2011 Demands Better Collaboration and Improved Processes

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In this edition you will find

• Editorial
• Featured Article: Are you getting the most out of your project documents? Top 5 reasons why you need a document management strategy
• Upcoming Events: Lotusphere 2012 and Genius User Summit 2012
• New White Paper: NPD Project Prototyping - Benchmarking the People behind the Products
• New Webcast: Getting the most out of your Projects Documents
• Recent Blog Posts:
• Better Project Collaboration does not Necessarily Mean Standardizing Solely on a Common Web Platform
• 5 Questions Project Leaders Need to Ask to Avoid the Effects of Broken Telephone
• Poor Stakeholder Management : Dangerous Politics will Yield to Undesirable results

As I reflect on 2011 the two primary themes that have dominated the year were better collaboration and improved business process. Especially, from the view point of our existing and new customers, better project and portfolio management meant better access to project information mapped to their unique business processes and needs. Having the ability to effectively share strategic and relevant project information in a controlled environment to stakeholders meant better decision making and improved performance across projects and portfolios. As a result, in 2011 we have seen the emergence of a more mature project organization that is seeking a highly strategic and more inclusive project management framework to deploy across their business.

In light of this reality, it is most fitting that our final newsletter in 2011 highlight some of our thoughts around collaboration and business processes by providing excellent insights on the benefits of improving your document management strategy and the critical processes impacting NPD projects.

Are you getting the most out of your project documents? Top 5 reasons why you need a document management strategy

Today the biggest challenge organization’s face is accessing and managing critical information sitting in these unstructured and siloed formats. In our age of information overload, businesses are constantly looking for better ways to extract and analyze existing strategic information.

Here are my 5 reason why your organization needs to implement a document management strategy to better manage projects:

• Improve visibility for better decision making
• Streamline business processes
• Facilitate better collaboration among stakeholders
• Establish best practices and lessons learned library
• Develop project templates to support governance framework

Lotusphere 2012
January 15-19 2012 | Orlando | Florida | USA
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Genius Inside will be an exhibitor for the 11th consecutive year at the premier Event for Lotus Notes. Stop by our booth and get your hands on our latest version.

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Genius User Summit 2012
March 1 2012 | Geneva | Switzerland

Genius Inside will organize its first user summit in 2012. A detailed invitation will be sent to all Genius Users.

NPD PROJECT PROTOTYPING: Benchmarking the People behind the Products
By Neil Stolovisky

Successful new product development (NPD) projects start with a great idea and are executed with the right plan. Pooling resources and sharing information among stakeholders are as critical to the success of an NPD project as the project itself. The effective resource planning at this stage will serve as a benchmark to what resources will be required when moving to full production, as well as the organization’s ability to deliver on its expectations.

In this paper, I will be focusing on the impact resources have on the prototyping stage in new product development projects and the future role project stakeholders can have on the final results of a new product’s success or failure.

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