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In the product development process, requirements are the foundation to success. They define what a company is trying to build. And they identify what a product needs to do and what it should look like. As the number and complexity of products increases, so do the requirements to support them. Today’s sophisticated products and software […]
Companies that build products are familiar with this challenge: engineering and business teams not working together because they often approach problems differently. Engineers recognize that they need to change hypotheses and try again often and fast to build successful products. They quickly improve the product based on what they are facing at the moment. Business […]
With an ever-growing global population and less farmable land to meet an equally growing demand for food, precision farming is poised to launch the agriculture industry into the technology spotlight. What is precision farming? Precision farming/agriculture is also known as satellite farming, site specific crop management or as-needed farming. The methods used for management in precision farming are […]
In business, times change because needs change. Changes driven by the rise in software-driven products, the business imperatives of on-time delivery, and extended supply-chain systems threaten to disrupt traditional manufacturing and engineering processes. Your teams are pressured to accelerate product development and manage growing complexity in distributed organization and supply chains, within products, and across […]
With our machines and appliances talking back and people working side by side with robots, the times they are a changing. Business has to be transformed to meet the demands of a future that requires a new way of doing things, and new tools to help them get their faster. Robert T. Wanderwerf of KPMG […]
It is no secret that Agile methodologies have changed the way software teams organize and have had an even greater impact on the speed and flexibility of the product cycle. In the old days, software was developed in silos between independent teams and put together at the very end. This resulted in clunky, redundant programs […]
Smart, Internet-connected devices don’t always get the design attention they need. As a result, they may be difficult to use and lack security, and it will be hard to get different manufacturers’ devices to work together. When industry uses these devices, the problems turn into unnecessary costs and lower productivity. Leading thinkers are looking at […]
Too often products fail due to poorly managed requirements. A requirement is a document that defines what you are looking to achieve or create – it identifies what a product needs to do, what it should look like, and explains its functionality and value. Without clearly defining requirements you could produce an incomplete or defective […]
By 2020 the FAA anticipates the skies will open for about 7,500 private drones of about the size of model planes. What (IM)Possible things might they be doing up there? Chasing Storms. A team of public-private entities (NASA, NOAA, and Northrup Grumman) entered into an experiment dubbed “Global Hawk”. Global Hawk drones have a wingspan of […]
There is a global trend toward sharing things, collaborative consumption. Home sharing through AirBnB is now a $2.5 billion business. There are pleasure boat sharing businesses, co-working office spaces, and of course vehicle sharing services. Consumers are driving the variety and velocity of these changes and putting added pressure on companies to improve their speed-to-market. Enterprise teams need […]