Bringing agile project management into lead user projects
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In: International Journal of Product Development, Vol. 21, No. 2-3, 2016, p. 212-232.
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T1 - Bringing agile project management into lead user projects
AU - Lehnen, Jens
AU - Schmidt, Tobias Sebastian
AU - Herstatt, Cornelius
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2016 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The lead user method symbolises a technique of integrating advanced users into the New Product Development (NPD) to cope with firm's increasing necessity of successfully innovating. Implementing this method, companies often face challenges typically linked to barriers in project management. We analyse these drawbacks conducting an exploratory study among 249 companies in the German-speaking countries. To strengthen our results, we conduct six indepth interviews to collect best practices in project management-related aspects. The outcome is a model based on agile project management and the stage-gate process that compensates identified weaknesses and provides an efficient, flexible implementation of lead users into practice.
AB - The lead user method symbolises a technique of integrating advanced users into the New Product Development (NPD) to cope with firm's increasing necessity of successfully innovating. Implementing this method, companies often face challenges typically linked to barriers in project management. We analyse these drawbacks conducting an exploratory study among 249 companies in the German-speaking countries. To strengthen our results, we conduct six indepth interviews to collect best practices in project management-related aspects. The outcome is a model based on agile project management and the stage-gate process that compensates identified weaknesses and provides an efficient, flexible implementation of lead users into practice.
KW - Agile project management
KW - Agile/stage-gate hybrid
KW - Innovation management
KW - Lead user
KW - New product development
KW - Scrum
KW - Stage-gate process
KW - User innovation
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84986224360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJPD.2016.078867
DO - 10.1504/IJPD.2016.078867
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:84986224360
VL - 21
SP - 212
EP - 232
JO - International Journal of Product Development
JF - International Journal of Product Development
SN - 1477-9056
IS - 2-3
ER -