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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Creating transparency: Value is created when data is made accessible to relevant stakeholders in a timely manner, for example, in manufacturing if data from research and development, engineering and manufacturing is integrated to enable concurrent engineering. This can significantly cut time in the market and improve quality.

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Continuous Development Will Change Organizations as Much as Agile Did

Harvard Business

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Maximize engineering productivity.

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Little’s Law for Any Kind of Product Development: How to Learn How Long Your Work Will Take

Johanna Rothman

Joanie, a new VP Engineering, joined the company a couple of weeks ago. Her boss, the CEO, wants to know how long it will take engineering to finish all the projects. In contrast, Team 2 started “this” project back in 2018, almost four years ago. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.)

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Blockchain Startup 101: A blue print for launching a successful blockchain-based startup

Tom Spencer

VC funding for blockchain start-ups has consistently grown, with venture investment reaching around $1 billion in 2017 (and likely to be more than double that amount in 2018). Teams need to be agile and ready to adapt as new information is received. This phase may require substantial funding as it involves experimentation and testing.

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Transforming Health Care Delivery to Increase Value - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has said that by 2018 it wants 90 percent of its payments tied to value. Toward that end, policymakers have introduced value-based payment models that reward quality and efficiency, in contrast with the traditional fee-for-service model, which incentivizes volume.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. Analysts have predicted that U.S. How did we get here, and what does it mean for the industry?

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Success with the Internet of Things Requires More Than Chasing the Cool Factor

Harvard Business

Gartner recently estimated that through 2018 “80% of IoT implementations will squander transformational opportunities” and fail to monetize IoT data. In addition, several manufacturers have recently created a new frontline role, IT manufacturing engineer, with dotted-line reporting to both OT and IT.

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