Dr. Robert G. Cooper is the creator of the world-famous Stage-Gate® process and an internationally recognized expert in the field of innovation management. He was named the World’s Top Innovation Management Scholar by the prestigious U.S. Journal of Product Innovation Management and won the best seminar leader of the year at Sweden’s Chalmers Institute in Goteborg. He is also a Fellow of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). He has combined practical consulting with ground-breaking research for many years, published two books and more than 130 articles on R&D and innovation management.
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In theory a stage gate process forces managers to review all aspects of the project – not just the technical work – and to take decisions. You want people to go away feeling pleased to have caught hold of some problems and dealt with them, but too often they just feel grateful to have got out alive!
