1. Stage-Gate and Agile Manufacturing in New Product Development: A State-Of-The Art.
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Kitsios, Fotis and Kamariotou, Maria
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NEW product development ,AGILE software development ,MANUFACTURED products ,SOFTWARE frameworks ,COMPUTER software development - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature review based on Webster's and Watson's (2002) methodology in order to explore the integration of Stage-Gate and Agile Manufacturing in New Product Development. Findings show that many companies have no formal NPD system yet and ad hoc systems provide decision makers with too much discretion which leads to mistakes. Agile software development has been utilized to answer the challenges of software system development in spite of the lack of empirical evidence from academic research. Agile methods are applied within the context of existing Stage-Gate NPD models. The need of developing a NPD software improvement framework which should follow the principles of manufacturing agility frameworks has been stated by researchers. Apparently, such a software product has not been yet fully achieved in practice by large industrial NPD organizations. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, the structured methodological framework which was used demonstrates how the academic interest in NPD and Agile Manufacturing has evolved over the years and it highlights areas that need further research. Secondly, this literature review can be useful for managers in order to increase the understanding of the complexity of areas regarding NPD, Stage-Gate and Agile software. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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