Organizations value innovation. While everyone agrees that innovation is an important activity the effective execution of innovation activities is often more difficult to achieve. In fact, we have found that the …
Product Development Methodology Adoption Rate Trend Line: 2012 To 2015
Over the last four years we have been closely tracking adoption rates for various product development methodologies. It has been fascinating to track the exponential rise of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum. …
User Experience’s Continuing Rise
First A Glance Back The importance of user experience to an organization’s products grows each year. User experience first emerged as a statistically significant factor in our 2014 study when we …
Stand-Ups Drive Improved Performance – True or False?
Analysis of this year’s data reveals the importance of regularly conducting effective stand-up meetings. In fact, the more frequently stand-up meetings are held, the more likely product teams are to achieve high performance. Stand-Up …
Unforeseen Issues: Nimbleness Matters
Unforeseen issues are common to all product teams. In this year’s Study of Product Team Performance our latest regression analysis illustrates that a teams ability to quickly recover from an …
Are Organizations Effective At Decision-Making?
There is no question that effective decision-making is an important element of success. However, in our latest market research it appears that organizations are not as effective at making and …