TEI 177: Creating a hybrid Agile Stage-Gate process

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator 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: Many medium to
large organizations are adopting agile practices, such as the use
of Scrum. Some are having more success with the adoption than
others. Most of these organizations are also using some form of
stage-gate for the development of new products. When done right,
stage-gate reduces risk, reduces time to market, and increases the
return on innovation investment. For the more than 80 percent of
U.S. companies using stage-gate, the idea of replacing it with
agile is often not warmly embraced. Instead, a hybrid agile
stage-gate process is a more reasonable place to start. My guest,
Colin Palombo, has been helping organizations using stage-gate to
move to a hybrid agile stage-gate process and enjoying many
benefits for doing so while keeping the framework they are familiar
with. It’s a win-win. Colin is a managing partner and co-founder of
two innovation consulting firms — Innovation Framework Technologies
and Bizmotion. I met Colin at the annual PDMA conference and
enjoyed his insights for making stage-gate more agile. I hope you
do as well.