Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch

Robert G. Cooper

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For over a decade, Winning at New Products has served as the bible for product developers everywhere. In this fully updated and expanded edition, Robert Cooper demonstrates with compelling evidence why consistent product development is so vital to corporate growth and how to maximize your chances of success. By any measure, most product concepts never make it to market, and of those that do, most fail. 

Winning at New Products cites the most recent research and showcases innovative practices at such industry leaders as 3M, Exxon Chemical, and Guinness to present a field-tested game plan for achieving product leadership. Cooper outlines specific strategies for assessing risk, marshalling the appropriate resources, engaging customers in the pre-development discovery phase, evaluating your project portfolio, ensuring true cross-functional collaboration, and, most importantly, applying a rigorous process for making sound business decisions at every step-from idea generation to launch.

What will you learn from this book

  1. Stage-Gate Process: The book likely introduces or emphasizes the importance of a Stage-Gate process for systematic and efficient product development from ideation to launch.

  2. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Encouraging cross-functional collaboration and communication is likely a key theme to ensure all aspects of product development are considered.

  3. Market Research and Validation: The importance of thorough market research and validation to ensure that new products meet real market needs and demands.

  4. Risk Management: Addressing risk factors associated with new product development and providing strategies for effective risk management throughout the process.

  5. Customer-Centric Approach: Focusing on the customer and adopting a customer-centric approach to product development, ensuring that the final product aligns with customer expectations.

  6. Iterative Prototyping: Emphasizing the value of iterative prototyping and testing to refine and improve the product at various stages of development.

  7. Resource Allocation: Discussing strategies for effective resource allocation, ensuring that the right resources are assigned to the right projects at the right time.

  8. Time-to-Market Considerations: Highlighting the significance of reducing time-to-market and providing insights into accelerating the development process without compromising quality.

  9. Innovation Metrics: The book may introduce key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success and impact of innovation efforts.

  10. Continuous Improvement: Encouraging a culture of continuous improvement, where lessons learned from each product development cycle contribute to refining and optimizing future processes.

Language English
ISBN-10 9780738204635
ISBN-13 9780738204635
No of pages 448
Font Size Medium
Book Publisher Basic Books
Published Date 24 May 2001

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Author : Robert G. Cooper

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