Making a video game these days is getting more and more like making a movie. So‐called blockbuster games are developed by large teams of programmers managed by “producers”, can take many years to come to market and generally cost major amounts of money to make. The rewards, however, can be...

On the face of it, there may not seem much in common with a World Bank project to increase the productivity of Nicaraguan farmers, and British financial institutions’ need to bring profitable new products and services on stream quickly. Or with a US office‐product company’s determination...

An extensive review of systems development practices during the late 1990s produced some alarming statistics. It suggested that up to 90 percent of all IT projects failed to meet their goals, while 80 percent were late and over‐budget, and 40 percent were abandoned. The value of IT investments...

Any company striving to challenge the likes of Intel and Microsoft must be innovative. That much goes without saying. If it isn’t, then it will surely be left trailing in the wake of the high‐tech giants. Sun Microsystems offers alternative technology to the big two and can certainly be...

Product development management has evolved through major generations, and each successive generation has enabled far greater performance than the previous one. In the 1990s, aggressive competitors used time‐based product strategies to alter the competitive balance in their industries by...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...

Purpose – Most development processes have the effect of putting innovation in a straitjacket. This is because they encourage heavy up‐front planning followed by sticking to the plan, which imposes considerable constraint on change during a project. Unfortunately, change in product...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the onboarding process with reference to the change management model ADKAR to improve effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach Change management phases and project management phases of the ADKAR model are applied to onboarding process, and...