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Learn & Adapt Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Overview of Exploratory Product Development

Chapter 1: The Case for Exploratory Development
    • Uncertainty & Risk in Product Development
    • The Need for Change in Product Development
      • The Underlying Problem: Uncertainty
      • Too Slow for the Times
    • The ExPD Advantage
      • The Trend Toward More Adaptable Processes
    • ExPD: Adaptable Strategy-to-Launch Process
    • Appendix: The Language of Uncertainty and Risk

Chapter 1 Description & Resources

Chapter 2: High-Level Overview of ExPD
    • A Systems Approach
    • Segment 1: Strategy Segment
    • Segment 2: Ideas & Selection Segment
    • Segment 3: Explore & Create Segment
    • People

Chapter 2 Description & Resources

Part II: How to Do it

Segment 1: Strategy

Chapter 3: Why Strategy Matters for Product Development
    • Why Strategy Matters
    • Limitations of Traditional Strategy Development
    • The s2m Strategic Framework and ExPD
    • Stable Environment
      • Strategic Framework
      • Internal Capabilities
    • Moderately Dynamic Environment
      • Strategic Framework
      • Internal Capabilities
    • Highly Dynamic Environment
      • Strategic Framework
      • Internal Capabilities
    • Getting Started: Five Key Tasks
    • Case Study

Chapter 3 Description & Resources

Segment 2: Ideas and Selection

Chapter 4: Idea Management System
    • Overcoming Hurdles of the Ideas Management System
    • Segment 2: Ideas & Selection
      • Generate Ideas
      • Capture And Filter Ideas
      • Prepare Ideas
      • Prioritization Valve 1
    • Characteristics of an Effective Management Committee

Chapter 4 Description and Resources

Segment 3: Explore and Create

Chapter 5: Investigate
    • Track A: Managing and Resolving Product Uncertainties
      • Identify Uncertainties
      • Evaluate Uncertainties
      • Prioritize Uncertainties
    • Track B: Product Development Activities
      • Assess Idea Maturity
    • Appendix: Product Risk Framework Case Study

Chapter 5 Description and Resources

Chapter 6: Plan
    • Planning for Uncertainty: Flexibility, Adaptability, and Speed
      • Flexible Planning
      • Adaptable Planning
      • Speed in Planning
    • Product Charter
      • Developing the Product Charter
      • Components of the Product Charter
    • Resolve Development Plan (RDP)
      • Components of the RDP
      • Pledge
      • Assumption Tracker
      • Detailed Timeline/Project Plan
    • Prioritization Valve

Chapter 6 Description and Resources

Chapter 7: Resolve
    • Introduction to Resolve
    • Tools of the Trade
    • Get Ready to Resolve Product Uncertainty: The Four Steps
      • Design
      • Build
      • Execute
      • Learn
    • Appendix 7A: The Mechanics of the Resolve Loop
    • Appendix 7B: Categories of Prototypes
    • Appendix 7C: ExPD Case Study

Chapter 7 Description and Resources

Part III: Adaptive Practices that Support ExPD

Chapter 8: People
    • Enterprise
      • Startup vs. Enterprise
      • Internal Incubators
      • Principles of a Learning Organization
    • Management
        • Decentralized Decision-Making
      • Management by Exception
      • Leading by Asking Questions
    • Team
      • Cross-Collaboration
      • Building Team Trust
      • Employee Mastery
    • Culture
      • Culture Triangle
      • Cultural Change Case Study
      • Learning from Failure

Chapter 8 Description and Resources

Next Steps: Implementing the ExPD System

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