30 April 2012 12:50 pm

Inventing the Steamboat: Why people matter in NPD projects

More often than one would expect, when we look at the original inventors of many of history’s great inventions they are marginalized in their association to their inventions.  Have you ever heard of Ferdinand Verbiest or Otto Lilienthal? Does Karl Benz and the Wright Brothers sound more familiar?  Although the first two people mentioned are the original inventors of the automobile and airplane respectively, the latter tend to be attributed to these inventions due to their ability to move beyond the inventions themselves and connect to the people who would popularize their use.

Written by Neil Stolovitsky
on 30 April 2012 12:50 pm

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19 October 2011 12:41 pm

The Power of the Plan: Why 1% of the Population Controls 40% of the Wealth

The recent news of the “Occupy Wall Street” grassroots movement in which demonstrators are congregating around the world expressing their defiance against the financial establishment and its impact on the “Average Joe” has brought to light the age old reality that money and power lies in the hands of a few who understand the power of the plan that keeps this inequality afloat.  Throughout history kings and monarchs have exploited the majority by creating meticulously planned structures of power, wealth and governments to ensure their positions.  Although the Occupy Wall Street movement is a modern phenomenon, similar strategies employed centuries  Read More

Written by Neil Stolovitsky
on 19 October 2011 12:41 pm

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11 April 2011 10:08 am

Is Agile right for you? Top 5 considerations when implementing Agile Methodology

We often hear in software development circles how Agile development is taking hold of the industry.  Created as a grassroots framework by developers for developers, the origins of Agile methodology began 10 years ago with a group of progressive software developers at a Utah ski lodge that established the Agile Manifesto aimed to establish a more inclusive, democratic and efficient system for running software development projects.  As result, multiple Agile methodologies emerged including Crystal Clear, Scrum and Extreme Programming all designed to establish self-governing project teams that place equal accountability on all members that touch the project.
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Written by Neil Stolovitsky
on 11 April 2011 10:08 am

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18 March 2011 12:54 pm

Natural Disaster Recovery Projects: How serious do we take risk?

Probably the biggest wild card in any project is a project leader’s continuous handling of unforeseen events that can derail the project’s trajectory towards its goal.   Although the unplanned is common to most projects, how often is there a risk management strategy in place to prepare for potentially damaging events?  Depending on the nature of a project, the level of seriousness of risk will vary.  In the most extreme cases, natural disaster recovery projects top the list.  The inherent nature of these projects is to plan for the unplanned.  A risk management strategy is the driving force behind the ability  Read More

Written by Neil Stolovitsky
on 18 March 2011 12:54 pm

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