What type of product is Harley Davidson?
specialty product
what type of product is fire extinguisher?
unsought product
3)Screening and Evaluating
keep good ideas drop bad ones
4)business Analysis
asses economic viability of the concept
5) development stage
develop concept into physical product
6) Market Testing
Product/marketing program introduced in limited # of real market settings
7) commercialization
broad launch of product if market test is good
new product adoption
it starts out small then gets big then goes back down
bell curve
rate of diffusion/adoption
innovators early adopters(The "Chasm") early majority late majority laggards
decline phase
phase where the product is dying
repositioning
redesigning the product to survive