Author Archives: Gary R Schirr

Should you hire an anthropologist?

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Gary R Schirr

Ethnography stands out in a survey The principals of the Product Development Group, owners of the Stage-Gate registration, published the lead article in Visions (a PDMA publication) this month. It was a survey of firms about their most used and … Continue reading →

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Rushing the Gates – I

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Gary R Schirr

Don’t let process management kill innovation For over a decade there has been research indicating that a Stage-Gate® process hampers more innovative new product development projects. For me a high point of these analyses was a 2005 presentation at the … Continue reading →

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Try and Fail (and try again)

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Gary R Schirr

 The Cost of Trying is lower than the Cost of Analyzing! In a classic CMR article, Lynn and Morone urged high tech firms to “Probe and Learn”: get a workable product or service out there into the market and see what works. I … Continue reading →

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All the World – Stages?

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Gary R Schirr

Your first time  The May issue of JPIM has an article by Dr. Robert Cooper defending the Stage-Gate®   (“S-G”) model of new product development from many criticisms in recent research and writing on product development. The S-G process is ubiquitous in new product … Continue reading →

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My First Webinar

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Gary R Schirr

 Thanks ABA! I did a web-based seminar for the first time yesterday.    187 bankers from the American Bankers Association participated in a discussion of the 2007 Bank New Service Development Survey, which was done with the cooperation of the … Continue reading →

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