Stage-Gate®: The “Official” 2026 Version Read Time: 10 minutes Dr. Robert G. Cooper The Stage-Gate® New Product Process For over forty years, the Stage-Gate® process has served as a framework for managing new product development (NPD). [1] Around the world, organizations rely on...
Governance Is Back: How Gated Portfolios Are Reclaiming Control in the AI Era Read Time: 5 minutes Dr. Robert G. Cooper (Professor Emeritus) and Michelle Jones (Stage-Gate International) The Pattern Over the past year, conversations with product and innovation leaders keep...
Speed vs Quality When Using AI in Discovery Read Time: 4 minutes Product Discovery Fundamentals Written by Jim Morris For many years, I revered the Sprint book for finding ideas in a fast, five day, easy to follow recipe. The Sprint book inspired teams to get out of the office and...
‘China Speed’: Accelerated Product Development the Chinese Way Read Time: 5 minutes By Robert G. Cooper From the author: Colleagues and clients have been asking me about China Speed—how the Chinese are able to develop and launch new products so quickly. Are they doing something...
Read time: 2 minutes Newton told us that, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” And in the realm of New Product Development, Robert Cooper and Scott Edgett are giants of our field. It should be required reading of every product manager and leader to at a...
PDMA Body of Knowledge: Market Research in Product Innovation Insights #1 Read time: 7 minutes The kHUB Curator Team members have each been assigned a BoK section to own. This includes seeking, editing and sharing content related to that section. The curators are also sharing their...