In the early 1990s, lateralworks conducted an extensive multi-company study involving over 500 people who worked on fast-to-market projects in Silicon Valley. Since then, they have worked with hundreds of teams to accelerate the delivery of new technology products to market. The research continues today to keep the best practices current.
This podcast series will share many of the practices that teams use to deliver the right product to the market at the right time.
By analyzing months of team meeting transcripts using AI, lateralworks discovered that project delays stem from recurring systemic interrupts rather than internal team failures. These hidden obstacles typically involve unowned supplier items, administrative bottlenecks, and communication barriers at external boundaries. Furthermore, the specific language used by project managers serves as an early warning indicator for impending schedule slips long before they formally appear on charts. To ac...
26 Sept 2026
Reconciling the Gap: Top-Down Targets and Bottom-Up Schedules
Effective management requires a clear distinction between strategic targets and operational schedules to avoid project failure. Executive leadership must establish top-down goals based on market needs, while project teams should provide bottom-up timelines that reflect the reality of the work. The essential role of management is to reconcile the gap between these two viewpoints through an honest dialogue about risks and resources. Failure to acknowledge this discrepancy leads to unpriced risk...
12 Aug 2026
The art of meaningful targets and project trends
Meaningful targets must originate from external business realities, such as market windows or customer commitments, rather than internal team schedules or arbitrary executive mandates. Effective project management relies on fixed targets that serve as a permanent contractual anchor between a team and its organization. These milestones typically manifest as specific dates, time windows, or stretch-and-commit pairs that allow for aggressive planning while maintaining realistic public promises. ...
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