A recent article in the Harvard Business Review How to Kill Innovation: Keep Asking Questions pointed out the natural result to the question “What about….” The idea dies. But if you don’t ask questions how do you know if a decision is correct of a idea should be pursued? Only companies or organizations that have a wealth of resources (like the government) can afford endless analysis to determine if a course should be taken or not. The agile software development model is a good one to pursue. The idea is do deliver early and often. What is delivered has some value to the project’s customer. The same can be done with an innovation idea. Break it down and determine what part can be developed and delivered to test the idea. Just as in the agile software model, small deliveries are made often. This provides the need basis for analysis and moves you down the path at the same time, saving time and money
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