Technology and Product Development

Objectives

This section on technology and product development provides resources and materials to support the following learning objectives:

1. Understand the concept of technology S-curves.
2. Understand the theory of disruptive innovation.
3. Understand the difference between exploration and exploitation.
4. Understand the difference between agile and waterfall product development.
5. Be able to derive and motivate strategic choices relöated to technology for a given startup idea.

Lecture on Technology and Product Development

• Slides

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Technology S-Curves

Disruptive Innovation Theory

• Short version:
  
  
  
• Long version from Clayton Christensen himself:
  
  
  

Agile vs. Waterfall Product Development

• Eric Ries:
  

  
  

• Workbook to analyze the strategic choice of technology