Discussion Question
Finally, the full introduction of Stage-Gate!
You've read a lot about the challenges with innovations, and various success drivers associated with success in innovation. Now, how does this all fit together? You've seen the different stages and gates of the an idea-to-launch system. From this high level overview, which stages/gates do you agree with? Which do you see as a waste?
How much time do you think should go into the activities withing the stages? How about the time defining the deliverables? Finally, are go/kill decisions as straight forward as they appear to be at this time?