Optimizing the Stage-Gate Process: What Best-Practice Companies Do—I

By R. Cooper, S. Edgett, E. Kleinschmidt. 2002

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Inhibitors of disruptive innovation capability: a conceptual model (2006, background): “Contrary to linear, incremental innovation processes, such as the stage-gate concepts ( Cooper et al. , 2002a, b”
Stage-Gate Controls, Learning Failure, and Adverse Effect on Novel New Products (2008, background): “Gate evaluation criteria are usually operationalized in the form of standard checklists or scorecards for better prioritization decisions (Cooper 2001; Cooper, Edgett, and Kleinschmidt 2002a, b; Griffin 1997).”
Stakeholder engagement for responsible innovation in the private sector: critical issues and management practices (2015, methodology): “In this research, the most commonly described stage-gate model is used (Cooper, 1990; Cooper et al., 2002), which involves the following stages: the discovery stage in which new opportunities for new products are identified, the scoping stage in which the technical and marketplace benefits of the…”