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Stage Gate Process

Developing products faster and with greater success

Why is 3M an ‘innovation generator’? – Because they have a very effective innovation process in place.

Nowadays, a systematic procedure in product development is indispensable in order to achieve the leap from a promising idea for a product to its launch on the market.

Rapidly, cost-effectively and risk optimized.

The eight steps of the Stage Gate Process

  • generating ideas
  • assessing ideas
  • concept development and testing
  • developing a marketing strategy
  •  business segment analysis
  •  product development
  •  testing and validation
  •  product launch