Previous research has shown uncertainty reduction to be critical in the fuzzy front end of the
innovation process, but little attention has been given to the equally important concept of …

This book explores the new product development process of firms developing frugal
innovation for the base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) markets in developing countries. Frugal …

The successful development of complex Systems of Systems (SoS) is highly dependent on
quality of the requirements engineering (RE). The goal is to get “good” requirements in the …

Designing a remarkable product innovation is a difficult challenge, which businesses today
are continuously striving to tackle. This challenge is particularly present in the fuzzy front end …

The fuzzy front end of product development has been studied extensively in previous
research, while the fuzzy front end of manufacturing technology development has been …

Abstract Concept assessment is a complex problem which needs to be evaluated
comprehensively and multiple dimensions. This paper proposes a multidimensional …

Previous literature suggests that innovation managers should prioritize uncertainty reduction
in early phases of innovation projects. When uncertainty is high, the general prediction is …

Companies are adapting their traditional development processes, aiming for project-specific
designs that are referred to as “Agile Product Development”-flexible, adaptive and …

Within the vast body of research on new product development (NPD), the so-called 'fuzzy
front end (FFE) of innovation received and continues to receive considerable attention. The …

Innovation literature mainly focuses on eliminating ambiguity and discrepancy from the early
phases of innovation. This study questions this implicit assumption, as it may provide an …