Extreme customer innovation in the front-end: Learning from a new software paradigm

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-66

  Gassmann, Oliver ^a,b   Sandmeier, Patricia ^a   Wecht, Christoph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Technology and Innovation Management ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Customer integration; Extreme programming; Front end management; Innovation process; Knowledge absorption; NPD; Open innovation; Probe and learn process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

FRONT-END MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION PROCESSES; NPD; OPEN INNOVATION; PROBE AND LEARN PROCESSES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 31144460465     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.008191     Document Type: Article

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