduct what is called ‘ customer development ’ – the process through which a business comes to understand the needs, pain points, and behavior of potential customers through direct conversation and feedback.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 8, 2024

One of the most common problems business leaders face is how to price a product. From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2018

Content marketing is not some marketing fad. Content marketing is essential for consultants because we are in the knowledge business. Content marketing is essential for consultants because we are in the knowledge business. We don't sell a tangible product or service. It all starts here.

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Epicflow

APRIL 30, 2025

Information systems have a determining impact on organizational performance by enhancing overall productivity, profitability, and resilience. Strategic portfolio management is the process of selecting, prioritizing, and managing a companys projects, portfolios, programs, or products. What is Strategic Portfolio Management Software?

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In addition, problems with equipment may cause additional risks related to workers’ safety and product quality. Finally, the increased use of digital technologies makes manufacturers vulnerable to cyber attacks that can disrupt the whole production process. For example, the manufacturing industry in the U.S.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 6, 2022

Welcome to Applied Behavioral Economics in Finance and Marketing (AEM 6150)! This new course is geared toward developing knowledge, ability, and professional skills to apply behavioral economics in business settings.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, traditional sales and marketing-driven approaches are increasingly giving way to a new paradigm: Product Led Growth (PLG). Product Led Growth is a business methodology in which the product itself serves as the primary driver of customer acquisition. What is PLG?

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager. Never neglect your network!

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2020

Clear strategy - with identified ideal client, marketable and differentiated expertise, compelling products/services that are profitable and scalable and so on. A smart marketing system that consistently fills your pipeline with clients. So here's the real hidden cost of under-investing in your business development.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 18, 2025

Customer understanding is key to good product design. Acting on every customer request puts your product on the fast track to Feature Purgatory , a state where endless features clog your roadmap, delay development, and bloat your product into an unpolished mess. By sheer luck, we pivoted into another market and survived.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For instance, AI-driven customer relationship management tools can automate data entry, lead scoring , content marketing, follow-up emails, and generating reports, freeing up employees to focus on more strategic activities like developing growth strategies, enhancing customer relationships, and driving innovation.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

Predictive analytics, a field within AI, can forecast market trends, consumer behavior, and potential risks, providing businesses with a proactive approach to decision-making. In marketing, AI-driven tools analyze consumer data to personalize marketing efforts, tailor promotions, and optimize pricing strategies.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 25, 2023

CAMPBELL, CA – May 25, 2023 Training Industry announced that Clarity Consultants was named to the 2023 Training Industry’s Custom Content Development Companies Watch List. Custom content development primarily includes custom instructional course design and development for external use. Client representation.

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The product manager, on the other hand, makes decisions about features, scale and the final product. The product manager coordinates many inputs and ultimately makes critical marketing decisions, because they’re deciding what the product is. This is the construction coordinator and the movie producer.

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Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

Agile methodology, originally conceived for software development, has transcended its IT roots to become a vital approach in various business sectors. This iterative process ensures that the final product or service is aligned with customer needs and market dynamics. Agile also promotes higher product quality.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

Marketing needed to change what they wanted, the code changed, our entire team changed. The post Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. These are delays due to management decision time.).

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 15, 2020

One thing that both new and seasoned consultants hate is marketing. It's the fog of all that marketing entails and the fear that they are going to become some slick used car salesman is what keeps smart people stuck in soul-sucking corporate jobs. FOUR REASONS WHY SMART CONSULTANTS HATE MARKETING. But marketing?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 21, 2023

In product development, we often use the words, “user” and “customer” interchangeably. But they mean different things depending on the type of product you create. It's time to clarify who we want to satisfy, so we can make better product decisions. Users use the product. Not all mass-market Buyers are also users.

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

According to BCG’s analysis , productivity at companies that have shifted to remote work has increased between 15% and 40%. At a $500M footwear company I once worked with, the founder and CEO—long removed from his role product development—decided that he didn’t like a particular style his product team had designed, developed, and purchased.

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