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Idea-to-Launch Gating Systems: Better, Faster, and More Agile

Leading firms are rethinking and reinventing their idea-to-launch gating systems, adding elements of Agile to traditional Stage-Gate structures to add flexibility and speed while retaining structure.

Robert G. CooperView further author information
Pages 48-52 | Published online: 19 Jan 2017

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