To evaluate when most of the product requirements are determined in a specific new product development (NPD) context, evaluate the domain according to the Cynefin framework.

Good Ideas, Many Ideas, and Linus Pauling

Mar 15th, 2015

According to PDMA's GlossaryIdea: The most embryonic form of a new product or service. It often consists of a high-level view of the envisioned solution needed to solve the problem identified by a person, team or firm.In product development c

Contrasting Risks and Asymmetric Payoffs in New Product Development

Jan 10th, 2013

Why do executives motivate individuals to take risks in new product development (NPD)? Taking risks is not the primary objective of NPD. The driver for taking risks is the expectation of asymmetric payoffs.The expectation of the value that res

Innovation is not a Forecast

Jan 3rd, 2013

This post was inspired by a Paul Sloane post titled "The Innovation Disconnect." Sloane notes that many leaders commit to "innovation" and collect ideas. He cites the lack of implementation. His post contains several suggestions.I prefer a dif

How to decide which features to build for a high profile demo

Dec 30th, 2012

For a high profile demo, the features that should be the highest priorities are the items that provide the most value to the people that are in the audience. This post was inspired by a post at The Startup Toolkit titled "Deciding which featur

Agility is a quality and a relative assessment

Dec 20th, 2012

Agility is a quality that enables someone to accomplish the desirable. It is a relative assessment.

Reframing the concepts of product delay and customer requirements in NPD

Dec 11th, 2012

Documents that describe "customer requirements" and schedules that spur discussions about "product delay" are artifacts of most new product development processes. Instead of these proxies for success, focus on improving the skills of individual

How to make better release or defer decisions

Nov 20th, 2012

This post was inspired by the following advice from a software test professional:"Don't let managers tell you when the software will be ready—you tell them when it is ready. Don't say it's ready when it isn't—offer options instead of unreacha

Silver Bullet Examples in New Product Development

Nov 15th, 2012

Is there an exception to the claim that "There is no silver bullet to New Product Development?" This post was inspired by a 12 November 2012 Strategy 2 Market post. The post asserts:"The truth is that there is no single solution. Instead, a w

How do you successfully launch a product?

Nov 15th, 2012

The following post was inspired by a question on Quora. The primary question was "How do you successfully launch a product?" In addition, "What factors will help you take your product to the broadest audience?"Whenever I hear the phrase "launc

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