What is the right balance of incremental, moderate, and radical new product development projects? Examine this data to compare your portfolio mix to that of organizations that excel in new product development.

Although every product may be different, standardizing the new product development process (and the tools used within it) streamlines the movement of products from ideation to market.

This overview of the quantitatively-oriented New Product Development: Process Benchmarks and Performance Metrics  report highlights the 10 factors related to new product performance that provide the conceptual ...

Given the need to keep innovating despite resource constraints, what are other organizations doing to keep moving ahead? And what does it mean for new product development (NPD) efforts?

An effective new product (NPD) process is a basic requirement to compete in today’s market. But how do global organizations adapt and modernize their NPD stage gates with rigor and still remain fast and nimble?

To swiftly and effectively develop new products, organizations must rely on sound processes and learn how to create process structures that will support a variety of different projects and goals.

Well-defined roles, training systems, gatekeeping processes, and documentation procedures bolster product development in any organization.

For innovative products to make it to production in time to satisfy the market, organizations must define their processes, stage-gate procedures, roles/responsibilities, and evaluation criteria.

Ashland Inc. has developed structures for gatekeeping, process management, and Six Sigma related to product development.