476: Improving decision quality during stage gate reviews

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... Product Mastery Now with host Chad McAllister, PhD.
The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and
managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and
STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: I am interviewing
speakers at my favorite annual conference for product managers, the
PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference.  This discussion is with
two speakers who did a joint session, Dr. Wayne Fisher and Dr.
David Matheson, whose session is titled “Improving decision quality
during stage gate reviews.”  Recent findings from PDMA’s
Outstanding Corporate Innovator award program indicate that highly
innovative companies follow some form of stage-and-gate process,
including agile-stage-gate, to balance risk and rigor in the
development of new products and services. Also, a recent Society of
Decision Professionals poll suggests that innovation decisions are
a rich area for improvement. We will discuss gate decision best
practices with Wayne and David. This episode is sponsored by PDMA,
the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is a
global community of professional members whose skills, expertise,
and experience power the most recognized and respected innovative
companies in the world. PDMA is also the longest-running
professional association for product managers, leaders, and
innovators, having started in 1976 and contributing research and
knowledge to our discipline for nearly 50 years. I have enjoyed
being a member of PDMA for more than a decade, finding their
resources and network very valuable. Learn more about them
at PDMA.org.