Product Management

WHITE PAPER: Service productization can be a huge benefit to service organizations, as it offers predictable outcomes that have previously been inconsistent.  Check out this informative resource to examine the trend in productizing services, discover a framework that could help your business benefit, and learn how to avoid productization pitfalls.

Posted: 25 Mar 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: View this white paper to gain a better understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM.) I'ts more than just a generic buzzword, and it encompasses more than merely managing your program and project processes. Gain a better understanding on the road to successful PLM by reading this white paper now.

Posted: 18 Feb 2013 | Published: 18 Feb 2013

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how your company can streamline order fulfillment, billing, credit management, and more as well as reduce your order processing time.

Posted: 09 Nov 2012 | Published: 09 Nov 2012

WHITE PAPER: Leveraging multiple enterprise resource planning (ERP) products is costing your organization valuable budget dollars. Discover four reasons to consolidate to a single ERP product, the typical obstacles holding organizations back and how to get around them, and much more.

Posted: 09 Jul 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: This report from the Economist Intelligence Unit examines how their practices are evolving and offers examples of data use at some highly successful companies.

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The use of project and portfolio management (PPM) can help organizations see the big picture – and effectively plan ahead to achieve strategic results.  Learn how your organization can benefit from a PPM approach that provides visibility into project decisions for greater success.

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Discover how companies taking a strategic approach toward safer and greener products can successfully meet the challenges of achieving effective compliance, safety, and product stewardship in a complex regulatory world, while at the same time gaining a competitive business advantage for the future.

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 | Published: 15 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Organizations that can continually deliver innovative products and services often garner majority marketplace share, premium profit margins and an industry-leading status. This white paper focuses on controlling that innovation with a portfolio management solution that will support sourcing, prioritization, process support, and more.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Different managers have different philosophies for project planning and scheduling, especially when it comes to meeting deadlines. But what if there was a way to improve risk management in relation to corporate projects? Learn how capacity planning provides the foresight necessary to complete projects on time and boost customer satisfaction.

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 | Published: 12 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Ensure your organisation is able to align IT project decisions with financial, marketplace and business needs. Learn how portfolio management helps business and It leaders make informed, objective decisions via scenario, statistical and financial analyses.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 18 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can provide the supply chain and asset visibility required for business success through automated identification, location and tracking of your products and assets.

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 | Published: 31 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This Magic Quadrant compares 18 vendors and the strengths and cautions they each bring to the table with marketing resource management. This provides means each company based on constant criteria, allowing you to choose a vendor that meets your needs.

Posted: 06 May 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Five tips for improving the ROI of your software investments.

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 | Published: 22 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This article challenges the value of traditional metrics for managing product development schedules and presents an alternative compatible with Agile approaches such as Scrum and XP. It is written for development managers or Scrum Product Owners who want to make decisions based on empirically derived schedule forecasts instead of shots in the dark.

Posted: 17 Jan 2011 | Published: 17 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Interstage BPM's superior architecture lets business users and IT professionals collaborate on defining and refining business processes. It empowers knowledge workers to stretch processes to fit to the business needs and it provides developers with the ability to easily create and deploy high performance process-based applications.

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 | Published: 03 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many manufacturers are already using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology to design products, test them and automate their production. This same technology can be integrated with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions, like IBM’s Maximo® Asset Management to manage manufacturing assets involved in production.

Posted: 07 Dec 2010 | Published: 07 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: Forecasts never seem to be as accurate as you would like them, or need them, to be. This white paper explores why forecasting is often poorly done and provides some ways to improve it. Continue reading to learn what management must know about forecasting.

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 | Published: 04 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Review Center is a module within Contour that provides a fast and agile way to collaborate on requirements. It enables teams to discuss, review and approve requirements with stakeholders and customers in real-time. It can also cut requirements approval cycles from weeks to days. This playbook provides a step-by-step guide on how to use it.

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 | Published: 21 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses common GPD challenges and corresponding solution methodologies in the context of PTC technology-enabled best practices derived from numerous customer engagements worldwide.  Read this paper to learn the foundation your company needs to make intelligent, informed decisions regarding initiatives toward global product development.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides CIMdata’s perspective on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, including its motivation for use, value and future. It also describes Mentor Graphics’ FloEFD CFD analysis solution that is designed to provide product designers and engineers with direct access to CFD techniques directly in their design (CAD) environment.

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 | Published: 10 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: This document discusses the challenges in implementing DOORS in a rapidly evolving environment and the clear payoffs from using DOORS to integrate across diverse disciplines and to boost the collaborative effort.

Posted: 11 Dec 2009 | Published: 25 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Maintaining strong business performance and customer loyalty require continual vigilance and assessment and performance tools. Read this paper to learn five steps to improve business performance and increase customer loyalty.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 04 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: The product portfolio decisions you make today will determine whether your company is relevant tomorrow. To increase the chances of marketing a successful product, organizations must deliver products and services to the consumers they value the most, and they must provide those deliverables when their consumers want them. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 | Published: 23 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will explore the impact agile development methodologies are having on the Project Management community, what new skills are required, and what the Project Manager can do to ease the transition.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009