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Project Management Vs. Innovation:
          Friends or Foes?
                Tathagat Varma,
       Sr. Director Business Operations
               Yahoo! India R&D
Discussion Topics

!    What is The Problem?
!    What is Project Management?
!    What is Innovation?
!    Can Innovation be Managed?
!    What are we Learning?
What is The Problem?

!   “Somewhere out there is a bullet with your
      company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a
      competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render
      your strategy obsolete. You can't dodge the bullet –
      you're going to have to shoot first. You're going to
      have to out-innovate the innovators .”
                                        - Gary Hamel
How is it getting compounded?
What does that mean?
!  We live in VUCA times –
  !  Volatility, Uncertainty,
          Complexity, Ambiguity
!  Mere “delivery against plan” is not enough.
     Businesses need to constantly INNOVATE!
!  But…can our processes deliver innovation???
Today’s Business Drivers
    Speed            Innovation            UX
• “Move fast and    • “Great just   • “Focus on the
 break things”       isn’t good      user and all
• “Done is better    enough”         else will follow”
 than perfect”      • “Creativity   • “Every Detail
• Minimize total     from every      Matters”
 time through        corner”
 “Build-Measure-    • Pivot (or
 Learn” Loop         Persevere)
Why is Innovation important?
!     “Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic
      innovation. Since time immemorial, life has been
      experimenting with new genetic combinations, through sexual
      recombination and random mutation. As human beings, we are
      the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating, and innovating
      sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.
      Thank God for screw-ups. If life had adhered
      to Six Sigma rules, we’d still be slime.”
                     – Gary Hamel, What Matters Now, 2012
Process vs Creativity – can I have both?
Do Processes really stifle Creativity?
!                    Process tells people what to do—the actions, the order, and the
                     expected results.
!                    If the results are not as anticipated, the process is analyzed and
                     altered to bring its results back to acceptable values.
!                    People are not rewarded for being creative with the process; in fact,
                     the reaction is quite the opposite.
!                    Process not only stifles creativity, but also innovation, passion,
                     imagination and creativity—as it should; otherwise, it would fail to
                     serve a purpose.
http://ecaminc.com/index.php/blog/59-generalblog/191-2010-03-22
Do Processes really stifle Creativity?
!                    Managing people and projects is the act of imposing process to gain
                     predictability. Process gives us the tool to foretell an action's outcome.
                     Without it, planning would fail. It gives us confidence that we will achieve a
                     given output. In addition, process comforts us. With it, we can manage, telling
                     people to follow process and we have few concerns. If something goes wrong,
                     either the person did not follow process or the process is wrong. Process tells
                     people what to do—the actions, the order, and the expected results.
!                    If you want open conversation, innovative thinking, and wild ideas, you drop
                     the level of process and allow people to wander. People try new approaches,
                     think outside the norm, and premier products and exemplary processes come
                     into being.
http://ecaminc.com/index.php/blog/59-generalblog/191-2010-03-22
Does Project Management help Innovate?




http://www.projectmanagement.ie/images/assets/pdf/innovation.pdf
So, what do we do?
What is a Project?
!                    A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning
                     and end in time, and therefore defined scope and
                     resources.
!                    A project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a
                     specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a
                     project team often includes people who don’t usually work together –
                     sometimes from different organizations and across multiple
                     geographies.
!                    And all must be expertly managed to deliver the on-time, on-budget
                     results, learning and integration that organizations need
http://www.pmi.org/About-Us/About-Us-What-is-Project-Management.aspx
So, what is Project Management?
!         A framework that articulates way of working
!         to organize people and resources
!         towards one-time accomplishment of a pre-defined task
!         within the specified constraints of scope, cost and time
!         by proactively managing risks and adapting to changes
!         and exercising control commensurate to project goals
!         and managing stakeholder expectations throughout the project
What is Operations?

!     Operations are an organizational function performing the
      ongoing execution of activities that produce the
      same product or provide a repetitive service.
!     Operations are permanent endeavors that produce
      repetitive outputs, with resources assigned to do basically the
      same set of tasks according to standards
      institutionalized in a product lifecycle.
Project-Operations Continuum

  High                                   Disruptive
 Rewards   Operations                    Innovation
                         Sustaining
                                          Projects
                         Innovation
   Low
 Rewards
              Low Risk                High Risk
Kaizen vs. Kaikaku
Kaikaku and Kaizen relationship




http://www.centrodecompetitividad.com/img/kaizen.jpg
Kaikaku 10 Commandments
    by Hiroyuki Hirano, Creator of 5S, Author “5Pillars of the Visual Workplace”

!                Throw out the traditional concept of manufacturing methods

!                Think of how the new method will work, not how it won't work

!                Don't accept excuses; totally deny the status quo

!                Don't seek perfection; a 50% implementation rate is fine as long as it's done on the spot

!                Correct mistakes the moment they are found

!                Don't spend money on Kaikaku

!                Problems give you a chance to use your brains

!                Ask "Why" five times

!                Ten person's ideas are better than one person's knowledge

!                Kaikaku knows no limits
So, what is Innovation?
!                     Innovation is the development of new customer value through
                      solutions that meet new needs, unarticulated needs, or old customer
                      and market needs in new ways.
!                     Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use
                      of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention
                      refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself.
!                     Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the
                      notion of doing something different rather than doing the same
                      thing better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation
How are Innovation Projects different?
!                     Innovation projects tend to start with loosely defined, sometimes even ambiguous
                      objectives that become clearer as the project proceeds. The processes used are more
                      experimental and exploratory and seldom follow strict linear guidelines.

!                     Teams need to be more diverse and have a higher level of trust as they explore new
                      territory where failure is a possibility.

!                     With failure as a built-in possibility, innovation teams are more actively involved with
                      risk management and need to learn to fail fast and fail smart in order to move
                      on to more attractive options.

!                     Also, innovation projects generally need to be sold to project sponsors and
                      funding committees, a responsibility usually not required from normal project teams.

http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?articleid=303
Stage Gate Product Innovation Process




     !                    A Stage-Gate Process is a conceptual and operational roadmap for moving a new-
                          product project from idea to launch.

     !                    Stage-Gate divides the effort into distinct stages separated by management decision
                          gates. Cross-functional teams must successfully complete a prescribed set of related
                          cross-functional tasks in each stage prior to obtaining management approval to
                          proceed to the next stage of product development.
http://www.stage-gate.com/knowledge_pipwhat.php
So, can Innovation be ‘managed’?

! “Innovation is a bottoms-up,
   
     decentralized, and unpredictable thing,
     but that doesn’t mean it can’t managed. It
     can, but to do so requires a new
     management discipline…”
! Let’s examine one such approach…
   
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries

                     !     The Lean Startup method
                           teaches you how to drive
                           a startup-how to steer,
                           when to turn, and when to
                           persevere-and grow a
                           business with maximum
                           acceleration.
Lean Startup Principles

!    Entrepreneurs are everywhere
!    Entrepreneurship is management
!    Validated Learning
!    Innovation Accounting
!    Build-Measure-Learn
Build-Measure-
Learn Loop
Concept of ‘Pivot’

!   Are we making sufficient progress to believe that our
       original hypothesis is correct, or do we need to make a
       major change? That change is called a pivot: a
       structured course correction designed to test a new
       fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, and
       engine of growth.
!   Pivot or Persevere
What are we learning?

!   Old methods are ineffective in VUCA times
!   We need strengths of kaizen at kaikaku scale!
!   Lean Startup offers one good way to manage
      innovation by bringing in principles of PDCA, Lean,
      and Agile to New Product Development
References
!     The Ten Commandments of Kaikaku,
      http://www.superfactory.com/articles/featured/2004/0412-bodek-ten-commandments.html

!     Project Management and Innovation,
      http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/waynehalesblog/posts/post_1236033108908.html

!     Project Management vs. Managing Innovation Project,
      http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?articleid=303

!     Innovation and Project Management,
      http://www.projectmanagement.ie/images/assets/pdf/innovation.pdf

!     Apple Product Cycles, http://www.splatf.com/2011/10/apple-product-cycles/
Thanks



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Project Management vs Innovation: Friends or Foes?

  • 1. Project Management Vs. Innovation: Friends or Foes? Tathagat Varma, Sr. Director Business Operations Yahoo! India R&D
  • 2. Discussion Topics !  What is The Problem? !  What is Project Management? !  What is Innovation? !  Can Innovation be Managed? !  What are we Learning?
  • 3. What is The Problem? !   “Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company's name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can't dodge the bullet – you're going to have to shoot first. You're going to have to out-innovate the innovators .” - Gary Hamel
  • 4. How is it getting compounded?
  • 5. What does that mean? !  We live in VUCA times – !  Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity !  Mere “delivery against plan” is not enough. Businesses need to constantly INNOVATE! !  But…can our processes deliver innovation???
  • 6. Today’s Business Drivers Speed Innovation UX • “Move fast and • “Great just • “Focus on the break things” isn’t good user and all • “Done is better enough” else will follow” than perfect” • “Creativity • “Every Detail • Minimize total from every Matters” time through corner” “Build-Measure- • Pivot (or Learn” Loop Persevere)
  • 7. Why is Innovation important? !   “Our species exists thanks to four billion years of genetic innovation. Since time immemorial, life has been experimenting with new genetic combinations, through sexual recombination and random mutation. As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating, and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors. Thank God for screw-ups. If life had adhered to Six Sigma rules, we’d still be slime.” – Gary Hamel, What Matters Now, 2012
  • 8. Process vs Creativity – can I have both?
  • 9. Do Processes really stifle Creativity? !   Process tells people what to do—the actions, the order, and the expected results. !   If the results are not as anticipated, the process is analyzed and altered to bring its results back to acceptable values. !   People are not rewarded for being creative with the process; in fact, the reaction is quite the opposite. !   Process not only stifles creativity, but also innovation, passion, imagination and creativity—as it should; otherwise, it would fail to serve a purpose. http://ecaminc.com/index.php/blog/59-generalblog/191-2010-03-22
  • 10. Do Processes really stifle Creativity? !   Managing people and projects is the act of imposing process to gain predictability. Process gives us the tool to foretell an action's outcome. Without it, planning would fail. It gives us confidence that we will achieve a given output. In addition, process comforts us. With it, we can manage, telling people to follow process and we have few concerns. If something goes wrong, either the person did not follow process or the process is wrong. Process tells people what to do—the actions, the order, and the expected results. !   If you want open conversation, innovative thinking, and wild ideas, you drop the level of process and allow people to wander. People try new approaches, think outside the norm, and premier products and exemplary processes come into being. http://ecaminc.com/index.php/blog/59-generalblog/191-2010-03-22
  • 11. Does Project Management help Innovate? http://www.projectmanagement.ie/images/assets/pdf/innovation.pdf
  • 12. So, what do we do?
  • 13. What is a Project? !   A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources. !   A project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies. !   And all must be expertly managed to deliver the on-time, on-budget results, learning and integration that organizations need http://www.pmi.org/About-Us/About-Us-What-is-Project-Management.aspx
  • 14. So, what is Project Management? !   A framework that articulates way of working !   to organize people and resources !   towards one-time accomplishment of a pre-defined task !   within the specified constraints of scope, cost and time !   by proactively managing risks and adapting to changes !   and exercising control commensurate to project goals !   and managing stakeholder expectations throughout the project
  • 15. What is Operations? !   Operations are an organizational function performing the ongoing execution of activities that produce the same product or provide a repetitive service. !   Operations are permanent endeavors that produce repetitive outputs, with resources assigned to do basically the same set of tasks according to standards institutionalized in a product lifecycle.
  • 16. Project-Operations Continuum High Disruptive Rewards Operations Innovation Sustaining Projects Innovation Low Rewards Low Risk High Risk
  • 18. Kaikaku and Kaizen relationship http://www.centrodecompetitividad.com/img/kaizen.jpg
  • 19. Kaikaku 10 Commandments by Hiroyuki Hirano, Creator of 5S, Author “5Pillars of the Visual Workplace” !   Throw out the traditional concept of manufacturing methods !   Think of how the new method will work, not how it won't work !   Don't accept excuses; totally deny the status quo !   Don't seek perfection; a 50% implementation rate is fine as long as it's done on the spot !   Correct mistakes the moment they are found !   Don't spend money on Kaikaku !   Problems give you a chance to use your brains !   Ask "Why" five times !   Ten person's ideas are better than one person's knowledge ! Kaikaku knows no limits
  • 20. So, what is Innovation? !   Innovation is the development of new customer value through solutions that meet new needs, unarticulated needs, or old customer and market needs in new ways. !   Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself. !   Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation
  • 21. How are Innovation Projects different? !   Innovation projects tend to start with loosely defined, sometimes even ambiguous objectives that become clearer as the project proceeds. The processes used are more experimental and exploratory and seldom follow strict linear guidelines. !   Teams need to be more diverse and have a higher level of trust as they explore new territory where failure is a possibility. !   With failure as a built-in possibility, innovation teams are more actively involved with risk management and need to learn to fail fast and fail smart in order to move on to more attractive options. !   Also, innovation projects generally need to be sold to project sponsors and funding committees, a responsibility usually not required from normal project teams. http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?articleid=303
  • 22. Stage Gate Product Innovation Process !   A Stage-Gate Process is a conceptual and operational roadmap for moving a new- product project from idea to launch. !   Stage-Gate divides the effort into distinct stages separated by management decision gates. Cross-functional teams must successfully complete a prescribed set of related cross-functional tasks in each stage prior to obtaining management approval to proceed to the next stage of product development. http://www.stage-gate.com/knowledge_pipwhat.php
  • 23. So, can Innovation be ‘managed’? ! “Innovation is a bottoms-up,   decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it can’t managed. It can, but to do so requires a new management discipline…” ! Let’s examine one such approach…  
  • 24. The Lean Startup – Eric Ries !   The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup-how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere-and grow a business with maximum acceleration.
  • 25. Lean Startup Principles !  Entrepreneurs are everywhere !  Entrepreneurship is management !  Validated Learning !  Innovation Accounting !  Build-Measure-Learn
  • 27. Concept of ‘Pivot’ !   Are we making sufficient progress to believe that our original hypothesis is correct, or do we need to make a major change? That change is called a pivot: a structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, and engine of growth. !   Pivot or Persevere
  • 28. What are we learning? !   Old methods are ineffective in VUCA times !   We need strengths of kaizen at kaikaku scale! !   Lean Startup offers one good way to manage innovation by bringing in principles of PDCA, Lean, and Agile to New Product Development
  • 29. References !   The Ten Commandments of Kaikaku, http://www.superfactory.com/articles/featured/2004/0412-bodek-ten-commandments.html !   Project Management and Innovation, http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/waynehalesblog/posts/post_1236033108908.html !   Project Management vs. Managing Innovation Project, http://www.innovationtools.com/weblog/innovationblog-detail.asp?articleid=303 !   Innovation and Project Management, http://www.projectmanagement.ie/images/assets/pdf/innovation.pdf !   Apple Product Cycles, http://www.splatf.com/2011/10/apple-product-cycles/
  • 30. Thanks Blog: http://managewell.net Slides: http://slideshare.net/managewell Twitter: http://twitter.com/TathagatVarma My Articles: http://managewell.net/?page_id=2