Six Key Lessons Learned from Agile and Lean Principles to Incorporate into a Stage-Gate Idea-to-Launch Process

Speed to market and quality of execution issues are forcing many companies to rethink how they advance an idea from conception to launch. Experienced product developers know that eliminating key front end and commercialization activities to cut development time is a recipe for disaster. Conversely not launching on time or ahead of the pack can result in far lower revenue generation, market share attainment and a reduced lifecycle resulting in more pressure on the product developers to find and launch the next great hope. Building agility into a Stage-Gate process and underpinning with Agile, Lean and Stage-Gate principles has been found to be an effective solution for addressing the need for speed yet quality of activity execution. Join long time Agile and Stage-Gate practitioner and expert Todd Little as he shares his experiences integrating agility and agility principles into Stage-Gate idea-to-launch processes. Todd will explore 6 key takeaways from agile and lean approaches that provide the backbone for an efficient and effective NPD process in this highly interactive and hands on session.