Effective innovation planning creates a structure through which a vague hunch can be developed with the minimum risk into an innovative product or service that successfully resonates with its intended user.
To be effective, planning must facilitate alignment among stakeholders. It must understand capabilities and integrate disciplines. It should place the user, their needs and the context of usage centrally, enabling insights to be distilled and effectively framed, creating opportunities that can then be explored. It must allow hypotheses and concepts to be tested in increasing resolution and thoroughness. Finally, it should consider how to prepare the market for launch and successful acceptance.
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