Front End Innovation Needs a Back End

The front end of innovation needs a effective back end system to nurture ideas, manage research projects, and commercialize the best market opportunities. ...

... "Without the back end of innovation - the capacity to effectively screen ideas, align them with strategy, allocate resources to them and manage them successfully ... " ...

Via Blogging Innovation: Ideas

Systemic Problems Require Project Capability Change

Systemic problems with project management at VA suggest improvement opportunities in the front-end and with inflight project oversight. ...

... "Replacement Scheduling Application: no single leader guided overall implementation, there was no overarching risk manager, no integrated project plan, and frequent management churn, while training money was used for other purposes than the RSA project. " ...

Via InformationWeek: VA CIO

Renewed Commitment to Project Requirements

US CIO and OMB look to focus on the front-end of projects to improve the development of business requirements and position the project portfolio for greater predictability in cost performance. ...

... "He said the OMB was looking for ways to overhaul IT project management in government, starting by creating better project requirements in order to foster cost control before the projects even begin. " ...

Via Information Week: IT Project Management