MULTI-CHAPTER VIRTUAL SPEAKER: Lunch & Learn: "What's In Between? Hybrid Agile Process for Product Development"

Topic

Over the past few years, many organizations that manufacture tangible products have attempted Agile approaches for new product development.  Unfortunately, many of these processes fail to deliver the expected results in speed-to-market and flexibility.  Yet, returning to a full waterfall process remains bureaucratic and intractable with remote and virtual teams.  The solution is a hybrid waterfall-agile process.  

In this session, we will identify various processes and systems for new product development (NPD).  You will learn about two approaches to hybrid product development that can enhance the culture of innovation in your organization.  We will provide examples of companies that adopted different processes to add flexibility while minimizing risk.  Comparing and contrasting a non-profit using WAGILE Product Development and a manufacturer using Lean NPD, you will understand how culture and risk tolerance impact the choice of an effective product development process.  

Learning Objectives:
1.    Understand risk in innovation from a perspective of requirements uncertainty and technical uncertainty
2.    Identify different hybrid waterfall-Agile approaches to new product development
3.    Compare and contrast two organizations design of NPD systems based on risk tolerance and culture

 

 

Speaker

Teresa Jurgens is a writer, speaker, and executive coach helping leaders tap into creativity for successful innovation.  She helps organizations improve time-to-market for new products through building collaborative teams and delivering enhancements across the innovation ecosystem.  Teresa has worked with product teams around the world in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, home appliances, medical devices, publishing, petrochemicals, non-profits, and more.  She is the author of The Innovation Book series, including The Innovation Process Book. Teresa lives in in Tucson and enjoys hiking among the majestic saguaro cactus.