Resources to help you improve your Stage-Gate Innovation Processes

1. SG Navigator™. What could be better than inviting product innovation gurus into your organization to design a world-class process for your organization? According to guru’s Dr. Cooper and Dr. Edgett, ‘hands-down, it’s SG Navigator’. Why?
   • Significantly reduces the resources, effort and calendar time required to properly research and design a best practice Stage-Gate process
   • Increases the probability that the organization will in fact adopt ‘a new way of working’ as the best methods are already ‘designed-in’
   • Minimizes friction, politics and in-decision that can occur when one designs an organization-wide process which affects most functions and key decision-makers
   • Accelerates a successful implementation.

Are you curious about what a best-in-class Stage-Gate process should look like?
Click here to receive a no-obligation, complimentary demonstration of SG Navigator.


2. Making Stage-Gate Stick on July 16-17 in Washington, D.C. Join Stage-Gate expert and sought-after implementation consultant, Mike Wiebe, for this 2-day, hands-on public seminar dedicated to helping innovation professionals master the tough challenges of implementing Stage-Gate. Don’t waste time and don’t jeopardize business results trying to figure this out on your own. Benefit from the learning experiences of thousands of companies who have successfully implemented Stage-Gate or struggled through several attempts. Register Now.
   
   
3. Invite Dr. Cooper to speak at your next business event. Your company’s future prosperity rests in the actions and decisions you make today – the ideas you generate, the products you select to develop and the speed with which you bring them to market. Getting managements motivated, aligned and proficient in the world’s most effective practices in product leadership is the quickest and most desirable way to drive better business results from innovation. Invite sought-after speaker and consultant to industry, Robert Cooper to share insights, stories and best practices with your audience. Click here for sample topics and videos.
   
   
4. Special Seminar focused on Technology Development. Attend this highly unique seminar offered only once annually to learn the latest methods being used to manage highly variable and risky technology and platform developments – the potential ‘game-changers’ that offer a company a significant competitive advantage. On June 12th in Washington, D.C., join Dr. Robert Cooper and delegates from companies like John Deere Company, Diamond V Mills, Kimberly-Clark, Powdermet, Rohm & Haas Company, Quadrant Engineering Company, and more, to openly and freely discuss best methods, processes and scoring techniques. Last Chance to Register.

Implementation Tip #3 – Enrolling existing projects into a new process
By Mike Wiebe, Principal Consultant

Your Stage-Gate Implementation Plan should highlight the official date in which all ideas must enter the new process. This is fairly straight forward. However, most companies introducing Stage-Gate have a pipeline of existing projects underway – some good and some bad. How, when and should these projects enter Stage-Gate? Mike Wiebe offers some quick advice on this topic. Read More.

Automating Product Innovation – A Helpful Service for Decision-Makers

• Are you preparing to automate your critical innovation processes?
• Do you want assurances that your software vendor will keep up with current practices?

Reduce the time and risks involved in searching for, selecting and managing an NPD software vendor. Visit Stage-Gate International’s short-list of vendors whose products successfully underwent the unbiased, rigorous Stage-Gate Ready Certification evaluation.

“We strongly encouraged our software partner to become Stage-Gate^® Ready certified and are very pleased that they did.” – John Gilbert, Director, Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies

“We selected a software application that was Stage-Gate^® Ready certified. It was reassuring to us to know that the world’s thought leaders in Product Innovation Management, Stage-Gate International, rigorously evaluated the software application to confirm it could support our Stage-Gate best practices.” - Andres Salinas, VP Process Improvement, McKesson Provider Technologies

The software evaluation and certification service is free to all would-be buyers of NPD software. Certified companies willingly submit their products to a rigorous evaluation of some 200 criteria, conducted by a Stage-Gate expert. Vendors who achieve the certification receive a report card and a Stage-Gate Ready logo for easy public recognition. The program’s goal is to make the process of purchasing NPD software easier, faster and less risky for all would-be buyers. Learn more.

Complimentary Webinar Series:
Five Ways to Improve Your Idea-to-Launch Process

The Stage-Gate process was pioneered by the world's top innovation management scholar, Dr. Robert G. Cooper. Its design is based on 10 proven, critical principles Cooper calls the 'Critical Success Factors'. Join Innovation Specialist Michael Booker of Stage-Gate International for this 30 minute, complimentary webinar where he highlights Cooper's 10 Critical Success Factors and shows you practical ways to improve your Idea-to-Launch process by incorporating at least 5 of them directly into your process. Reserve your space today! Registration is limited.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:00PM EST

Presenter: Michael Booker, NPDP
Cost: Complimentary